The Week of November 17th, 2025: A New Moon, a Mercury cazimi, and a dozen other things

Episode 257

In this podcast, New York Times best-selling author and astrologer Chani Nicholas discusses the astrology of the week and what it might mean for us all.

The astrology of the week of November 17th, 2025, is busy and a little intense. The New Moon in Scorpio reveals our deepest emotional patterns. The Mercury cazimi in Scorpio shows us which habits we need to break. And a flurry of other planetary activity brings a mix of clarity, disruption, and breakthroughs. This is the time to make the changes you need to make. But/and take a breather if you get overwhelmed. Growth doesn’t have to happen overnight.

This episode covers:

• The Sun’s trine to Saturn on Monday, November 17th

• Mercury’s sextile to Pluto on Monday, November 17th

• Mercury’s re-entrance into Scorpio on Tuesday, November 18th

• Mercury’s opposition to Uranus on Wednesday, November 19th

• Mercury’s trine to Neptune on Wednesday, November 19th

• The New Moon in Scorpio on Wednesday, November 19th

• The Mercury cazimi on Thursday, November 20th

• Uranus’ sextile to Neptune on Thursday, November 20th

• The Sun’s opposition to Uranus on Friday, November 21st

• The Sun’s trine to Neptune on Friday, November 21st

• The Sun’s entrance into Sagittarius on Friday, November 21st

• Mercury’s trine to Saturn on Saturday, November 22nd

• Mercury’s trine to Jupiter on Saturday, November 22nd

• The Sun’s sextile to Pluto on Sunday, November 23rd

This episode was recorded on 10/30/2025.

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