It’s time to take good care of your personal interests, dear Libra. November will be a strong, positive month, and with almost all planets moving below the horizon in your horoscope, it means that you should put your personal needs ahead of those related to your career and to other activities in your public life. There will be time for you to focus on your public life very successfully in January, but for now, strengthen the foundations of your personal life.

At the start of November, you will have opportunities to earn more money. Your second house of earned income was lit by the October 30 new moon, and it is still strong, so take full advantage. You will only get one new moon a year to encourage you to grow your earned income and increase your salary, so now that you have it – and it’s friendly – you should gather up the courage to ask for a raise.

If you are self-employed, gradually test the waters by edging up your fees. Life demands courage, and no one will look out for you in the same way you can for yourself – with passion and drive. This new moon of October 30 was beautifully oriented toward Neptune, so it seems likely that in early November you can get stimulating assignments that will allow you room to put your unmistakable individual stamp of creativity. This is a double dip of pleasure: one or more assignments you love that allow you to express the real you and to be paid well too.

The end of the month, November 29, will encourage travel to a high degree, but you will also see a big push in communications – writing, editing, selling, marketing, public relations, social media, and more – in addition to having your mind on quick, short travel. This is actually a theme that will be woven throughout the month. By month’s end, you will also be aware of something your sister or brother is doing, and you will want to check in to get the full story.

See if you can complete your holiday shopping in November. Mercury will go retrograde from December 19 to January 8, and you will feel the slowdowns and haywire transportation and communication that Mercury is known to bring sooner than the date that this planet goes retrograde on December 19. You will feel Mercury out of phase from December 5 onward.

It is never wise to buy electronic items (and that includes a car or appliance) when Mercury is out of phase, for Mercury rules the moving parts of machines and all electronic impulses. For that reason, buy your electronic and digital gifts first, and do so in November. If you run out of time, I suggest you buy gift cards, but you must do your research to find the card that would most delight your recipient. No one wants a gift card from a store they would never want to shop in. After you get the card, because Mercury is retrograde, photocopy the side with the bar code and number beneath it, and write down the name of your intended recipient on the photocopy. In case the gift card is ever lost, you will have a way to save the day. You can’t be too careful with Mercury retrograde.

It appears you will be doing money management in the first two weeks of November, but be finished by the full moon November 14 plus four days. This month’s full moon will appear in Taurus 23 degrees and light your house of other people’s money. You may be paying bills and putting down deposits, but you seem to be receiving good news about money you need too, such as (pick one): student loans, venture capital, child support, an insurance payout, mortgage or refinanced mortgage approval, inheritance, bonus, commission, licensing fee, and other such one-time sums.

This full moon November 14 will be in harmony with Pluto, a very powerful planet that can help you see quite a bit of money. If you are working on year-end taxes, the presence of Pluto in a harmonious position to the full moon suggests you may be delighted to find out you qualify for legal deductions to keep your taxes reasonable, and perhaps your liability will be much lower than you had feared.

On November 8, Mars, the great energizer, will move out of your home sector and your focus on home will be reduced. You will get a second chance to do more home-related actions in January, thanks to the new moon of December 28. That new moon will bring enormous opportunity to you during the first two weeks of January. No matter how big or small your plans, you will have cosmic support after that new moon arrives December 28 plus two weeks. For now, do as much as you can in early November, for Pluto will be on hand in your home sector too to help you make things happen.

Your love life is about to become very vibrant, almost immediately! First, a bit of background is in order. Just having Jupiter, the great good fortune planet, in Libra would be enough to make you sing a happy tune when it comes to finding love and fun. The ancients always wrote that having Jupiter in your sign is the best indicator for meeting your one true love. Jupiter only comes by every twelve years, so you have waited a long time for this privilege and opportunity. Jupiter will remain with you until October 10, 2017, and is now cruising from 11 to 15 degrees in November, giving his direct, most scintillating beams to Libra who have birthdays that fall from October 3 to 7.

If you are attached, you will also feel happy because Jupiter will make sure you have more time with your one-and-only and you will have a chance to bond closer. If you hope for a baby, this is the very best time to plan to get pregnant or put in adoption papers. If you have experienced problems with conception, see a specialist now, without delay, and if you have seen one, get a second opinion after you get back all your test records. Each doctor will give you little crumbs of information that differ from the other doctor – those little facts can bring a breakthrough.

Every Libra, of every birthday, however, will partake of Jupiter’s glowing vibrations now and in the coming twelve months. The birthdays mentioned above are specifically being treated to a heap of Jupiter’s favor in November. Happily, Jupiter won’t leave Libra (as said) until October 10, 2017, so you will have plenty of time to find yourself at the right place at precisely the right time.

Actually, I have been focusing on love here, but when you have Jupiter in your own sign, that once-in-twelve-year period, that will help you in every portion of your life, from health to career, home life, money, friendship, travel, and love. This is your banner year, Libra!

If your birthday falls at the end of September, you are an early-born Libra, had a very special September and October 2016, and are still feeling afterglow. Jupiter in your sign makes you super-busy, so you may have been so absorbed in making life changes that you haven’t yet had time to realize how on-target your recent decisions have been for you. You will see the truth of this soon. Seeds planted when Jupiter is orbiting over your birthday Sun (as those Libras born October 3 to 7 are enjoying this month) can expect their ventures to grow like Jack and the Beanstalk beans. Here I am also addressing you, dear Libras born in September.

There are so many indications that you will enjoy November, and December too. Over the weekend of November 5-6, if you are attached, you can have a memorable weekend devoted to love, for Uranus will reach out and spark Venus, your guardian planet. Because Venus will be in your travel sector, and Uranus will be in your partnership / marriage sector, it looks like you have the potential for a very fun time with your partner if you take an overnight romantic trip that weekend. Uranus is spontaneous and lighthearted, so you may not have planned a romantic getaway, but see if your sibling, friend, or mother will tenderly babysit for your small children while you and your partner go to enjoy quality time together.

Now for the big news of the month! To help love along EVEN MORE, Mars will move into your fifth house of true love on November 8, to stay until December 19. Mars will enter Aquarius, the sign that blends beautifully with your Libra Sun, in time for you to socialize through the festive holiday season. Mars and Jupiter will work together flawlessly, so now, finally, you have the very finest aspects possible.

On that day, Mars will send Jupiter in Libra a dazzling vibration – this is a rare aspect that everyone will enjoy, but you will enjoy much more than the rest of the signs of the zodiac. Put a big gold star on December 1, for love will permeate the air like a delicate perfume. I wanted you to know about this now, so you can plan!

 Something ELSE is happening that is very exciting. (Can you believe this?) When Mars moves through Aquarius from November 8 to December 19, Mars and Uranus will be in what astrologers call a mutual reception. What does this mean? It means Mars and Uranus will work together in a very close, buddy-buddy way that is highly unusual.

 First let me show you the conditions that have to be met to get this rare mutual reception. Each of the two planets have to be traveling in the sign that the other planet rules. So here you have Mars in Aquarius, the sign that rules Uranus. At the same time, Uranus is in Aries, the sign that Mars rules. Wow! Now, it gets even better. Mars is in your fifth house of true love, and Uranus is in your seventh house of commitment and marriage. Even more interesting, Uranus is the planet of surprise and unanticipated events, and Mars is the planet of action, energy, and courageous, confident moves. When you have mutual reception, each planet acts like the other one. So you have surprise in your house of true love-new love (fifth house) AND in your house of engagement and marriage. And both houses are being colored by Mars, the planet of action and confidence.  

 If you are dating seriously, this holiday season may be VERY romantic with a proposal and engagement or marriage, just in time to spread happy news to the family and friends who are gathered together. A wedding may be in the works, much to everyone’s surprise and joy. If you are already wed, you will have a chance to rekindle your romance and flirt in a way you did when you first met. I suggest you plan a little trip away together for a weekend.

 The new moon of November 29 will come by in the highly compatible Sagittarius 8 degrees and may make a quick romantic trip possible for the two of you. You will have no less than four heavenly bodies stacked up in your third house of quick, short distance travel: the Sun, new moon, Mercury, and Saturn. Mars, as said earlier, will be in Aquarius, lighting your fifth house of romance, and will be in friendly attitude to this new moon. Meanwhile, Jupiter in Libra will be harmonious too.

 Ah, Neptune will set up an obstacle, however, but it seems to stem from work that you will need to complete before you can even think about time off. Because the new moon falls at the end of November, you have time to clear your desk of that work as you move through the month.

If you have the vacation time coming to you, I suggest you take a four-day holiday from Thursday, December 1, through Sunday December 4. As said earlier, you will have that gorgeous day, December 1, when Mars and Jupiter will collaborate, showering you both with glittering romantic confetti during the entire four-day period. The new moon of November 29 will be watching over you and will be very strong in the days that quickly follow. On Saturday and Sunday, the moon will be in Aquarius. You can’t get more star power than this! Libra, think about this! I am so excited for you!

 Life is surely looking rosy now that you have Jupiter, the great good fortune planet, in Libra until October 2017. Weekend trips to nearby spots seems to be possible in the first week, even though you will likely have home and property decisions and actions to take at some point as you begin the month. November 7, when the Sun and Pluto are in contact, would be a fine time to settle those domestic matters.

 Also in early November, consider asking for a raise. The new moon of October 30 will still be strong in the month’s first ten days, making it the best time of 2016 to have an increase approved. If you are self-employed, gently raise your rates and justify your move to your clients or customers. If you are in the communications field – that is, if you write, speak, edit, teach, sell, do public relations or events, strategize marketing, write software or apps, or work in the travel industry for a living – you will do exceptionally well at the start of the month, for Jupiter will still be close enough to support your ruler, Venus, making this a very successful time for these matters. Push forward on any of these areas if your work only remotely has to do with any of them.

 You will get still another chance to focus on these same areas of communication and travel after the new moon of November 29, influential into the first half of December. This proves this accent on communication and travel will be quite a dominant one and will continue to enlarge in months ahead. Saturn is in this house, showing you where you can make enormous strides if you concentrate on honing your skills.

 Finances will also be a topic of conversation again at the full moon, November 14, the time when you will likely settle a negotiation, send out checks, and possibly receive money too. If you are in the process of accepting a new position, you will settle the benefits now. While you are thinking about income and outgo, have a look at your insurance policies to see if your need for coverage has increased or if you are carrying too much insurance. You can find a way to cut waste, and make any necessary changes your financial advisor feels would be wise to increase your holdings.

 At month’s end you may also be in touch with your sibling, who seems to have gone through a difficult time over the past year. Your sister or brother may be coming out of that phase. If you say that your sibling is still wrestling with a difficult situation, your sibling will be in the clear by the time next year (2017) draws to a close. No matter, this month it would be kind and thoughtful of you to check in with your sibling and if needed, offer emotional support or, if things are going well, your congratulations.

 Although it might look like you’ll be spending November exclusively focused on money, work, and honing your communication skills, in truth, romance will be the icing on the cake this month, for Mars, the sexy energy planet, will enter into your true love sector on November 8 and stay until December 19.

 This means that November might well be one of your favorites for enjoying outstanding episodes of love. Mars will be in Aquarius, a sign that blends supremely with your Libra Sun sign and is sure to stir up excitement in matters of the heart. If you are single, you will have reason to dress up and look your best, for Cupid may be around the next corner, zinging you with his arrow. If you’re attached, on November 26, when Uranus will contact Mercury, your partner could whisk you away on a sudden little journey and it will be filled with excitement. A lovely period for love is coming, dear Libra – just you wait and see.