• Horoscopes for 11-25-2025

  Horoscopes for 11-25-2025

  “I can get no remedy against this consumption of the purse; borrowing only lingers and lingers it out, but the disease is incurable.”

  Falstaff in Shakespeare’s 2 Henry 4 (I.ii.72)

  Horoscopes for 11-25-2025

  • Mercury direct 11:38 AM 11/29 20° Sag.
  • Venus into Sag. 11/30

  Sagittarius

  One of the original writers I paid a lot of attention to? His suggestion was that Mars caused irritations. Mars was a minor-major irritant. I want to remember this, as Mars is still banging his way through Sagittarius, and Mars is still a possible fount of irritations, a plethora of “piss you off” if we’re not careful, and if we fail to harness this energy correctly. Usual Mercury is Retrograde material applies, as it is still is, or was, and it’s close enough to just call it like that. Then, there’s Mars and he demands activity. Activity that looks, to me, more like a St. Vitus Dance rather than a coherent and informed decision to move in one direction. Since there won’t be an informed and coherent suggestion for the next week? One option? “Dance like no one is watching.” Always worried me, “We are watching you, Kramer.”¹ Happy Sagittarius birthday.

  Capricorn

  Old girlfriend was digging around in her spare closet pulled something off the top shelf, and then a there was cascade of old Xmas wrapping papers tubes, mostly with no more than a few inches of paper left on each one. After that, a box with shredded packing paper tipped over, comically leaving her with a new hat and hairdo. Much noise. No damage. Comical outcome. A kid laughed. Way I see it, though, and the way Capricorn sees it? Could’ve gone either way. One part of this is about not throwing away the tail-end pieces of the wrapping papers tubes, I guess, or anything, that might be useful at a later date. The other part, though, is the danger that might be involved in opening up that spare storage space that apparently just has old crap chucked in there, with no idea as to how to get it without a calamitous crash. However, there’s a third piece to this, and it’s about digging into that stack of unused or barely used stuff, and seeing what can be recycled. What can be used up, or reused, something. Just be carefully when opening that storage up for the first time.

  Aquarius

  One of the original astrology teachers I had, he made a point of explaining how Aquarius might be a fixed sign, it is, but it is also an air sign. That makes it the least fixed of all the fixed signs, and that’s true, from own observations over the decades. The original lesson was about how an Aquarius would let little issues slide right on by, and the fixity, the stubbornness, the true nature of being fixed sign wouldn’t show up until an issue with a principle behind stood in the way. In his words? “No man, they get stubborn about the weirdest stuff.” Because of the rapidly unfolding holiday against the mercurial disposition of the smallest planet, there’s a time to exercise that righteous indignation. Now is not the time. I’ll agree this seems to be a fundamental, core issue, and I’ll agree that you are probably right to be so incensed. However, how you choose to display that ire, and Aquarius wrath is what’s at stake. Maybe wait until we’re passed this holiday mess, the Mercury in Retrograde mess, and the Full Moon mess. Then you can express that anger, if you’re still mad. “You just wait, I’ll get you!” (Oh, never mind.)

  Pisces

  Used it before, and I’ll use it again. Some years back, I found a place online where I could get a stone engraved with a word, a phrase, maybe a quote, or, in this example, and all I really wanted? I got a stone with the word “Not” carved into the stone. “Not” (engraved in stone.) When I was talking to a rather stubborn family member about an issue, I would pick that stone up off the sidebar where I kept it. When certain phone clients would ask the same question, over and over, fishing for a specific — but highly unlikely — outcome? I could look at the stone, see “Not” engraved on its surface, and remember, “It’s ‘not’ engraved in stone.” Started out as a gag gift, but I liked it, and it became a touchstone, for me. There are times when we have to remember that this material, new, old, arcane, plain, whatever? The Pisces outcome, dire that it might appear to be, is not engraved in stone.

  Aries

  Ever lick your fingertip to turn a page in a book or a magazine? By extension, I’ve been around the New Age Crystal healers for years, and more than one has talked about testing a mineral specimen by licking it. My previous understanding of geology and science usually involved opacity, refraction, and possibly striking a specimen, maybe exposing it to high heat, but never licking it. Then, too, there’s the axiom, “I licked it so it’s mine.” All of this comes together under the current conditions, something between licking a mineral specimen to see if it is a certain kind of chemical compound, or, like turning page a in a book, just moistening a thumb, and rubbing that along the specimen itself. Not that I’m germ or other kind of a “phobe,” it’s just, think about it.

  Taurus

  “If it is inevitable, then pretend it was your idea in the first place.” Not a wholly original thought, either, but a valuable approach to this next few days in Taurus. Act like it’s yours and then own it. There’s a tremendous amount of useless, leftover detritus bubbling to the top of some miasmic hell-broth, and much of this really doesn’t need any of your attention. A little, tiny dose does. And for that? Act like it’s yours and own it. There’s a familiar cry, one I’ve used over the years, to help ameliorate just such a situation. I’ll say, with a remarkable degree of clarity and ownership, “I meant to do that.” Act like it’s yours and own it.

  Gemini

  Stop. Breathe. “It’s not working, your astrological voodoo that you do isn’t working!” Stop. Breathe. Take another deep breath. Slowly exhale. In with the good, out with the bad. Repeat. It’s not a mantra, and then, suddenly, I was doing this one time, and I had a hyperventilating Gemini on my hands. Frantic with perceptions of goals, desires, and tasks that had to get done, like yesterday, and this holiday, the Mercury situation, that’s a Mercury station, not a situation, but then, the rapid breathing starts again. Panic ensues. A good Gemini without a degree of immediate panic is sort of sad, but then, back against the wall? What are you going to do? Stop. Breathe. Hold it if necessary. Then exhale. Clear the mind, briefly. Stack the priorities in an order than you think you can accomplish. Then proceed.

  Cancer

  The short form of this? Prayer is asking the gods for guidance; meditation is listening for those answers. Not to offend any one group, it will vary, the terminology and exact phrasing, but in a simple form, allow for variation, that’s what this is about. Especially for a certain segment, like more than three-quarters of the Cancer, Moon Children? It’s about asking for help, then listening long enough for an answer to show itself. There are two parts, and let’s split those evenly on either side the motion of Mercury, the prayer part, the asking for divine guidance however one does that? That’s while Mercury is still retrograde. Listening, meditation, whatever one would like to call it? That occurs after Mercury starts to turn around and go direct. While Mercury is still retrograde? Ask for divine assistance. After Mercury starts to go straight? Listen for an answer. As usual, there are a few disclaimers about this methodology, but you knew that.

  The Leo

  I’ve failed at one of my Mercury in Retrograde goals. I have a several decades of horoscopes available, and I was thinking, what I could do, sort through all the weekly horoscopes, some monthly as well, and get all the Shakespeare quotes in a unified order. Looking at the top of this horoscope, a good example, I wrote 2 Henry 4 as the academic shorthand version of The Second Part of the History of Henry the Fourth, which is sometimes also known as The History of Henry the Fourth, part two. Convoluted, and frankly, the naming conversion I borrowed from academic sources just makes more sense. But a global search and replace function would fail to catch all the various permutations, and eventually, the only way to get this all corrected is to flip through each entry, and do it by hand. Which I didn’t finish, and I doubt I’ll ever get it all corrected into just one format. Sometimes it says Shakespeare, sometimes, it’s “Shakespeare’s” and other times, just a portion of play’s title, like Hamlet. I usually include an act and scene number, and I often include the line number, but those vary from edition to edition, but at least I can get reasonably close. Across my own — now in my third decade — volumes, there’s not a lot of consistency about the naming conventions. Does this matter? Not really, as the pointers are good enough to be excellent clues, and just because I missed one Mercury Retrograde project? It was a target, a goal, a destination to shoot for, and missing it? Doesn’t matter. Leo, the greatest of all time, The Leo? Missing a simple Mercury in Retrograde goal is not a big deal. Let it go. Move on.

  Virgo

  Perspicacious readers will always acknowledge that Mercury in Retrograde has a bit of a shadow phase, both before, and after, the real retrograde pattern. While technically over by the end of this scope, is it really? Are we out of those astrologically murky Mercury woodlands yet? Quick answer? No. Longer answer? Not yet. Realistic answer? Just pretend that Mercury is Retrograde for another few weeks. Is it bad? No. Is it really retrograde? Again, no. Does it feel like we’re attempting Stygian tasks, and does it seem like we’re failing at those gigs? Yes. But are we really failing? No. This week, how we measure progress is touchy, and instead of milestones, think more in terms of stepping stones, or even centimeters instead of inches. Better, yes, but only by the most minute of degrees just yet.

  Libra

  I’m not a fan of calling it “work,” but then, that’s just me. I’ve struggled and toiled away at turning my “work” into a reasonably pleasurable pursuit. As I used to quote, “A lot of work goes into making this look easy.” Next couple of days, there is a Libra shortcut, and a Libra (more arduous route). Quick suggestion is take the more arduous route that pays off in the next few weeks with insight, new guidelines, and quicker (easier) way to get this stuff done. Looks harder right now, but it is the correct way, and then? Next week, week after? Through the end of the year? Ever so much easier, and that would be a big help.

  Scorpio

  Jupiter and Saturn are in a weird, cohesive struggle. More “frenemies” than anything else. Not at odds with each other, but perhaps at cross-purposes that strangely enough seem to align with certain Scorpio goals and Scorpio desires. There’s an element of strength derived from Saturn, and that furthers action towards that goal, and then there’s certain odd but good luck that derives from Jupiter, and lightens the quest for that desire. This week is about what steps you take, dear Scorpio, towards those desires and goals. Actionable items present themselves, perhaps in an oblique manner, but still, the action is there. It’s up to you to do something. The planets are lending a weird kind of assistance. Scorpio buzzword for this week? “Frenemies.”

  1. “O sir, you are old, Nature in you stands on the very verge Of his confine.” King Lear (2.4.122) ↩

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