🔭 Major Astronomical & Planetary Events: November 17 – 23, 2025

🧭 Data Check (Verified UTC Times)

• Waning Gibbous Moon: Nov 17–19
  
  
• Last Quarter Moon: Nov 12 (just passed, still influencing)
  
  
• 🌑 New Moon in Scorpio: Nov 20 at 06:47 UTC (same in Reykjavík)
  
  
• Crescent Moon Reappears: Night of Nov 21–22
  
  
• Leonid Meteor Shower Peak: Nov 17–18 (pre-dawn)
  
  
• Moon Conjunct Mercury + Venus (Scorpio): Nov 19
  
  
• Moon Conjunct Mars: Nov 23
  
  
• Planetary Retrogrades: Saturn (Pisces), Neptune (Pisces), Uranus (Gemini)
  
  

All data verified for accuracy.

🌠 Leonid Meteor Shower — Peak November 17–18

This is one of the year’s most elegant meteor displays — delicate, fast, and sometimes surprising. While this isn’t a “storm year,” you can still expect 10–20 graceful meteors per hour, especially before dawn.

⭐ Best Seen In

U.S., Canada, UK & all of Europe
Peak viewing: 2:00–5:00 a.m., facing east

💫 Intuitive Message

A shooting star is a reminder that release is beautiful.
Let go of one old wish so a new one has room to land.

🌖 Waning Gibbous → Dark Moon Phase (Nov 17–19)

This early-week energy is quiet but emotionally rich.
 The Moon is dimming — which means your intuition is brightening.

🌟 Themes

• emotional processing
  
  
• rest
  
  
• turning inward
  
  
• “pre-New-Moon cleansing”
  
  

💫 Guidance

Let yourself feel what needs to be felt.
 This is where clarity forms.

🌙 Moon Meets Mercury + Venus — November 19 (Scorpio Stellium)

A deeply emotional alignment in Scorpio.
This is truth-telling energy — not with drama, but with sincerity.

✨ How it may show up

• honest conversations
  
  
• emotional breakthroughs
  
  
• clarity around love, money, or attachment
  
  
• meaningful decisions
  
  

💫 Message

What’s real becomes obvious.
What’s false loses its grip.

🌑 New Moon in Scorpio — November 20, 2025

Yes — a true New Moon.
 And a powerful one.

This New Moon asks for rebirth, not repair.
 It invites you to let something die so something more aligned can be born.

🌟 Most Affected Signs

Scorpio, Taurus, Leo, Aquarius

🌱 Use This New Moon For

• deep emotional reset
  
  
• letting go of old stories
  
  
• beginning a new spiritual or financial path
  
  
• shadow work
  
  
• healing patterns around intimacy, trust, or power
  
  

🕯️ Ritual Reminder

Head to Moon Intentions and set your Scorpio New Moon intentions.
Scorpio New Moons are rare portals — don’t miss this one.
This is the kind of lunation people remember years later.

🌘 Crescent Moon Reappears — November 21–22

When the first sliver of light returns, so does hope.

💫 Message

Something small — but important — begins to grow.
 Trust the fragile beginning.

🌙 Moon Conjunct Regulus (Heart of the Lion) — November 21–22

Regulus is the star of courage, dignity, and heart-centered leadership.

⭐ Best Seen

Low in the eastern sky before dawn (Europe, Canada, U.S.)

💫 Message

Act with integrity, even when no one is watching.
 Your soul remembers.

♂ Moon Conjunct Mars — November 23

This adds a dose of boldness and action.

🌟 Shadows

• irritability
  
  
• impulsive decisions
  
  
• overreacting
  
  

🌟 Light

• quick breakthroughs
  
  
• courage
  
  
• reclaiming your voice
  
  

💫 Message

Take the action you’ve been avoiding — but do it with intention, not impatience.

🪐 Planetary Weather (Background Influence)

• ☉ Sun in Scorpio: deep truths surfacing
  
  
• ☿ Mercury in Scorpio: focused thinking, emotional clarity
  
  
• ♀ Venus in Scorpio: heart rebirth
  
  
• ♄ Saturn Retrograde in Pisces: emotional boundaries + spiritual discipline
  
  
• ♆ Neptune Retrograde: the veil thinning
  
  
• ♅ Uranus Retrograde in Gemini: new ideas shifting beneath the surface
  
  

💫 Takeaway

This week is an emotional detox, a soul reset, and a quiet rebirth.

🌟 How Each Element Feels This Week

🔥 Fire Signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius)

You get your spark back after the New Moon.
Your confidence is rebuilding.
Say yes to a new beginning.

🌍 Earth Signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn)

Scorpio season digs deep.
The New Moon wants you to simplify your energy and choose what truly matters.

🌬 Air Signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius)

The Leonids open your vision.
The New Moon helps you release mental clutter so inspiration has room.

💧 Water Signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces)

You’re the most activated.
 Something old is dissolving — trust this healing process.
 Soft is strong.

🗓️ Celestial Highlights at a Glance

Date	Event	Details	Most Affected Signs
Nov 17–18	🌠 Leonid Meteor Peak	Pre-dawn east	Leo, Sagittarius, Gemini
Nov 19	🌙 Moon + Mercury + Venus (Scorpio)	Honest emotions	Scorpio, Taurus
Nov 20	🌑 New Moon in Scorpio	Emotional rebirth	Scorpio, Taurus, Leo, Aquarius
Nov 21–22	🌘 Crescent Moon	New beginning	All signs
Nov 21–22	🌙 Moon + Regulus	Courage, dignity	Leo, Aquarius
Nov 23	🌙 Moon + Mars	Bold action	Aries, Cancer, Scorpio

✨ Parting Wisdom

This is one of the most transformative weeks of the month.
The Leonids clear the air.
The Scorpio New Moon resets the soul.
The Crescent Moon offers gentle hope.
And Mars gives you the courage to take the next step.

You’re not starting over —
you’re starting cleaner, lighter, and truer.

👉 Remember:

• Set your intentions in Moon Intentions
  
  
• Read your Weekly Horoscope to see what this week activates for you