Welcoming a Soft New Chapter

2 - 8 NOVEMBER 2025

The air feels different this week, gentler, deeper, like you’re walking into a conversation you’ve already prepared for. November opens not with a bang but with a whisper: the kind of whisper that says, “Look how far you’ve already come.” 

You may feel more grounded, more present, less caught in the swirl of change. The momentum you built is becoming tangible. The seeds you planted in inner work weeks ago now show signs of life. And yet, there is also a gentle beckoning inward, a reminder that next steps matter, and the direction is as important as the pace.

This week invites you to receive more than you strive. To observe more than you force. To allow your body, heart, and spirit to align with a softer, longer rhythm. With the Taurus Super Full Moon approaching and Mercury’s retrograde shadow growing, the cosmos calls you to steady your ground, refine your vision, and open to what’s next without rushing.

Life doesn’t need to speed up. It needs presence.

Let yourself walk into November with calm confidence with a curious heart and grounded feet.

How It May Feel

You may feel a blend of comfort and stir: comfort in what you’ve built, stir in what you sense is next. You could wake to simple pleasures, good food, a warm space, a deep breath, and also feel a subtle pull to reflect, to reconsider, to refine.

There may be a sense of resting into what you’ve earned, rather than chasing what’s next. And at the same time, your mind may whisper, What else? What more?

With Mercury’s shadow looming, you might experience little glitches, delays, or moments of reconsideration. Don't let them frustrate you. They’re part of the rhythm, not a sign you’re off track.

How to Work With This Energy

• Harvest and honour. Take inventory of what’s working, what you’ve nurtured, and what you’re ready to receive.

• Ground your body and space. Taurus full moon energy: comfort, beauty, tangible abundance. Nourish your body, your surroundings.Be in nature as much as possible.

• Slow down planning. With Mercury’s retrograde beginning soon, avoid launching big new initiatives better to refine and revisit.

• Explore boldness gently. Mars in Sagittarius gives fire use it to, expand vision, not speed. Dream big, but step softly.

• Reflect with intent. What story are you ready to rewrite? What truth do you want to live in rather than talk about?

Astrology Highlights

• November 2 – Venus in Libra squares Jupiter in Cancer → themes of expansion in partnership, beauty, and values.

• November 4 – Mars enters Sagittarius → fire for passion, exploration, bold movement.

• November 5 – Taurus Super Full Moon building/peaking soon → harvest, reward, grounding into abundance.

• November 9 – Mercury stations retrograde in Sagittarius (beginning) → communications slow, rethink the path, revisit before launching.

Soul Message

“You’ve laboured in silence. Now the fruit begins to appear.Let your hands open, receive rather than reach.The world isn’t asking more of you; it’s asking right where you already are.Stand quietly in what you’ve become.Then, when you’re called anew, walk the next step with simple confidence.”

Journal Prompts

• What in my life feels ready to be received rather than achieved?

• Where might I slow to see things, instead of speeding to fix them?

• What small token of abundance can I claim, honour or celebrate this week?

• What inner narrative do I want to revisit or rewrite before Mercury moves back?

✨ Affirmation of the Week

"I receive with gratitude. I move with clarity. I trust the rhythm of my becoming."

This week marks a gentle turn in the road. It’s not about upheaval or dramatic leaps. It’s about stepping into what you’ve grown, appreciating where you are, and opening to where you’re headed without force. 

Abundance doesn’t always announce itself with fireworks. Sometimes it arrives as a calm nod of the Universe. With the Super Full Moon in Taurus on the horizon, your path is tilting toward solidity, comfort, reward. With Mercury’s slowdown approaching, your path will benefit from patience and review. 

So breathe. Sit in enough. Let the next chapter find you as much as you find it. 

You are exactly on time. 

Your life doesn’t need to race to bloom. 

You bloom in presence, in alignment, in authenticity. 

Welcome November. Walk into it softly, confidently, and just as you are.

I love you,

Sarah

If you would like to receive some more guidance about this week's energy, watch my Weekly Cosmic Forecast below.

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