Sometimes words simply cannot describe the power of a moment the way the felt sense of your lived experience can. Now is one of those times.
My favorite thing about the harvest season, about Scorpio, about Samhain, and about the Lunar Samhain is they rule the biggest, brightest, best opportunity for deep and lasting change. Usually the newsletter for the Scorpio new moon – especially when it is concurrent with other holidays and holy days (like the Lunar Samhain and Diwali), and especiallyif there are a number of retrogrades – is my favorite one to write. I could talk about this all day. Especially during times of intensity and consequence: times like now. For those of you familiar with transformational work, and with my variation of it, this anecdote will tell you more than anything else ever could.
My phone has been exploding – ringing off the proverbial hook – for about 10 days. Between the volume of calls, the diversity of people and organizations that are calling me, and the intensity of the issues and subject matter, it has not left time for much else. The newsletter is super short this time, and so is the guidance. Whatever is happening for you right now, this is your harvest. Bring it in.
Because Scorpio rules the connection between the living and the dead, keep your offrendas going. Keep grounding into the earth, your Spirit Tribe, and your intuitive connection to both. Thank them for the direction, protection, love, and care. Ask them to intervene on your behalf, in the areas where it is appropriate to do so, both within you and with the people and things that surround you. Ask them to help you to follow where they lead. And if you get stuck, call me.
We’ll figure it out.
Calendar
These are the days when you have the biggest, brightest, and best opportunities to connect with the spirits around you in order to create deep and lasting change.
November 8
Diwali
Lunar Samhain
New Moon in Scorpio
November 11
Remembrance Day, Veteran’s Day
November 13
Mercury goes Direct at 05° Scorpio
Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period begins
Venus goes Direct at 22° Libra
November 21
Sun moves into Sagittarius
November 24
Full Moon in Gemini (also known as the Bitter Moon, Cold Moon, Long Night(s) Moon, and the Moon before Yule)
Second Super Full Moon of 2026
November 25
Mars moves into Virgo
November 26
Thanksgiving Day
December 3
Mercury Retrograde Shadow Period ends
December 4
Hannukah begins at sunset
Venus moves into Scorpio
December 6
Mercury moves into Sagittarius
December 7
Pearl Harbor Day
December 8
New Moon in Sagittarius
