Kerry Shamblin Vedic Astrology

November 2026 brings a remarkable concentration of planetary transitions, reversals, and exchanges that could fundamentally alter the direction of personal and collective affairs. Venus returns to Virgo before resuming direct motion alongside Mercury on November 13, while Mars emerges from debilitation and joins Jupiter and Ketu in Leo for a powerful conjunction on November 15. The Sun’s entrance into Scorpio on November 16 establishes a potent exchange with Mars, shifting the emp...

The final week of October looks lively. Mercury retrograde is underway as of Saturday, October 24th, bringing a bit more frenzy and flair into the mix. Both Mercury and Venus are now retrograde in Libra buzzing around the debilitated Sun, as Venus moves toward the early degrees of Libra and directly into Rahu’s aspect. This is an “expect the unexpected” week ahead. The trio in Libra is moving things around, and in the shifting, we may find forgotten ideas, derelict projects, and stale resou...

October 11 - 17: NINE NIGHTS The new Moon in Virgo on October 10 asked us to pause and slow down. On October 11th the Moon begins to wax, kicking off the annual celebration called Navaratri, nine nights ten days of focus on the Divine Mother where we explore the process of how good triumphs over evil. The frenzy in Libra continues, with retrograde Venus making full combustion with the Sun and continuing to slide toward the early degrees of her own air sign. Both Mars from Cancer and Rahu ...

October 4 - 10: TURN DOWN THE VOLUME Venus has begun the retrograde cycle that observationally takes her into the blaze and pushes her out on the other side of the Sun in the zodiac. The weather pattern that sees excitable retrograde Venus and her ride-or-die Mercury, cutting it up on the dance floor through October is even more amplified by Rahu and Mars pumping air and heat toward Libra. This feels busy, exciting, too much, and not enough. The waning Moon starts the week by entering its...

October brings movement, revision, and an increasing sense that larger changes are beginning to unfold. Venus turns retrograde in Libra on October 2, beginning a creative and relational reworking that intensifies as Mercury joins her in retrograde motion on October 24, all while Rahu and Mars amplify an already active Libra environment. Retrograde Saturn returns to Uttarabhadra, reminding us to keep checking foundations rather than rushing toward completion, while the new Moon in Virgo offers...