This week feels like a much-needed pause after the intensity of the past few weeks. It's a time to clear things out, push toward understanding, and start seeing what we've been going through more clearly.
The planets are always interacting with each other. Some of these meetings create tension and push us to move and grow. Others are harmonious: energy flows, things fall into place, and we feel supported. After weeks of tension, this week finally brings us a harmonious meeting, and it's a welcome relief.
We begin on Sunday, the 1st, with the Last Quarter Moon—the point in the lunar cycle when the light begins to fade. It's a phase for letting go, clearing out, and closing up shop. It's not a time to start new projects, but to finish what's pending, get organized, and release what no longer makes sense to carry. What we saw clearly at the Full Moon now asks us to act: What am I really going to let go of?
On Wednesday, the 4th comes the most important moment of the week: The Sun meets Mercury, which is still retrograde in Scorpio. The Sun represents our awareness, and Mercury our mind. When they come together, a light switches on in the middle of the confusion. It's as if we suddenly understand something we haven't been able to see for weeks. A revelation may arrive, a truth may come to light, or we may find a new way of looking at an old problem. We're right at the midpoint of Mercury retrograde, so this clarity shows us what we need to review and correct before moving forward. Pay attention to your dreams, to unexpected conversations, and to what your intuition tells you these days.
That same day, Venus, still retrograde in Libra, forms a harmonious meeting with Jupiter in Leo. Venus rules love, relationships, and self-worth, and Jupiter is the planet of abundance, generosity, and faith. Together, they bring relief to the heart: reconciliations, gestures of affection, healing conversations, and the chance to bring joy back into our relationships. It's also a good time to remember our worth and treat ourselves with more love. Because Venus is still retrograde, what arrives often comes from the past: a person, a feeling, or a lesson that returns so it can close in a more beautiful way.
With the Sun moving through Scorpio, we're still in a season of depth and transformation. This week, that energy is lived more internally: less drama on the outside and more understanding on the inside.
As for the elements, fire is still strong, bringing enthusiasm and a desire to shine, but also impatience; it's best channeled into creativity and movement. Water keeps our sensitivity and intuition wide awake, so it's worth listening to them. Earth is still scarce, so it may be hard to make things concrete. What helps is bringing ideas down to the practical: making lists, tidying up our spaces, taking care of the body, and moving forward step by step.
And something worth keeping in mind: On Friday, November 13th, Mercury and Venus both turn direct on the same day. After weeks of reviewing, rethinking, and looking back, the mind and the heart begin to move forward again. Conversations get unstuck, agreements become clearer, and relationships find a new direction. That's why whatever we clear out and understand this week becomes the foundation for everything we'll be able to set in motion from that moment on.
This is a week to let go consciously and to welcome the clarity that arrives. What we understand today prepares us to move forward with more strength in the days ahead.
