Nov 2025 New Moon: Stars and Fog

"Almost" a Star of David

by Jude Cowell, partisan for a Common Good America

Here you see the DC Horoscope of the November 20, 2025 Scorpio New Moon @28Sco11:54 so the lunation is basically a Birthday New Moon for former President Joe Biden, and it's much more besides:

Due to time contraints on this Friday afternoon, I must let my scribbled astro-notes on the chart speak for themselves although publishing future posts concerning the November 2025 New Moon cannot be ruled out.

One reason is because of current events in the Middle East and Mr. T's interference in them coupled by the fact that the horoscope above shows multiple planetary patterns including an "almost" Star of David pattern which, when qualified, is known as a "war star."

However, the two triangles (trines) you see (highlighted in red - one pointing upward toward Heaven, the other downward toward Earth) do not technically form a "Star of David," if memory serves, and so I refer you to the expert astrologer who first introduced me to the intriguing pattern during our phone consultation Mary Fortier Shea.

Yet I would be remiss not to mention two of the above planets affecting the Pentagon 1942 Horoscope and thus our nation, for they are significant: 2025 Pluto opposing 1942 Pluto (a no-compromise power struggle), and America's "death star" (pentagram: the Pentagon) now in process of having its first-ever Uranus Return (unorthodox behavior). This is not comforting, I agree - especially with the rebellious Uranus-Pluto pair now conjunct Aries Point of World Events via their midpoint (7th house), and transit Neptune once again @29Pisces, a critical degree, and conjunct the star of extreme misfortune, Scheat.

Now to close this consarned fuss: when it comes to the uncertainties of war, it's always a good idea to remember America's 1776 Mars-Neptune square so here's a TMA post by Mary Plumb regarding the baked-in square's energies and its unfortunate possibility of forecasting the "fog of war".

US Solar Return 2021: YODs plus Karmic Progress

America July 2021 to July 2022: Career, Reputation, Illness, Home Care

by Jude Cowell

February 25, 2021: Based on a 5:09 pm LMT Philadelphia, PA horoscope, on July 4, 2021, the Sun returns to its position on July 4, 1776 @13Can19. Obviously, various founding horoscopes will give different results but this data is what I'm using for this particular Solar Return 2021 post. And as you see, using the MC (Midheaven = Career, Public Reputation, and/or Goal Point) allows two YOD patterns (dotted lines) to emerge for the year suggesting potentials for crises (which we already know we're in), turning points (or crossroads), and/or karmic opportunities for making evolutionary progress (or not, if solar energies are mishandled).

We should also consider that YODS can denote health issues but for the purposes of this post, let's allow 'home care' and 'nurturing' concerns to represent the balance of such potentials as the pandemic and vaccinations proceed.

Note: For background influences of the titanic conflicts between Saturn and Uranus this year, check out Mary Plumb's TMA article on the earlier Saturn and Uranus squares which includes links to other astrologers' posts. The last exact square perfects on December 23, 2021, and as you know, these squares issue from the 45-year Saturn-Uranus Cycle which began with their three conjunctions in late Sagittarius all through 1988 (along with Saturn Conjunct bubbly Neptune 3 times in 1989; 1988/89: major, sharp financial shifts). And now, with the squares, everyone is feeling their old order vs new order vibes while 'overcoming perilous conditions' is required and Democrats try to push through their Covid Relief Bill against Republican obstructionism. Do you see the GOP represented by restrictive Saturn blocking the progress proposed by Uranus via the Democrats? Then we agree.

Related: George Will's The Gifts of Greed (1992).

So for karmic progress on political, societal, and economic levels, it seems time for society to 'get over' the debilitating 'trickle down' economic policies of Ronald Reagan and his greedy ilk, so that America can advance by actually solving the societal problems of We the People. And I think the US Solar Return 2021 Horoscope with its YODs and 'karmic opportunities for progress' agrees.

Because when a YOD points toward the Sun (leadership) as apex planet, the pressure is on to alter the way power and authority are utilized so that abuse of power is avoided. Ego-deflation may occur due to the quincunxes to the Sun (ego) yet if solar energies are properly channeled after years of preparation, one's full attention and inner strength will inform actions with the YOD/s acting as timing devices for the year described in the US Solar Return 2021 Horoscope. Additionally, with powerful Pluto leading a Locomotive shape in the SR 2021 chart, a certain measure of ruthless determination will be necessary as our Ship of State chugs toward success. After all, the 'former guy' plans to continue his retaliation against Democrats, and, I would suggest, against the American people - see US natal Moon rising in the horoscope still (as always) opposed by Tr*mp's natal Mars in royal Leo!

(Note: in the US Powell Horoscope of July 1, 1776, there are no YOD patterns in the US SR 2021 chart that I can find.)

Now one erratic factor in the chart that may or may not be worrying is that SR 2021 Uranus @13Tau56 conjuncts Inauguration Ascendant 2021 which can indicate disruption, sudden reforms, upsets, unexpected events, and/or a change of leadership with major new start potential which may echo the YOD's 'turning point' implication. However, it's possible that Uranus-to-ASC simply suggests coping ability.

And considering the difficult issues facing my fellow Americans, plus, the fact that We The People need a major break from disruption and upsets (although reforms are needed), I'll be hoping for coping ability supported by the insightful, visionary solutions inspired by the 5 North Solar Eclipse in versatile Gemini, North Node conjunct IC and Aldebaran ('success through integrity'), thinking/planning Mercury the Messenger nearby in its own sign and conjunct starry Capella, Phact, and Bellatrix, plus, Cupido, asteroid of Corporatism, The Syndicate, and The Family.