Weekly Horoscope for
November 9 to 15, 2009
Astrologer Pam Younghans writes this weekly astrological Journal based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart.
Highlighted Aspects for This Week
Tuesday: Chiron square Mercury, Jupiter square Sun;
Wednesday: Uranus trine Mercury, Neptune square Mercury;
Thursday: Mercury sextile North Node;
Friday: Chiron square Sun, Uranus sesquisquare Venus;
Saturday: Uranus trine Sun;
Sunday: Pluto square Saturn, Neptune square Sun, Mercury enters Sagittarius, Sun sextile North Node.
We are gathering momentum. Like Harry Potter, standing on the train platform, we know that to reach our destination, we must gather our courage, and with confidence and intent, stride through what to some may appear to be a solid wall.
Just by being in the train station, we have already embarked on the journey. If you've felt sudden tiredness this past week, or various other odd physical symptoms that seem to have no source or explanation, this may not be news to you. As our vibrational frequency increases, our bodies are going through major adjustments as they adapt to the heightened energies.
And, just as when nursing a cold, our prescription includes plenty of fluids to help move the toxins out, and extra rest to allow our bodies time to regenerate.
Another similarity to the Hogwarts stories: there seems to be a sort of magic involved, that we may not understand or be able to define, or even that we find hard to trust. And when we talk about "energy shifts" and "ascension," we can feel as different from the mainstream as wizards among muggles.
The whole idea that we are going through a vibrational upgrade can sometimes seem a fantasy, as we go through the normal activities of our every day, talking with people about the usual things and looking at life through the lens of practicality. But when we stop to sense how we feel, there is a subtle difference in the air, and when we sit in meditation, it's clear that the energies are different.
Our mental training keeps us looking for external proof of what is really going on, as if we were watching a magician's trick and trying to figure out how it's done. At the same time, we believe in the magic, and continue to scan our experience for signs of the shift that is underway.
The week ahead is perhaps the most energetically powerful of the entire month of November. Some of that power comes from the Triad (Neptune, Chiron and Jupiter), which is pushing us to heal our addictions to drama and struggle.
The Triad in Aquarius offers us the freedom of allowing, the inspiration of hope, and the understanding that separation and loss are but illusion. But the square aspects to the Sun and Mercury indicate there's something of a challenge involved, and that we will find ourselves facing obstacles if we continue walking down the exact same path as before.
With the Sun and Mercury in Scorpio, some of what we may be required to release is a stubborn insistence on having things our way. To reap the benefits of this challenge, we will need to loosen our grip, let go of control, and discover that true freedom comes from cutting the cords not to other people, but to the resentments and angers that are still manipulating us from where they reside in our energy fields.
While the Triad is challenging us to take the next step in our spiritual healing and growth, Uranus beckons us through an open door to expanded spiritual awareness. The Uranus aspects on Wednesday and on Saturday are our keys to liberation. It is magic, indeed, to have these keys available to us at the same time that we are being challenged on so many mundane levels.
Uranus is the messenger from our higher consciousness, and from his position in Pisces, he is offering us the opportunity to expand our human consciousness to incorporate other dimensions. It is now that we will be able to send our awareness further into spiritual realms -- realms we may not have been able to imagine at earlier stages in our journey.
And we've been wondering why there's been this sense of anticipation about November...
At the same time as all this is happening, the Sun and Mercury are forming a subtle aspect to the North Node, the point that represents humanity's common direction of highest spiritual growth. This is a minor but very encouraging energy, which leads us further on the road toward claiming our inner authority and authentic selves.
On Sunday, the aspect we've been anticipating for weeks -- the Pluto-Saturn square -- will be exact. While an aspect of this magnitude will be in effect for months, we can still expect that its influence will be strongest this week and next.
This is an intense one -- there's no getting around that reality. On some level, we will be working with issues that have been brewing beneath the surface, that are now ready to be addressed directly. We will be challenged to stay in balance (Saturn in Libra) while still allowing the transformation of structures that either have outlived their usefulness or are not in integrity with our highest aspirations (Pluto in Capricorn). These may be political, social or relational structures, or even the structures of our own egos and personalities.
There is also a side of this Pluto-Saturn influence that has to do with managing either emotions or situations that seem to be outside of our control. Anything of this nature that arises will reveal where we have yet to step into our power, and where we are allowing ourselves to be manipulated by something behind the scenes, even if it is by our own negative emotions.
To find solutions to any issues that arise, we will need to develop the higher level traits of the signs involved: Libra's sense of fairness and willingness to cooperate, and Capricorn's focus on integrity, accountability and self-reliance. If we invoke these qualities, and align with the higher vibrational spiritual energies that are available now, we may see what real magic is.
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My three-part article discussing the Neptune-Chiron-Jupiter alignment of May 2009 is now available. Although written especially for those born between September 1954 and February 1955; between July and September 1955; and between February and August 1956, these articles contain information that should be useful for everyone. If you would like to receive a PDF copy of the articles, please e-mail
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with the subject line: May 2009 Alignment.
The three-part May 2009 Alignment article is also posted on the InnerSelf.com website.
 About the Author
Pam Younghans lives near Seattle, Washington with her husband and their two dogs. She has been interpreting charts professionally for over 20 years. If you are interested in an astrology reading, e-mail
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