Astrology of the Week Ahead with Chani Nicholas

The Week of November 17th, 2025: A New Moon, a Mercury cazimi, and a dozen other things

Nov 17, 2025

Prepare for a week of intense astrological shifts! The New Moon in Scorpio invites deep emotional exploration, while a Mercury cazimi reveals essential truths and breakthroughs. Expect clarity amidst disruptions as planets align for transformative conversations, especially with Monday’s stabilizing Sun-Saturn trine. Wednesday brings shocking insights with Mercury's opposition to Uranus. As the Sun enters Sagittarius, optimism is in the air, paving the way for empowered change.

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Week's Three Big Themes

The week brings new beginnings that require radical honesty and also rude awakenings.
It will end with sweetness, help, and hope if we engage with the process.

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Breakthrough Astrology Demands Participation

This is breakthrough astrology that will force awakenings whether we resist or participate.
Choosing to engage lets us shape the struggle into transformative growth.

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Scorpio Season Reveals Buried Material

Scorpio season surfaces deep subconscious material, secrets, and hard-to-admit parts of ourselves.
These breakthroughs will likely feel intense because they reveal what's buried under the surface.

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Episode 257

In this podcast, New York Times best-selling author and astrologer Chani Nicholas discusses the astrology of the week and what it might mean for us all.

The astrology of the week of November 17th, 2025, is busy and a little intense. The New Moon in Scorpio reveals our deepest emotional patterns. The Mercury cazimi in Scorpio shows us which habits we need to break. And a flurry of other planetary activity brings a mix of clarity, disruption, and breakthroughs. This is the time to make the changes you need to make. But/and take a breather if you get overwhelmed. Growth doesn’t have to happen overnight.

This episode covers:

The Sun’s trine to Saturn on Monday, November 17th
Mercury’s sextile to Pluto on Monday, November 17th
Mercury’s re-entrance into Scorpio on Tuesday, November 18th
Mercury’s opposition to Uranus on Wednesday, November 19th
Mercury’s trine to Neptune on Wednesday, November 19th
The New Moon in Scorpio on Wednesday, November 19th
The Mercury cazimi on Thursday, November 20th
Uranus’ sextile to Neptune on Thursday, November 20th
The Sun’s opposition to Uranus on Friday, November 21st
The Sun’s trine to Neptune on Friday, November 21st
The Sun’s entrance into Sagittarius on Friday, November 21st
Mercury’s trine to Saturn on Saturday, November 22nd
Mercury’s trine to Jupiter on Saturday, November 22nd
The Sun’s sextile to Pluto on Sunday, November 23rd

This episode was recorded on 10/30/2025.

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