Tomorrow, I fly to San Diego to give my Year Ahead 2019 weekend seminar at the La Costa Resort & Spa in nearby Carlsbad, CA. I am doing a cool Yoga + Astrology 3-day weekend from November 2-4 with Alanna Zabel of AZIAM Yoga. Neptune will be trine the Sun, denoting extreme harmony and spirituality, making this the perfect weekend to recharge. This will be a calming weekend where we will set our intentions for the New Year 2019.

The stars will be twinkling in a magical way for you as you begin November. You will begin to see how enchanting your love life can be once the new moon arrives in Scorpio, 15 degrees, on November 7 in your fifth house of truelove, children and creative expressions. Take all new moons seriously, for they have the power to offer exceptional opportunity, and in this case, this one will help you to find someone special, someone who will stay in you life a long time. If you have found your one and only, this new moon can help you give one another more attention and recapture the fun you experienced when you first met.

If you want a baby, this new moon can help you with conception. If you have had problems, see a fertility expert this month—this new moon is so special, I want you to catch the wave that it is providing you. If you have children and want to be closer, say, to an older child, make overtures, for astrology is all about striking at the very best time.

I love this new moon because of the strong beam it will receive from Saturn, currently in your house of marriage and commitment. If you have been dating a long time, it appears you both are ready for the next step. The one planet in the tightest, most direct communication with the Sun and new moon will be Neptune, currently in your ninth house of distant travel. If you plan to be on the road at this time for a vacation, you will find great joy on this particular journey. If you are in college, the same is true, for the ninth house rules the campus setting, too. Even with travel or study aside, having Neptune contacting the Sun and your ruler, the moon, is an inspirational, heavenly vibration. If you are looking for authentic love, circulate, for you might find it this month.

Some readers may not want to have a baby or new love, so this new moon will also offer you something else—magical ideas for new artistic expressions. After November 7, be determined to focus on your craft, for your output is likely to impress influential people who will go out of their way to help you.

The strange thing is, the universe is speaking in riddles, for Venus will be retrograde, a holdover from last month, October 5 to November 16. With the planet of love and beauty sleeping, it is not considered an ideal time to start a new relationship. It is also not the time to make dramatic changes in your appearance, so no Botox, and delay a facelift. Avoid untried dermatological treatments (new to you), and avoid cosmetic dental work. Regular grooming and trims are fine to do, but don’t experiment with changing your hair color or spend for expensive skin-care products that you’ve never tried—do that later, after December 6.

What can you do with Venus retrograde? It’s a good time to attempt to rekindle a former love relationship. Whenever a planet retrogrades, it’s a good time to go back to the past to find what might be valuable to you. There are no guarantees, but if you are carrying a torch for someone, you need to find out if you can make your relationship work.

What complicates things further is that little Dennis-the-Menace Mercury, Venus’ little brother, will go retrograde too, but he has chosen the very same day that Venus will go direct—November 16. Mercury will stay retrograde until December 6.

    If you are looking for work, either full-time or part-time, you should be able to find work that is similar to what you’ve done before. While it won’t likely be a step up, you would enjoy it, and it may fit your lifestyle right now.

Venus holds sway over all things that adorn, including precious jewels. If you were planning to buy a diamond or emerald ring, for example, wait until after December 6 to do so. I will explain why I would ask you to wait. While Mercury rules electronics and all machines with moving parts, Mercury also rules all intellectual processes, such as thinking, perception, and judgment, and when Mercury is retrograde, your facilities are not working at full power. In other words, your judgment might be off, and you could tend to make a purchase that is not quite right for you, or for the person you want to surprise.

There is big news, so let’s talk about that next. On November 8, Jupiter, the giver of gifts and luck, will make headline news when he moves into Sagittarius for the first time in 12 years. Jupiter will move into your sixth house of work-a-day projects, to stay for 13 months, until December 2, 2019.

This means you will start to get a plethora of assignments, most of them interesting and well-paying. If you are self-employed, you will be thrilled with the new business that you will be able to bring in. Whether you work for yourself or others, you will have no trouble finding staff to hire, and this is good news, for it seems likely that you may need to do so. The people you find will be gems, and we all know how hard it is to find the ideal person to work with, yet this year, you will have the lucky touch. Working conditions will be superb. If you work for others, you may get new computer equipment or better software to do your job; if you work for yourself, you may redo your store or office.

If you are looking for work, either full-time or part-time, you should be able to find work that is similar to what you’ve done before. While it won’t likely be a step up, you would enjoy it, and it may fit your lifestyle right now. For example, if you’ve recently added a new baby to your household, you probably would not want to take on new responsibilities at the office. There are almost endless examples I could have given you—you get the idea.

The sixth house, where Jupiter will be situated for 13 months, will also work to improve your health. I have done research on Jupiter in this area, and I was surprised to find that in almost all cases, the person lost weight. Now Jupiter is supposed to expand all he touches, but I found that people ate more nutritiously and actually lost weight. They also took a greater interest in being active, and I hope that happens to you, too. You can sign up at the gym, take up a new sport, or simply walk much more than you have been doing lately.

Be sure to schedule your screenings, eye exams, dental visits, and more. If your doctor suggests a flu shot, get it. I got mine—I can’t afford to be sick, for you are waiting for your reports! If you have not been to a dentist in a while because you are a little scared, I have a pleasant surprise for you—modern dentistry is amazing. You won’t feel a thing. Get names of dentists from friends and see one or two. Can’t afford the dentist? Go to the best dental college in your area, and you, too, can get care.

If you have not been well and your doctor is stymied, consider getting a second opinion. In 2014 and 2015 I was deathly ill and in the hospital twice for five weeks with internal bleeding of ulcers. My doctor was at his wits end, for I was not getting better. He put me on rice and water for weeks at a time, my hair started to shed. I was in one of the finest hospitals in the United States. Almost 18 months went by, and I kept up my writing, but I had to take little naps every few paragraphs.

I lost 25 pounds and looked gaunt. I still had my TV show, and poured myself on a plane to shoot more shows, eating soup, rice, and water during the breaks. Then suddenly, my doctor hired another specialist for me. The new doctor put me back in the hospital and gave me new medicine just approved by the Federal Drug Administration. I almost instantly started to recover. After several months I was well, and now I can eat almost anything. A second doctor may be able to fix you, especially with your aspects now, dear Cancer.

The full moon of November 22 will be in Gemini at 1 degree and will underscore your need for rest and for caring for your health in a more loving way. Mars and Neptune will be in hard angle to this full moon, but with Jupiter close to Mercury—Gemini’s ruler—the final resolve to this full moon should be quite positive. If you need help with a substance dependency, this full moon may show you the reason you should reach out for help. Go in for rehab and allow a professional help you. This full moon is especially well positioned to bring about a positive change.

My daughter, Chrissie, has urged me to always mention when I find a good aspect that can help someone overcome a substance: “Mommy, if you see the right day to start the difficult process of substance recovery, tell the readers. If you can save even one life, you must do it,” she said to me recently, and continuing she said, “there is nothing nicer you could do.” My dear Pisces, Chrissie, is right, so I will always mention the aspect when I see it.

This will be a very special month, for it holds the luckiest days of the year, bridging two days, Sunday, November 25, and Monday, November 26. The mighty Sun, giver of life and strength, will be dining with Jupiter. Each year they meet on one day, and they always meet in a different sign—this year, they will meet in Sagittarius, your sixth house of work and health. This is certainly a five-star day.

How can you use the luckiest day of the year? With your sixth house glowing, I would say have a job interview, pitch new business, hire a new employee (or someone for your home, such as a new nanny, babysitter, gardener, or housekeeper). You can send a query letter to an editor for a column you’d like to write or do a presentation. The sixth house also rules health, so make an appointment to see a doctor. It is true Mercury will still be retrograde, but this aspect is so massive and important in its sunny outlook, I am sure you can find the perfect action to take on that Sunday, November 25, or Monday, November 26.

The following day, Tuesday, November 27, Mercury will conjoin Jupiter. This extends your luck for another day, for these two planets will meet in your sixth house, too. I would say the way to use this day would be to reach out to clients you used to work with but have not seen in a while. Any retrograde planet will urge you to look back, not forward, and make more from your past.

While the Sun and Jupiter will not meet again until next year, December 27, 2019, Mercury and Jupiter will meet again this year, simply because Mercury is sliding backwards and then forward. Mercury and Jupiter will create a stunning day on December 21, a perfect day to sign an important contract, travel, close on a house, or do anything else that you consider very important.

It’s a big month, so start planning. I promise that once we get to December, you will be done with all these retrogrades, dear Cancer. We have been plagued with them since June 26, when Mars, the energy planet, went to sleep until August 27, while in the middle of that period, Mercury went retrograde too, from July 25 to August 18. We had a little oasis from all the retrogrades in September, but then Venus and Mercury went out of phase, as you know. Venus and Mars will not retrograde at all in 2019.

Love will envelope you softly in November, and you may soon feel the joy of being nestled in the arms of the person who loves you. If you want to invite love into your life, love will come for you, for on November 7, you will have the perfect new moon in Scorpio to light your fifth house of true love. Neptune will sprinkle silvery confetti over you after that new moon arrives. You will have two weeks in which to circulate, for those days will be quite potent, and your life could change for the entire year, possibly forever. That’s the power a new moon has for you. You must do your part, however, by circulating.

If you are attached, this new moon can help you to conceive a baby, if that is a deeply held desire. See a specialist if you have had problems with conception—the new moon will help you. Mars’ position in Aquarius suggests that a medical procedure or surgery might be necessary, so gather two opinions. Whether you are single or attached, you will have the best chances of any sign to find love and fun in November.

Creative pursuits will also bring you great satisfaction, so whether you work in a creative field and are paid for your ideas, or you simply engage in your craft for the pure pleasure of it, you will turn out impressive work this month.

November 8 will be a big day in astrological circles, for it marks the move of Jupiter, the planet of gifts and luck, into Sagittarius for the first time in 12 years. Jupiter will remain in your sixth house of work projects for over a year, until December 2, 2019. During this time, you will be chosen for plum projects that will bring attention to your talent. If you are self-employed, you have all the right conditions to grow your company.

Jupiter is the planet of more, as funny as that may sound. If you want more work, you can have it, and it appears you will be working in a comfortable environment, possibly with new computer equipment and extra staff to help you. Some self-employed Cancers have found it hard to find qualified, affordable talent to hire, but no more—you will find it easy to find the right candidates to work for you during the coming year. Life can’t always be this special, so while you have it, take full advantage.

If you are unemployed, you can now find full-time or part-time work similar to what you had done previously. If you are interested in part-time work, or want to work on a project-by-project basis in your own fledging business, that, too, will be possible.

This same area of your chart rules the preventative measures you take to stay fit and healthy. If a health matter has you concerned, you have a sterling opportunity to find a doctor who understands your condition. If you feel fine, you can still work toward getting to a personal best and be pleased with your progress. Work with a trainer or coach, and you will be surprised how well you do.

When the Sun and Jupiter align in Sagittarius on Sunday, November 25, and Monday, November 26, do something proactive to improve your work life and your health. These two days will be your luckiest days of the year, and everyone of every sign will have something to celebrate on one of these two days. Each sign will have their luck come from a different part of life. You might sign up for a gym membership on Sunday and then schedule a career interview, client presentation, or hire an assistant on Monday. These are just a few examples to get you thinking.

If you found making changes to your living situation difficult to do, you have been hampered by Venus retrograde, a trend that started October 5 and will end on November 16. Venus is the natural ruler of your fourth house of home and family. The very day that Venus will turn direct, Mercury, the planet of negotiation and contractual agreements, will turn retrograde, so again, you will have to be patient before you can make the changes you want to make.

All of us of every sign will get out from under a series of heavy cloud covers we’ve all been under since the end of June, namely, Mars retrograde, Venus retrograde, and Mercury retrograde (not once but twice). Of all the planets in our solar system, these three planets orbit closest to earth and are the ones we feel most strongly when they go into weak, retrograde motion, withholding their powers while retrograde.

There is one more speed bump to get over: Venus will be under siege from an opposition from unpredictable Uranus on November 30. This would not be a favorable time to close on a house or sign a lease on an apartment. It would be an especially unfortunate time to legally hire a contractor, too.

Keep your chin up—things are about to get much better, dear Cancer. By December, life won’t bring so many delays. From then on, we will be free of retrogrades, and the period of looking back will be over. You will be speeding forward and racking up victories on many levels.