This is one year that could be saving the best until last, both in terms of the different cosmic conditions playing out and because you have Mars returning to Leo on 4th November to begin a new Mars cycle. This won’t be your normal Mars return, where the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos will spend six weeks firing up your passions, drive, warrior and competitive spirit as well as the enthusiasm to embark on new quests or projects. Instead, for the first time since 2009, Mars won’t just whizz through in six weeks and instead, a retrograde turn next month will keep him here for the rest of the year. Mars will retrograde back out in the New Year, only to return three months later to spend another two months here, not eventually leaving until June 2025. This is something that is going to power up all aspects of your life, with the planet of passion and the warrior planet of the cosmos on the lookout for anything he can channel his warrior and competitive spirit into. On the one hand, this will flow easily into the playful, creative and adventurous side of life’s fence, for Mars will return to find that he is not only in harmony with Venus and Mercury in a playful and creative part of your chart from the start but with the North Node and both planets in an adventurous part. Mars will also return during Pluto’s final weeks in your work sector. With the planet of change, transformation and rebellion leaving on 20th November and then not returning again in our lifetime, Mars’ warrior and competitive spirit will be just as much at home on the job front. Mars will also be here when in the lead up to a Full Moon in your career sector on 16th November things are going to start firing up across the income, work and career fronts. Meanwhile, with the Sun in your home and family sector until 22nd November and so much happening on the playful, creative and adventurous side of life’s fence, having the right work/life balance needs to be a priority from the start.
While the Sun won’t return to your romantic sector until 22nd November, the point in each year when the solar spotlight will always shift onto matters of the heart, this year you won’t have to wait until then, with the month already getting off to a romantically charged start. This is thanks to Venus, the planet of love’s return last month and her influence until leaving on 12th November. By the time you moved into 2023, Venus had already left and she didn’t return until just before the New Year, spending less than 48 hours in your romantic sector last year. That late return meant that Venus began the year in your romantic sector, while her early return makes this her second visit in 2024. Where the planet of love spent less than 48 hours in your romantic sector in 2023, she is making up for it this year. So far Venus has been on her own but that will change when within the space of just a few hours first Mercury and then the Moon will both return on 3rd November. This is the Moon’s only visit while Venus is here and until leaving on 5th November, they will be working together to make these some of the most romantically charged days of the month. With Venus leaving a week later on 12th November, she will work to keep the momentum going. Meanwhile, while this should see Mercury return to begin a 14 to 15 day mission to give your heart and your relationships a voice, a retrograde turn on 26th November will keep him here for the rest of the year and throughout the Sun’s month long visit. It is during Venus’ final days in your romantic sector that the Moon will return for its monthly visit to your relationship sector from 8th November to 10th November. While an ordinary monthly visit, this will be a valuable chance to check in and become more emotionally engaged and aware ahead of Pluto’s return on 20th November. Just 11 weeks after retrograding back out the planet of change and transformation will be back, this time to spend the next 20 years here.
When the Sun and Mercury left your income sector in September this ended all planetary activity here for the year, something that has benefited both sides of the financial fence. Due to a retrograde turn, Mercury had spent the previous two months moving into and out of your income sector, ultimately leaving you with a sharp head for money and everything needed to keep your head in the game and things on track. In that time Mercury had connected with Uranus in your career sector multiple times, while he was here when Pluto retrograded back into your work sector. This has left income potential in safe hands while at the same time taking the pressure off the other side of the financial fence. With no more planets in your income sector, the focus hasn’t just shifted to the planets on the other side of the financial fence but there is nothing for them to clash with, reducing the potential for financial tension. Instead, the same planets that had clashed with Neptune and Saturn in your financial sector are now working to support them, creating a boost in financial confidence. Helping to breathe new life into old financial dreams is starting the month with Mercury and Mars both at a friendly aspect to Neptune, the planet of hopes and dreams in your financial sector. Also gone is any urgency, with Saturn and Neptune not only both still in retrograde motion but slowing down as they prepare to turn direct, Saturn on 16th November and Neptune early next month. By the time the Moon moves through from 10th November to 12th November Saturn will be at a standstill, giving you a chance to stay in the moment as your financial instincts lock into the hindsight this is giving you access to. It is two weeks later that the Moon will return for its monthly visit to your income sector from 23rd November to 25th November. With no more planetary activity in your income sector, this is something that every four weeks can sharpen your nose for money and act as a trigger.