Today is Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017
Hebrew date is 22 Cheshvan 5778
Islamic date is 22 Safar 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 9 Kimi
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.4.17.7
Julian Day is 2458069

Today’s Birthdays: Paracelsus (1493/4-1541), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), Paul Signac (1863-1935), Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), June Whitfield (1925), Ernestine Anderson (1928-2016), Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012), Mildred Dresselhaus (1930-2017), Alicia Ostriker (1937), Vincent Schiavelli (1948-2005), Marc Summers (1951), Mary Gaitskill (1954), Stanley Tucci (1960), Demi Moore (1962), Calista Flockhart (1964), Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), Jon Batiste (1986).

“New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.”
— Kurt Vonnegut

Moon Phase: Moon is in Last Quarter phase and enters Balsamic (waning crescent) phase on Nov. 14 at 5:12 am PST / 8:12 am EST (13:11:58 UTC).
Next New Moon is in Scorpio on Nov. 18 at 3:42 am PST / 6:42 am EST (11:42:03 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Gemini on Dec. 3 at 7:47 am PST / 10:47 am EST (15:46:54 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Leo and enters Virgo today at 8:41 am PST / 11:41 am EST (16:41:14 UTC).
Sun Degree: 19-20 Scorpio.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Moon enters Virgo at 8:41 am PST / 11:41 am EST (16:41:14 UTC).

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Saturn trine Uranus at 1:44 am PST / 4:44 am EST (09:44:31 UTC).
— Venus opposite 1992 QB1 at 10:12 am PST / 1:12 pm EST (18:11:47 UTC), and Pelion at 1:17 pm PST / 4:17 pm EST (21:17:20 UTC).
— Sun square Nodes at 4:37 pm PST / 7:37 pm EST (00:37:24 Nov. 12 UTC).
— Mercury square Rhiphonos at 5:04 pm PST / 8:04 pm EST (01:03:49 Nov. 12 UTC).
— Juno conjunct Pluto at 5:22 pm PST / 8:22 pm EST (01:22:29 Nov. 12 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Nov. 11
(The Day of the Underground) | Scorpio Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
This year marks a rare turning point for you. Everything hinges on your ability to remain conscious of your direction at all times, and to accept the many ways that life is guiding you toward your chosen destiny. You must consider carefully certain facts that have their roots in the events of late August, and everything you’ve learned since. Knowledge is power.

Written in the Planets
What gets you fired up, yet entails some ‘drudgery’ or discipline from time to time? Today could be the ideal day to work on it steadily. In fact, you might even find that if you commit yourself to the task, serendipity knocks on your door or an unexpected development offers a creative new take on things. Structure and embracing the new are your friends today, as Saturn in Sagittarius trines Uranus in Aries, lighting up who you believe you can be. When the waning Moon enters Virgo a little later, distract the ‘judgier’ side of yourself with some kind of organizational task. It always serves creativity well to clear some space first.

By any standards, 2018 will be a distinctive year astrologically. Get your essential guide to riding the waves of the next 12 months and beyond. Pre-order The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual by Eric Francis.

Today is Friday, Nov. 10, 2017
Hebrew date is 21 Cheshvan 5778
Islamic date is 21 Safar 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 8 Chikchan
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.4.17.5
Julian Day is 2458068

Today’s Birthdays: Ninon de l’Enclos (1620-1705), Granville Sharp (1735-1813), Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), Zofia Nalkowska (1884-1954), Claude Rains (1889-1967), Johnny Marks (1909-1985), Louis le Brocquy (1916-2012), Richard Burton (1925-1984), Ennio Morricone (1928), James Hood (1942-2013), Tim Rice (1944), Glen Buxton (1947-1997), Ann Reinking (1949), Roland Emmerich (1955), Sinbad (1956), Deborah Cameron (1958), Neil Gaiman (1960), Hugh Bonneville (1963), Tracy Morgan (1968), Ellen Pompeo (1969), Warren G (1970), Walton Goggins (1971), Brittany Murphy (1977-2009), Eve (1978), Kiernan Shipka (1999).

“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands maybe.”
— Neil Gaiman

In Search of (and Creating) Positive Momentum

Dear Friend and Reader:

I wrote today’s column on Wednesday aware of a curious mix of emotions, and maybe you can relate: buoyed by some of this week’s Election Day results; numbed and exhausted by news of yet another preventable mass shooting here in the U.S. But let’s consider some of Tuesday’s good news for a moment, since it represents a direct response to everything that has unfolded in the wake of You-Know-Who’s election to the Presidency one year ago:

Danica Roem, center, is greeted by supporters as she prepares to give her victory speech on Tuesday. Roem is the first openly transgender state legislator to be seated in U.S. history. Although she discussed her gender identity, her core platform issues included jobs, schools and traffic congestion. Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu / The Washington Post.

Democratic candidates for governor in both New Jersey and Virginia beat out their Republican rivals (remember Chris Christie?), and Dems also won control of the Virginia General Assembly, in a direct backlash to the Trump Effect.

And New York City’s progressive mayor, who’d campaigned for Bernie Sanders — Bill de Blasio — handily won a second term. Mainers defied the state’s bully of a governor to overwhelmingly approve expanding Medicare for low-income adults (of course, Gov. LePage now says he won’t enact the will of the people).

And in Philadelphia, civil rights lawyer Larry Krasner — a longtime opponent of capital punishment who opposes police stop-and-frisk policies, and who has represented protesters with Black Lives Matter, ACT UP, Occupy Philadelphia and other progressive groups — has been elected District Attorney of the City of Brotherly Love.

Read more…

Moon Phase: Moon is in Disseminating (waning gibbous) phase and enters Last Quarter phase today at 12:36 pm PST / 3:36 pm EST (20:36:19 UTC).
Next New Moon is in Scorpio on Nov. 18 at 3:42 am PST / 6:42 am EST (11:42:03 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Gemini on Dec. 3 at 7:47 am PST / 10:47 am EST (15:46:54 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Leo and enters Virgo on Nov. 11 at 8:41 am PST / 11:41 am EST (16:41:14 UTC).
Sun Degree: 18-19 Scorpio.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
No changes today.

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Sun conjunct Deucalion at 10:38 pm Nov. 9 PST / 1:38 am EST (06:38:04 UTC).
— Vesta sextile Galactic Core at 4:14 am PST / 7:14 am EST (12:13:43 UTC), and Pholus at 12:41 pm PST / 3:41 pm EST (20:41:35 UTC).
— Venus square Crantor at 2:03 pm PST / 5:03 pm EST (22:03:06 UTC).
— Venus trine Nessus at 2:27 pm PST / 5:27 pm EST (22:27:19 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Nov. 10
(The Day of Metamorphosis) | Scorpio Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
Take the controls of your life and do whatever you can to guide yourself in the right direction. This will involve slowing down and making every decision consciously. Where you see no options, or ones you don’t like, it’s essential that you look carefully for other possible choices. This will not happen automatically, though powerful forces are guiding you.

Written in the Planets
With today’s last quarter Moon, see if you can turn the corner on some project that peaked a week ago. This is the ‘home stretch’ of the current lunar cycle, and planets gathered in Scorpio are urging you to take the process deep. With a trine today between Venus in Scorpio and Nessus in Pisces, you might find particular support in addressing or resolving some matter of patterning in a relationship (especially a sexual relationship). Notice what feels like it’s old and could stand to be cut from your life to make way for better, healthier forms of relating.

By any standards, 2018 will be a distinctive year astrologically. Get your essential guide to riding the waves of the next 12 months and beyond. Pre-order The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual by Eric Francis.

Today is Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017
Hebrew date is 20 Cheshvan 5778
Islamic date is 20 Safar 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 7 K’an
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.4.17.4
Julian Day is 2458067

Today’s Birthdays: Elijah Parish Lovejoy (1802-1837), Louisa E. Rhine (1891-1983), Paulene Myers (1913-1996), Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000), Dorothy Dandridge (1922-1965), Elizabeth Hawley (1923), James Schuyler (1923-1991), Anne Sexton (1928-1974), Carl Sagan (1934-1996), Mary Travers (1936-2009), Tom Fogerty (1941-1990), Robert Duncan McNeill (1964), Sandra Denton (1969), Brad “Scarface” Jordan (1970), Nick Lachey (1973), Delta Goodrem (1984).

“A woman who writes feels too much,
those trances and portents!
As if cycles and children and islands
weren’t enough; as if mourners and gossips
and vegetables were never enough.
She thinks she can warm the stars.
A writer is essentially a spy.
Dear love, I am that girl.”
— Anne Sexton

Moon Phase: Moon is in Disseminating (waning gibbous) phase and enters Last Quarter phase on Nov. 10 at 12:36 pm PST / 3:36 pm EST (20:36:19 UTC).
Next New Moon is in Scorpio on Nov. 18 at 3:42 am PST / 6:42 am EST (11:42:03 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Gemini on Dec. 3 at 7:47 am PST / 10:47 am EST (15:46:54 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Cancer and enters Leo today at 4:29 am PST / 7:29 am EST (12:29:01 UTC).
Sun Degree: 17-18 Scorpio.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Moon enters Leo at 4:29 am PST / 7:29 am EST (12:29:01 UTC).

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Ceres square Echeclus at 10:10 pm Nov. 8 PST / 1:10 am EST (06:10:24 UTC).
— Sun sextile Pluto at 4:12 am PST / 7:12 am EST (12:12:02 UTC).
— Sun square Praamzius at 5:55 am PST / 8:55 am EST (13:55:25 UTC).
— Venus conjunct Typhon at 7:21 am PST / 10:21 am EST (15:21:26 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Nov. 9
(The Day of Earthly Temptation) | Scorpio Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
Learning how to receive what others are offering you will help you grow, and will facilitate your success. Receiving requires vulnerability, and you would be well served to end your standoff with being open to others. You’ll know you’re succeeding when you consciously have to go beyond whatever fears come up, and trust others enough to nourish you.

Written in the Planets
The Sun making a sextile to Pluto is ideal astrology for moving anything that feels stuck. This might include, for example, a habit or routine that’s outgrown its usefulness. You may, from time to time, be surprised by how quickly you evolve or change on certain matters. In this there is little to fear and much to celebrate. You’re free to rise above conventions or superstition or fear of the unknown, and step into a whole new adventure.

By any standards, 2018 will be a distinctive year astrologically. Get your essential guide to riding the waves of the next 12 months and beyond. Pre-order The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual by Eric Francis.

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017
Hebrew date is 19 Cheshvan 5778
Islamic date is 19 Safar 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 6 Ak’b’al
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.4.17.3
Julian Day is 2458066

Today’s Birthdays: Edmond Halley (1656-1742), Bram Stoker (1847-1912), Gottlob Frege (1848-1925), Dorothea Bate (1878-1951), Charles Demuth (1883-1935), Hermann Rorschach (1884-1922), Dorothy Day (1897-1980), Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998), Patti Page (1927-2013), Morley Safer (1931-2016), Minnie Riperton (1947-1979), Bonnie Raitt (1949), Timothy Egan (1954), Kazuo Ishiguro (1954), Rickie Lee Jones (1954), Richard Curtis (1956), Parker Posey (1968), Gretchen Mol (1972), Aaron Swartz (1986-2013).

“You reason well, and your wit is bold, but you are too prejudiced. You do not let your eyes see nor your ears hear, and that which is outside your daily life is not of account to you. Do you not think that there are things which you cannot understand, and yet which are, that some people see things that others cannot? But there are things old and new which must not be contemplated by men’s eyes, because they know, or think they know, some things which other men have told them. Ah, it is the fault of our science that it wants to explain all, and if it explain not, then it says there is nothing to explain. But yet we see around us every day the growth of new beliefs, which think themselves new, and which are yet but the old, which pretend to be young, like the fine ladies at the opera.”
— Bram Stoker

Moon Phase: Moon is in Disseminating (waning gibbous) phase and enters Last Quarter phase on Nov. 10 at 12:36 pm PST / 3:36 pm EST (20:36:19 UTC).
Next New Moon is in Scorpio on Nov. 18 at 3:42 am PST / 6:42 am EST (11:42:03 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Gemini on Dec. 3 at 7:47 am PST / 10:47 am EST (15:46:54 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Cancer and enters Leo on Nov. 9 at 4:29 am PST / 7:29 am EST (12:29:01 UTC).
Sun Degree: 16-17 Scorpio.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
No changes today.

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Mars square Chariklo at 2:20 am PST / 5:20 am EST (10:20:14 UTC).
— Venus square Varuna at 9:53 am PST / 12:53 pm EST (17:53:18 UTC).
— Mercury square Nessus at 11:29 am PST / 2:29 pm EST (19:28:49 UTC).
— Chiron square Ixion at 12:47 pm PST / 3:47 pm EST (20:47:14 UTC).
— Venus opposite Pallas at 8:07 pm PST / 11:07 pm EST (04:07:38 Nov. 9 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Nov. 8
(The Day of the Borderline) | Scorpio Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
You will experience the deepest emotional and spiritual gifts this year by taking care of the people who mean the most to you. In our “service economy,” we have lost the pleasure and indeed the honor of offering ourselves to those we consider our family. Experimenting with this will teach you everything you need to know about where you stand with them.

Written in the Planets
You may notice that you’re more aware of the big picture in terms of your thought processes now. This can be quite a useful shift in perspective, especially if you’ve spent recent weeks extra-focused on details or in-depth investigations. Yet it can be trickier to connect the broader or longer-term view with the immediate steps that need to be taken. You might find this especially true if your awareness of some problematic emotional or sexual patterning is pushing you to address it. While that dynamic is suggested by Mercury in Sagittarius square the centaur Nessus in Pisces, another centaur aspect is also exact today: Chiron in Pisces square Ixion in Sagittarius. It’s clear that you’re ready to make a move toward healing some old wound; what’s less clear is how you’ll go about it. It’s not enough simply to let the ends justify the means. Even when oriented on the big picture, the details about how you get there do matter; remember your ethics.

By any standards, 2018 will be a distinctive year astrologically. Get your essential guide to riding the waves of the next 12 months and beyond. Pre-order The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual by Eric Francis.

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017
Hebrew date is 18 Cheshvan 5778
Islamic date is 18 Safar 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 5 Ik’
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.4.17.2
Julian Day is 2458066

Today’s Birthdays: Marie Curie (1867-1934), King Baggot (1879-1948), Margaret Leech (1893-1974), Herman J. Mankiewicz (1897-1953), Ruby Hurley (1909-1980), Albert Camus (1913-1960), M. Athalie Range (1915-2006), Lisa Ben (1921-2015), Joni Mitchell (1943), John Benitez (1957), David Guetta (1967), Morgan Spurlock (1971), Yunjin Kim (1973), Tinie Tempah (1988), Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (1989), Lorde (1996).

“When we were jailed, Pussy Riot immediately became very popular and widely known, and it turned from just a group to essentially an international movement. Anybody can be Pussy Riot; you just need to put on a mask and stage an active protest of something in your particular country, wherever that may be, that you consider unjust. And we’re not here as the leaders of Pussy Riot or determining what Pussy Riot is and what it does or what it says. We are just two individuals that spent two years in jail for taking part in a Pussy Riot protest action.”
— Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

Moon Phase: Moon is in Full phase and enters Disseminating (waning gibbous) phase today at 3:07 am PST / 6:07 am EST (11:06:44 UTC).
Next New Moon is in Scorpio on Nov. 18 at 3:42 am PST / 6:42 am EST (11:42:03 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Gemini on Dec. 3 at 7:47 am PST / 10:47 am EST (15:46:54 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Gemini and enters Cancer today at 2:44 am PST / 5:44 am EST (10:44:22 UTC).
Sun Degree: 15-16 Scorpio.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Moon enters Cancer at 2:44 am PST / 5:44 am EST (10:44:22 UTC).
Venus enters Scorpio at 3:38 am PST / 6:38 am EST (11:38:24 UTC).

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Mercury conjunct Pandora at 11:23 pm Nov. 6 PST / 2:23 am EST (07:23:01 UTC).
— Mercury semi-square Pluto at 12:26 am PST / 3:26 am EST (08:26:34 UTC).
— Mercury conjunct Eros at 7:12 am PST / 10:12 am EST (15:11:52 UTC).
— Pallas opposite Typhon at 8:03 am PST / 11:03 am EST (16:02:46 UTC).
— Vesta opposite Uranus at 1:54 pm PST / 4:54 pm EST (21:53:47 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Nov. 7
(The Day of Discovery) | Scorpio Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
You have the rare gift of seeing the world from the viewpoint of others you care about. This is becoming something found only in the natural history museum. For you, it’s an entirely relevant skill to focus. Invest two or three times the energy you think you have to, and really strive to get where others are coming from. Your own happiness will grow from that.

Written in the Planets
Venus entering Scorpio today brings passion and emotional depth. It also brings a reminder that guiding those whom you love toward what’s best — that is, toward growth — is best done gently, no matter how strongly you feel about its necessity. Ultimately, your own growth is all you have any control over, or responsibility for. Keep the concept of ‘flow’ in mind. This applies especially if you feel suddenly inspired to show your devotion (creative, sexual or relational) in some new, unexpected way. Your mind may be on fire with fertile new ideas, and an urge to lift the lid on something. Keep your intentions focused on ‘the highest good for all concerned’, and chances are you’ll reap genuine benefits even if things seem messy at first.

By any standards, 2018 will be a distinctive year astrologically. Get your essential guide to riding the waves of the next 12 months and beyond. Pre-order The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual by Eric Francis.

Today is Monday, Nov. 6, 2017
Hebrew date is 17 Cheshvan 5778
Islamic date is 17 Safar 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 4 Imix’
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.4.17.1
Julian Day is 2458063

Today’s Birthdays: Adolphe Sax (1814-1894), Jonas Lie (1833-1908), Dennis Miller Bunker (1861-1890), Thomas H. Ince (1880-1924), Opal Kunz (1894-1967), June Squibb (1929), Tom Hornbein (1930), Diana E.H. Russell (1938), Michael Schwerner (1939-1964), Ruth Messinger (1940), Sally Field (1946), Glenn Frey (1948-2016), Arturo Sandoval (1949), Lori Singer (1957), Corey Glover (1964), Ethan Hawke (1970), Thandie Newton (1972), Emma Stone (1988), Conchita Wurst (1988).

“Art is autobiographical…you cannot put more into your art than you yourself contain.”
— Jonas Lie

Shifting Focus: Mercury and Venus Change Signs

This is one of those weeks when the astrological tone shifts slightly; think of it like putting on glasses with colored lenses, except these glasses go on your mind and emotions. What’s going on around you has not changed, but the tint of how you perceive it might.

Photo by Amanda Painter.

In a world like the one we’re living in — constant political and natural crises; the internet dictating what we see, react to and believe; media whiplash with every cultural backlash — every ounce of deliberateness counts. Life is overwhelming, and many people feel the need to tune out, go numb and seek ‘entertainment’.

Others want so desperately to fix the pain around them, they forget to take care of themselves. And with the idea of ‘outrage du jour’ becoming almost literally a new outrage every single day, it can be hard to track how your own process of evaluating issues and responding to them — as well as how you relate to loved ones — might be shifting.

Which brings us to the astrological highlights of this week: both Mercury and Venus change signs this week. Mercury just left Scorpio and entered Sagittarius earlier today. Venus leaves Libra and enters Scorpio on Tuesday at 6:38 am EST (11:38 UTC).

Whereas Mercury in Scorpio might have had your mind acting something like a sleuth’s magnifying glass or a surgeon’s scalpel — focused on getting beneath the surface with strong intention — Mercury in Sagittarius could feel a little looser. OK, your thoughts and communication might feel a lot looser: shooting from the hip, an easier sense of humor and, perhaps, needing more effort to stay focused.

Read more…

Moon Phase: Moon is in Full phase and enters Disseminating (waning gibbous) phase on Nov. 7 at 3:07 am PST / 6:07 am EST (11:06:44 UTC).
Next New Moon is in Scorpio on Nov. 18 at 3:42 am PST / 6:42 am EST (11:42:03 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Gemini on Dec. 3 at 7:47 am PST / 10:47 am EST (15:46:54 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Gemini and enters Cancer on Nov. 7 at 2:44 am PST / 5:44 am EST (10:44:22 UTC).
Sun Degree: 14-15 Scorpio.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
No changes today.

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Sun opposite Echeclus at 9:17 pm Nov. 5 PST / 12:17 am EST (05:16:57 UTC).
— Venus conjunct Rhadamanthus at 2:11 am PST / 5:11 am EST (10:11:35 UTC).
— Ceres square Mors-Somnus at 8:31 am PST / 11:31 am EST (16:31:18 UTC).
— Vesta sextile Saturn at 9:56 am PST / 12:56 pm EST (17:56:14 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Nov. 6
(The Day of Rousing Vigor) | Scorpio Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
Focus on money, which means on the facts and figures of your financial life. This will help more than your bank balance and credit rating. It will help your self-esteem, which is the single most meaningful issue to which you must devote yourself. Why does this come back to understanding your relationship to money? That mystery will eagerly reveal itself.

Written in the Planets
One of the interesting paradoxes of human life is that we all have a higher purpose, but are apt to forget the fact. Aspects today, including Vesta sextile Saturn, suggest that this moment could serve as a time of realignment with your personal mission. Your inner guidance is always within reach, though it can take practice to hear it and trust it. Today it may feel closer than usual, which makes this a good day to try listening to it. Note that you don’t need to see all the way to the destination. Knowing where you want to head next is just fine.

By any standards, 2018 will be a distinctive year astrologically. Get your essential guide to riding the waves of the next 12 months and beyond. Pre-order The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual by Eric Francis.

Today is Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017
Hebrew date is 16 Cheshvan 5778
Islamic date is 16 Safar 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 3 Ajaw
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.4.17.0
Julian Day is 2458063

Today’s Birthdays: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919), Ida Tarbell (1857-1944), Natalie Schafer (1900-1991), Etta Moten Barnett (1901-2004), Roy Rogers (1911-1998), Vivien Leigh (1913-1967), Herb Edelman (1933-1996), Art Garfunkel (1941), Charles Bradley (1948-2017), Bryan Adams (1959), Tilda Swinton (1960), Seth Gilliam (1968), Sam Rockwell (1968), Jonny Greenwood (1971), Ryan Adams (1974), Leah Culver (1982), Kevin Jonas (1987).

“I detect
More good than evil in humanity.
Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes,
And men grow better as the world grows old.”
— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Moon Phase: Moon is in Full phase and enters Disseminating (waning gibbous) phase on Nov. 7 at 3:07 am PST / 6:07 am EST (11:06:44 UTC).
Next New Moon is in Scorpio on Nov. 18 at 3:42 am PST / 6:42 am EST (11:42:03 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Gemini on Dec. 3 at 7:47 am PST / 10:47 am EST (15:46:54 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Taurus and enters Gemini today at 2:26 am PST / 5:56 am EST (10:25:57 UTC).
Sun Degree: 13-14 Scorpio.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Moon enters Gemini at 2:26 am PST / 5:56 am EST (10:25:57 UTC).
Mercury enters Sagittarius at 11:18 am PST / 2:18 pm EST (19:18:38 UTC).

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Pholus conjunct Galactic Center at 9:46 pm Nov. 4 PDT / 12:46 am EDT (04:46:13 UTC).
— Sun opposite Mors-Somnus at 1:16 am PST / 4:16 am EST (09:16:26 UTC).
— Vesta conjunct Haumea at 11:18 am PST / 2:18 pm EST (19:17:48 UTC).
— Jupiter opposite Pelion at 3:20 pm PST / 6:20 pm EST (23:19:41 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Nov. 5
(The Day of Actuality) | Scorpio Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
Be careful not to make too many assumptions. Rather, find the courage to ask people where they are coming from, and have the courage to tell them your point of view. It’s only when people are working with a full set of facts that they can make honest and helpful decisions. This is rare to find; though, for you, it’s an essential element in your happiness.

Written in the Planets
There’s a whiff of adventure and fun in today’s astrology as Mercury enters Sagittarius. If you find yourself hankering for a little stimulus, you might set your mind at liberty for a while and see where your daydreams take you. If there’s something particular you notice you’d really like to enjoy or accomplish, a good first step is to consider it as possible, however you might ordinarily feel. The finer details and practicalities tend to become a lot clearer once that bar is lifted, and you may suddenly find that any challenges you perceive are not, after all, insurmountable.

By any standards, 2018 will be a distinctive year astrologically. Get your essential guide to riding the waves of the next 12 months and beyond. Pre-order The Art of Becoming, the 2018 Planet Waves Annual by Eric Francis.

Today is Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017
Hebrew date is 15 Cheshvan 5778
Islamic date is 15 Safar 1439

Mayan Tzolk’in Day is 2 Kawak
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.4.16.19
Julian Day is 2458062

Today’s Birthdays: Will Rogers (1879-1935), Alton Adams (1889-1987), Stanley Cortez (1908-1997), Evelyn Bryan Johnson (1909-2012), Dixie Lee (1911-1952), Walter Cronkite (1916-2009), Martin Balsam (1919-1996), Mary Sherman Morgan (1921-2004), Doris Roberts (1925-2016), Shakuntala Devi (1929-2013), Charles Frazier (1950), James Honeyman-Scott (1956-1982), Kathy Griffin (1960), Sean Combs (1969), Matthew McConaughey (1969), Gregory Porter (1971).

“For how many thousands of years now have we humans been what we insist on calling ‘civilized’? And yet, in total contradiction, we also persist in the savage belief that we must occasionally, at least, settle our arguments by killing one another.”
— Walter Cronkite

Moon Phase: Moon is in Full phase and enters Disseminating (waning gibbous) phase on Nov. 7 at 3:07 am PST / 6:07 am EST (11:06:44 UTC).
Next New Moon is in Scorpio on Nov. 18 at 3:42 am PST / 6:42 am EST (11:42:03 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Gemini on Dec. 3 at 7:47 am PST / 10:47 am EST (15:46:54 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Taurus and enters Gemini on Nov. 5 at 2:26 am PST / 5:56 am EST (10:25:57 UTC).
Sun Degree: 12-13 Scorpio.

Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
No changes today.

Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
— Venus opposite Uranus at 10:02 pm Nov. 3 PDT / 1:02 am EDT (05:02:19 UTC).
— Jupiter opposite 1992 QB1 at 12:34 pm PDT / 3:34 pm EDT (19:33:53 UTC).
— Sun square Ceres at 3:31 pm PDT / 6:31 pm EDT (22:31:10 UTC).
— Mars square Amycus at 6:29 pm PDT / 9:29 pm EDT (01:29:28 Nov. 5 UTC).
— Venus sextile Pholus at 8:53 pm PDT / 11:53 pm EDT (03:52:41 Nov. 5 UTC).

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If Your Birthday is Nov. 4
(The Day of the Provocateur) | Scorpio Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
The Full Moon on your birth anniversary will help you see in the dark. What you might have missed, what might have been lost in the shadows, will be visible. This includes how you really feel about a relationship that has been difficult to make sense of. Real feelings are involved. You have an invitation to go deeper, though that’s one of several options.

Written in the Planets
It’s possible that by the time you read this, the Taurus Full Moon’s intense — and seemingly entrenched — energy is already easing off. That might come as a huge relief. Even so, make a note about what you’ve learned in recent days, particularly about things like: your needs when they butt up against the values of others; what you reveal and what you don’t; what you hold on to, especially emotionally; sexual power dynamics; and the subtle ways in which your body and emotions inform each other. With any interpersonal stalemate finally finding some wiggle room, there are specific places you can look for the solution or compromise you’ve been needing. Start with what’s new, unusual or a break from routine — especially in relationships. You need to feel genuinely nourished in that regard. Know that when you do, you’ll naturally nourish others without any sense of depletion. So go ahead and take the lead on that — compassionately, and perhaps even playfully.

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