New Moon in Scorpio November 2025
Nov 16, 2025 3:31 pm
Dear
As we approach the end of 2025, it becomes important to pause for a moment of self reflection and acknowledge how far we have come since 2024. Please remember that slow progress is still progress. This year has been another roller coaster, yet it has felt very different from the others. With Saturn in Pisces, many of us have watched old realities crumble or dissolve. We are being pushed to step into newer realities, even if those realities are not fully clear yet. We must trust that things are opening. We have come a long way since the New Moon in Leo back in August, which served as the first catalyst for us to move ahead with conviction and confidence in 2025. Venus in Virgo refined our idea of comforts and relationships, and Mars in Virgo, Libra and now Scorpio has given us the capacity to navigate rationale, diplomacy and determined action.
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New Moon in Scorpio: November 2025
This New Moon in Scorpio becomes an important pivot, not externally but internally. It points to a deep emotional reset that will be triggered around the lunation. This reset helps us finally let go of the memories connected to the Mercury retrograde in Cancer. What we knew rationally had to be released will now loosen its grip emotionally as well. Isolation and solitude will bring revelation and therefore, it is important we embrace the intense experience that awaits us. Such is the nature of this New Moon in Scorpio. It acts like the trigger that helps the rudder align with purpose and intent, guiding us toward the calmer waters that lie ahead.
Like Gandalf says, “Forces that are unknown to us have been set into motion that cannot be undone.” Those words feel true now more than ever. Faith becomes the quiet anchor we need to hold on to as we move through this transition, especially with Saturn preparing to move direct toward the end of the month. Something is shifting beneath the surface, even if we cannot fully name it yet. Life has a way of revealing itself at the right moment, and I believe we are standing very close to that moment now.
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Mercury Rx Reflections
Mercury retrograde has been incredibly revealing so far, almost literal in its manifestations and repetitions. The first class of my Diploma Course, Batch 1, began on July 19, 2025 when Mercury was retrograde. Google Meet kept disconnecting my screen share every two minutes, and although the class itself was well received, the technical side of it was a mess. On Saturday, I sat to teach another class in the same program, and it happened to be the first class of this current Mercury retrograde season. The exact same issue from July repeated. In July, I felt frustrated and genuinely sorry for the experience. But on Saturday, November 15, I recognised the pattern immediately and realised there was nothing more to do except continue with patience. The same thing happened in the first class of Batch 2 which began on Sunday morning, November 16. I was sorry for the student experience, but I also knew it was out of my control. After class, I simply opened Google Meet again, shared my screen, and everything worked perfectly for more than thirty minutes. For some questions in life, the only answer is time.
I took this entire experience as a positive omen. The shaky start in July ended up leading to such a fulfilling journey with Batch 1, and a part of me feels that Batch 2 will follow the same arc. Sometimes a rough beginning simply clears the way for meaningful progress. If you feel called to learn with me, Batch 3 enrollment is already open, and we are tentatively starting in June 2026 (class timings are TBD). I would be truly happy to have you in the program.
I hope this Mercury retrograde treats you gently and gives you the clarity you need through review and reassessment.
If you are looking for a year ahead forecast or clarity about your path, I am available for personal sessions and would be honoured to read your chart and discuss the unfolding patterns of your life with you. I still have a few slots left in November 2025 and I look forward to meeting you.
The Compass Session - Focussed Natal Reading
The Sky Within - Natal Astrology
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I am also working on a free gift for you. It is a full guide on Saturn in Pisces from December 2025 to May 2027.
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Here is the continuation of Inward Glance, picking up exactly where we left off on Substack. I will be carrying this thread forward only through my letters. This section will remain exclusive, something I write just for you and nowhere else.
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Inward Glance
Epicetus' Discourses: A Retelling
Book I, Chapter 5, 1.5.1 to 1.5.9
In Chapter 5 of Book I, Epictetus turns his attention to sceptics, especially those who deny even the most obvious truths. He says that when a person refuses to accept what is plainly true, no amount of argument will help them. You can bring every reason under the sun, but if their mind is closed, it is like trying to reason with a stone. Their stubbornness does not show their strength, nor does it mean the teacher has failed. It simply means the person has hardened themselves against understanding.
Epictetus then says that people can become hardened in two ways. One is when the mind becomes rigid and refuses to recognise a clear truth. The other is when a person loses their sense of honour. In both cases they stop responding in a healthy way. They lock themselves inside an attitude that neither accepts nor lets go. This kind of defiance makes growth impossible.
A person riding a horse and falling can always get up again and continue the ride. The fall harms only the body and the ground beneath them is still the same ground they can stand on. But when a person falls from his own inner sight, when he loses the ability to look honestly at himself, that fall is far more serious. The one who cannot look into the mirror when it is held up to him will live in a lie for the rest of his life. There is no ground beneath him to stand on because he has rejected the truth that could have lifted him.
Epictetus implies this as the real danger. The loss of physical footing can be recovered. The loss of moral vision cannot be recovered unless the person chooses to see again. A hardened mind can be softened, but only when it begins to recognise that something within has gone astray. Until then, the person continues to move through life as if awake, but the soul is still asleep.
He says that most of us fear the stiffening of the body. We worry about losing physical abilities as we age, and we do everything we can to avoid it. Yet many people never stop to consider that the soul can also stiffen. A person can lose openness, humility, and the willingness to learn. They may have the same level of stubbornness they had decades ago, and call it strength. But Epictetus says that when a person loses the ability to feel shame or respect, something precious has died within them. It is a kind of inner death.
Epictetus then imagines a conversation with someone who will not accept even the fact that he is awake. If he asks, “Do you know you are awake?” the sceptic replies, “No, because even when I dream I have the impression that I am awake.” If a person refuses to acknowledge any difference between dreaming and waking, then there is no basis for discussion. What can you do with someone who senses his condition but pretends that he does not? For Epictetus, that person is in a worse state than someone who is physically dead, because the soul is what makes a human being alive.
Epictetus describes different kinds of people. One person makes mistakes and does not realise it. That person is unfortunate, but not hopeless. Another person notices the contradiction in his thoughts but still refuses to change. Epictetus says that this person is even more unfortunate, because he willingly shuts down the part of himself that could help him. His sense of honesty has been cut away and his reasoning remains but has been twisted. Epictetus refuses to call this as strength. It is not strength when a person loses their moral compass and begins to say and do whatever they please. It is merely defiance dressed up as confidence.
According to Epictetus, real strength lies in the willingness to see what is true, to admit when we are wrong, and to remain flexible even when the mind disagrees. The true philosopher is not someone who wins arguments but someone who remains open, honest, and responsive to reality.
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Personal Note
I have been wrestling with my storage setup for a while now. I tried moving away from Google Workspace and purchased pCloud, thinking it would simplify everything. But there were unexpected limitations, especially with sharing files via email from the EU to the US. I don’t want to use public links for my folders, and the email invite feature is non-negotiable for the way I work. I looked into Icedrive as well, but the same limitation exists there too.
My intention was to shift completely to a lifetime storage platform and switch my video calls fully to Zoom, but without this feature, I may have to stay with Google Workspace until I find another solution. Zoho is an option, but unfortunately it doesn’t integrate with my calendar provider and I don’t want to disrupt my automations.
If you have any suggestions or ideas, I would be truly grateful.
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Until next letter,
Love,
