Weekly Zodiac & Horoscope Forecast November 9 - 15, 2026: Mercury and Venus Turn Direct

A weekly horoscope is a seven-day reading computed from exact planetary positions, sign by sign and house by house. This forecast covers November 9 through November 15, 2026 for the twelve zodiac signs and the twelve Chinese animals. Two planets stop walking backward in the middle of it, and neither moves much while the reversal happens.

Carl Jung used two plain words for the direction of psychic energy. In Psychological Types, introversion means libido turned toward the inner world and extraversion means libido turned toward objects. A retrograde planet is a function whose energy has gone inward. Its station is the moment the direction reverses, and here is the strange part the ephemeris records faithfully, the planet stands nearly still for days while the turn happens. Nothing in the sky looks like motion that week. The motion is underneath.

Weekly Overview: The Week Both Personal Planets Stop

Monday opens with a New Moon and no way to act on it

The New Moon is exact on November 9 at 07:02 UTC, at 16 degrees 53 minutes of Scorpio. Mercury sits at 6 degrees of the same sign, still moving backward, and Venus is finishing its last days in Libra, also backward. The lunation that opens the week lands with both personal planets facing the wrong way.

The intention forms clearly. The paperwork does not move. I have watched it in sessions for years, and people describe a strong sense of beginning followed by two or three days where nothing can be started. Set the intention on Monday and wait for Friday.

Scorpio governs what is held in common, what is owed, and what nobody says at the table. A New Moon here usually concerns an agreement that has not been written down yet, or a debt politely ignored. Write it down this week, even as a note to yourself.

Friday: Mercury stops

Mercury turns direct on November 13 at 15:53 UTC, at 5 degrees 2 minutes of Scorpio. It stationed retrograde on October 24 at 20 degrees 59 minutes of the same sign, so the backward stretch ran twenty days. This is the third and final Mercury retrograde of 2026.

The station is the useful date. Mercury has 16 degrees of old ground to walk back over, which it finishes on November 30. Those seventeen days are the clean-up. During the backward motion you re-examine, and after the station you act on what the examination found.

Jung described that turn in alchemical terms in Mysterium Coniunctionis, where the blackening stage produces "a dead balance, a standstill that hampers moral decisions" before anything new can form. A planet standing still for a day is a fair drawing of that standstill. The decision that arrives on Friday was already made during the quiet.

Saturday, nine hours later: Venus stops

Venus turns direct on November 14 at 00:27 UTC at 22 degrees 52 minutes of Libra, after going retrograde on October 3 at 8 degrees 29 minutes of Scorpio. Forty-two days.

Venus retrograde asks a value question. What things cost, what you are paid, what you will not sell, who set the price in the first place. Six weeks of that is enough to reprice a relationship or a salary, and most people I work with come out holding one number they had never said out loud. The station is where the number becomes sayable.

The last direct station in Libra was November 17, 2018, at 25 degrees 15 minutes. Eight years.

Five retrograde planets become three

On Monday, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are all retrograde. By Sunday only three remain. Saturn turns direct on December 11 at 7 degrees 56 minutes of Aries after four and a half months. Neptune follows on December 13 at 1 degree 37 minutes of Aries. Uranus holds out until February 9, 2027, turning at 1 degree 41 minutes of Gemini.

Mars one degree short of Jupiter

Mars travels from 22 degrees 47 minutes to 25 degrees 33 minutes of Leo. Jupiter travels from 25 degrees 16 minutes to 25 degrees 50 minutes of the same sign. On Sunday night the gap is under a degree, and the conjunction is exact on November 16 at 06:24 UTC at 25 degrees 53 minutes of Leo, which is Sunday evening in California.

Mars is courage, Jupiter is the story you tell about yourself, and in Leo they are both performing. Sunday is preparation.

The Pig month runs its first full week

Winter Begins, or Li Dong, fell on November 7 at 09:52 UTC, when the Sun reached 225 degrees of the ecliptic. That hour closed the Dog month and opened the Hai month, the first month of the Chinese water season. This is the first full week inside it.

The Chinese year is still Bing Wu, the Yang Fire Horse of 2026, until Spring Begins in February 2027, and the Fire Horse year forecast covers that longer arc. Water is born in the Pig month, so every water animal strengthens and every fire animal spends. That single rule organizes the twelve readings below.

Moon phases this week

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12 Zodiac Signs

Houses below count each sign as its own first house, so Scorpio sits in the 1st for Scorpio and the 8th for Aries.

Aries (March 21 - April 19)

The New Moon and Mercury sit in your 8th house, where a shared account or a tax form has been half-finished for weeks. Venus turns direct in your 7th on Saturday and ends a six-week argument about who owes whom. Your growth edge: read the statement before you argue.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20)

The New Moon falls in your 7th house and Mercury turns direct there on Friday, putting one conversation back on the table. Venus, your ruler, turns direct in your 6th, so six weeks of routine review yields one decision. Saturn retrograde in your 12th keeps an old obligation quiet. Your growth edge: say the edited sentence.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20)

Mercury, your ruler, turns direct in your 6th house on Friday and the New Moon lands there on Monday, so work and health routines reset in one week. Venus turns direct in your 5th, and something you stopped enjoying returns. Uranus stays retrograde in your 1st until February. Your growth edge: change one routine.

Cancer (June 22 - July 22)

The New Moon and Mercury sit in your 5th house, so a creative project gets a start and a repair inside seven days. Venus turns direct in your 4th and settles a family question about money. Mars and Jupiter in your 2nd push income forward while Saturn in your 10th asks whether the job is still the plan. Your growth edge: show the draft.

Leo (July 23 - August 22)

Mars and Jupiter are in your sign all week and meet exactly on Monday morning, so Sunday night is the last quiet hour before something gets staged. The New Moon and Mercury fall in your 4th house and put home under review. Venus turns direct in your 3rd, and a message you rewrote since October gets sent. Your growth edge: name the audience.

Virgo (August 23 - September 22)

Your ruler Mercury turns direct in your 3rd house on Friday, the house it governs by nature, which makes this the sharpest Mercury week of your year. The New Moon there on Monday starts a piece of writing or a short journey. Venus turns direct in your 2nd, so a price from October stops feeling wrong. Your growth edge: send the short version.

Libra (September 23 - October 22)

Venus, your ruler, turns direct in your own sign on Saturday after forty-two days of reviewing what you are worth, the first time in Libra since 2018. The New Moon and Mercury fall in your 2nd house, so money and self-worth turn out to be one question. Your growth edge: name your price in a sentence.

Scorpio (October 23 - November 21)

The New Moon falls in your own sign on Monday at 16 degrees and Mercury turns direct there on Friday at 5, so the year's reset and its repair land in one house inside four days. Venus turns direct in your 12th and ends a private negotiation. Pluto direct in your 4th makes a family pattern visible. Your growth edge: stay private.

Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21)

The Moon is in your sign from Tuesday morning until Thursday night, the brightest stretch of a week where the Sun and Mercury both sit in your 12th. Your birthday season is two weeks off. Venus turns direct in your 11th, so a friend's offer becomes concrete, and Mars in your 9th wants a bigger map. Your growth edge: protect one empty evening.

Capricorn (December 22 - January 19)

The Moon is in your sign from Thursday night until Sunday morning, with Mercury turning direct on Friday and Venus on Saturday, which makes this your clearest week of the month. The New Moon and Mercury fall in your 11th, so a group gets its second draft, and Venus direct in your 10th links your work to your pay. Your growth edge: ask for one thing.

Aquarius (January 20 - February 18)

The New Moon and Mercury fall in your 10th house and put your public role under review, and Friday usually changes the sentence describing what you do. Venus turns direct in your 9th, so a belief and a relationship turn out to be connected. Pluto is direct in your 1st. Your growth edge: rewrite the description first.

Pisces (February 19 - March 20)

The New Moon and Mercury land in your 9th house, so a course or a conviction gets revised this week. Venus turns direct in your 8th, moving a shared account or a debt settlement forward after six weeks of stalling. Saturn and Neptune retrograde in your 2nd keep income slow, which is timing rather than a verdict. Your growth edge: finish one course first.

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12 Chinese Zodiac Signs

The whole week sits inside the Pig month, which opened on November 7, so each animal is read against the Hai branch alone.

Rat

Zi is the first branch of the water season and water is born in Hai, so your element strengthens all week without effort. Mercury turning direct in a water sign favors one more reading of the same document before you send it.

Ox

Chou is wet earth and the Pig month makes it colder and heavier. Nothing clashes and nothing supports. Earth wins by maintenance over gesture, so do the boring piece of work and skip the announcement.

Tiger

Yin and Hai form the six combination, the strongest cooperative pairing in the twelve branches, and it holds all week. A door opens without being pushed. Ask for the favor now rather than next month.

Rabbit

Hai, Mao and Wei form the wood trine, so the Pig month feeds your branch directly. Growth arrives as steady rather than dramatic. Pick the one project you can carry for six weeks and start it on Tuesday.

Dragon

Chen shares the water trine with Zi and Shen, and water is being born all month, so your resources fill quietly. The Moon opposes Uranus in your sign on Tuesday, which brings one surprising piece of news. Keep the reaction small.

Snake

Si clashes Hai, so the whole week runs against your branch. A clash changes the schedule and says nothing about your character. Keep the appointments you already made and renegotiate only the new ones.

Horse

Wu belongs to the fire trine and the Pig month is water's birth, which means your element spends rather than gains. Yang Fire travels by being seen, so front-load anything that needs an audience into the first three days.

Goat

Wei completes the wood trine with Hai and Mao, and the Sun, New Moon and Mercury all sit in Wei's own sign this week. That is the double support of the month, and it rarely lines up this cleanly. Balance the accounts before Friday.

Monkey

Shen and Hai form the six harm, the quietest of the negative relations. A harm is friction with one person, small and specific, and it ends when the month turns. Do the difficult piece yourself and delegate the rest.

Rooster

You is metal, and metal drains into the water being born this month. Expect to give more than you get for six weeks. Yin Metal sharpens by being used, so finish the piece you have been saving.

Dog

Xu closed its own month on November 7 and now sits neutral in Hai. Nothing pushes and nothing blocks. Yang Earth stands firm, and firm here means consolidating what you already own rather than acquiring more.

Pig

Your own month runs its first full week, so you carry the month's authority and its weight. Hai doubled on itself is a self-punishment in the classical texts, which means your own worst critic has the microphone. Yin Water wins by continuing, so keep the small daily practice.

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Lucky Stars of the Week

Western Zodiac: Libra. Venus, the ruler of your sign, turns direct in Libra on Saturday at 00:27 UTC at 22 degrees 52 minutes. That is the first direct station in your sign since November 2018, and it lands in your 1st house. Whatever price you could not name in October becomes nameable by Saturday. Use the weekend for one conversation that starts with a number.

Chinese Zodiac: Goat. Wei completes the wood trine with the Pig month, the strongest support the twelve branches offer, and the Sun, the New Moon and Mercury all sit in Wei's own sign this week. Two sources of strength at once. Set the intention on Monday and let the trine carry it to Friday.

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Shadow Work Journaling Prompt

What did I decide in October that I have not admitted to myself yet? If I said the price out loud on Saturday, who would have to change their answer?

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This article is offered for spiritual guidance and entertainment purposes only. It is not a substitute for medical, legal, or financial advice.