Welcome to the November 2025 Cosmic Weather Forecast by Curtis Lang with Jane Sherry! We celebrate the second Full Super Moon in two months on Wednesday, November 5th at the time of the Scorpio Solar Festival. We honor the Great Goddess of the Harvest, known as Demeter to the Greeks, who presided over the growth of vegetation and the harvest season of autumn.
Jane's Harvest Goddess, featuring dried sunflowers, corn, ribbons and silk
Photo by Jane Sherry
In Arcadia Demeter was also venerated for her role as goddess of the Underworld, and known as Melaina, the Black One.
Demeter is a quintessential Scorpionic goddess of fertility and death, and when we see harvest figures in farm fields at this time of year, we think of her.
Full Super Moon in Taurus, Scorpio Solar Festival and beyond
We celebrate the Full Taurus Super Moon at 8:19 AM Eastern time on November 5th, 2025 as the Sun at 13° Scorpio 22' 52" opposes the Taurus Full Moon.
For astrologers, the Moon is exalted in Taurus, which means that at this time positive Lunar qualities manifest in their highest and most beneficial forms, and any deleterious effects from negative Lunar qualities tend to be minimized.
Six of Disks, Success, Thoth Tarot
This week's Taurus Full Super Moon promises an abundance of magic, romance, good fellowship and material success.
The exaltation of the Moon in earthy, Venus-ruled Taurus is depicted in the Thoth Tarot by the Six of Disks, also known as Success.
Enjoy the rosy glow, bask in the moonlight, and share the good vibes with one and all, but remain alert this week, because unexpected upheavals could erupt in our world, thanks to the energy of the Cosmic Rebel, Uranus, who is set to dominate our cosmic weather patterns throughout the month of November -- and beyond.
Uranus retrograde in the very first degree of Gemini will oppose Mars and Mercury in Sagittarius this full moon week, creating the potential for extreme volatility in financial markets and increased danger that impulsive, aggressive actions could trigger escalation of conflicts around the world.
Here in the United States, there is the potential for increased acrimony in the culture wars that have been escalating ever since Donald Trump entered the White House this year for the second time.
As individuals, we would be well served to exercise patience and tolerance in all our relationships, and to harness the potent, tense Mars-Uranus energy stream present this week in hard work, physical exercise, spiritual practices and creative pursuits.
The stars bring help with our efforts to work with the wild Uranus energy this week.
Uranus in early Gemini is in a strong, positive sextile with idealistic Neptune in late Pisces. Neptune is the planet of trans-personal consciousness, creating the potential for self-transformation and the opportunity to explore higher spiritual realms and new ways of being.
This positive Uranus/Neptune energy is reinforced by the strong, flowing trine between Uranus and Pluto, which signals a golden opportunity to explore the hidden, Plutonian depths of the personality. The electrifying Uranian impulse can facilitate the release of old, Plutonian emotional wounds, outdated life scripts, and mistaken maps of the world at this time.
The Magic Circle, by John William Waterhouse,
The great benefic planet Jupiter in Cancer trines Saturn in Pisces this week, and we can use that Saturn energy to ground our most expansive, Jupiterian dreams.
This Full Taurus Super Moon week is the perfect time to perform rituals designed to magnetically attract material and spiritual abundance and loving relationships into our lives.
Two days after the Full Taurus Super Moon, on November 7th, Uranus will retrograde into the 29th degree of Taurus, a position it occupied in April of this year, when Donald Trump announced his Liberation Day Tariff War Against the World.
Uranus represents sudden, dramatic changes and Taurus symbolizes financial markets, commodity markets and the global money system in general, including tariffs.
Close-up of Uranus surface. 3D render. Alex Shuper. For Unsplash+
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It is quite possible that a sudden re-evaluation of the success, or failure, of the Trump Tariff War will take place throughout this month, with dramatic and far-reaching political and economic repercussions felt around the world.
As the Scorpio season unfolds, and Uranus, the Cosmic Transformer, dominates cosmic weather patterns, we can expect surprising reversals of American foreign and domestic policy, sudden disruptions in global financial markets, and unexpected black swan events that will revise public opinion concerning the most prominent geo-political conflicts ongoing around the world.
On November 20th, retrograding Uranus at 29 degrees of Taurus will strongly oppose the Sun and Mercury in the last degrees of Scorpio, along with the New Moon on the Scorpio/Sagittarius cusp, in the first degree of Sagittarius.
Scorpio rules inheritance and investments.
This incendiary opposition will put a real sting in the Scorpion's tail -- a classic astrological signature symbolizing volatility in financial markets.
The New Moon in the first degree of Sagittarius, along with the Sun and Mercury in very late Scorpio, will form a tight trine with expansive Jupiter in Cancer, while Saturn and Neptune in Pisces also trine the Imperial Planet, creating a Grand Water Trine involving six planets at the same time.
The Grand Water Trine is the time when energy pours down upon us from the astral realm, which is the source of Universal Life Force Energy, chi, or prana, symbolized by the element of water.
The astral body of the human being is our energy body, and is the seat of emotions, which are also sourced from the astral realms. The astral realms also are the source of creativity, intuition, and illusory visions and states of being, known as astral glamours.
During the Grand Water Trine, which will recur in various configurations through December 11th, a superabundance of energy is flowing through our bodies, minds, and spirits. Emotions run high. We enjoy easy access to intuitive guidance. Creative projects can flow effortlessly at this time.
At the same time, there is the potential for an outpouring of deceptive, illusory images and propaganda during times when Water features prominently in cosmic weather patterns. So this holiday season, don't believe the hype, the spin, or the glib assurances of authority figures about anomalous events triggered by the Uranus disruptions we will see this month and next.
This auspicious, unusual planetary configuration should mitigate the most extreme, dangerous energies unleashed by the Uranus opposition to Sun, Moon and Mercury.
Despite the power of the Grand Water Trine, the time between the Full Taurus Super Moon on November 5th and the New Moon in Scorpio on November 20th is extremely volatile, and it is wise to consider the potential problems that could arise throughout the month of November, and beyond.
Atlas celeste de Flamsteed, John Flamsteed, 1776
John Flamsteed, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Uranus will remain in Taurus until April 25, 2026, so we can anticipate the potential for global financial turmoil, economic shocks, commodity price shocks, major telecommunications and Internet outages, and wild swings in American economic policy during the next six months or so, as Uranus makes volatile aspects to other planets during this period.
For example, on December 1st, Venus in the last degree of Scorpio will oppose Uranus in the last degree of Taurus. That is another classic signature of financial market volatility.
Then, on December 11th, Mercury in the last degree of Scorpio opposes Uranus in Taurus, and this is another moment when investors should expect the unexpected.
The Uranus in Taurus disruptions just keep coming this holiday season.
As the Uranus disruptions unfold, the United States will see the increased weaponization of the legal system to punish political enemies, dramatic escalation of the rhetoric on both sides of the culture war, unprecedented intrusion of the federal government into state and local systems of governance, and further deployment of federal troops into American cities for a variety of politically motivated reasons.
The Grand Water Trine, active on and off through December 11th, will help to keep things flowing, and to keep lines of communication open between all parties engaged in civil and international conflicts.
In the event of a market meltdown, the Grand Water Trine indicates the potential for authorities to provide liquidity as needed to bailout investors and financial firms.
Candlesticks Rocketing Down in Financial Software, Getty Images, For Unsplash+
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That's good to know, but is a crash coming?
As a former financial editor at WORTH magazine and at Ameritrade, when I view the world through the lens of a financial analyst, I see significant potential for disruption in financial markets during the next six months. I also anticipate even more economic distress for the bottom 90% of Americans during that time.
It is spooky out there right now.
It's rare that an astrological forecast for financial market disruptions coincides so tightly with an outpouring of gloom and doom from big banks, Wall Street analysts, financial journalists, and brontosaurus investors, but for the last couple of weeks my YouTube home page and my Twitter feed have been overflowing with warnings about potential financial calamity.
Let's take a look at some data points just to understand the current level of risk in financial markets and the current probability of a major economic downturn in America.
Wages have not been keeping up with inflation, which is running at around 3% or so this year.
Despite Donald Trump's rhetoric, the price of groceries continues to go bigly in the wrong direction.
As if rising prices for groceries, automobiles, and health insurance weren't bad enough for the average American, the job market continues to slowly deteriorate for the third year in a row.
The news is full of stories about major companies who have had their business models disrupted by Trump's Tariff War on the World and by his War on Immigrants, which has decimated the agricultural and construction workforce.
Farmers, manufacturers, chocolatiers, and even coffee shops like Starbucks have all been crying out in distress.
It's not just farmers in the Midwest and executives at automobile manufacturers who are worried about the economy.
US consumers are more pessimistic about their prospects than at any time since the depths of the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-08.
The top 10% of Americans, earning $250,000 or more a year, are now responsible for 50% of all consumer spending. People in the bottom 90% are having trouble finding the money to meet their essential needs every month.
Inflation and disruptions from tariffs are not the whole story though. There is a climate of fear in the workplace as even middle managers and professionals worry about keeping their jobs.
Some of this fear may be the result of a flood of news stories about the potential for mass layoffs driven by trillions of dollars invested by companies committed to replacing doctors, lawyers, accountants, middle management and entry level workers with Artificial Intelligence.
Large corporations have gone all in on Artificial Intelligence. Multi-billion dollar deals between AI companies are happening every single day and corporate behemoths are paying vast sums for AI systems.
No wonder the tech-driven stock market continues its seemingly unstoppable bull run.
Meanwhile, corporate restructuring has moved into high gear. Over the last month or two UPS laid off 48,000 employees, Intel laid off 24,000 employees, Amazon laid off up to 30,000, Ford laid off 11,000, Nestle laid off 16,000, Accenture laid off 11,000 and Microsoft laid off 7,000 workers, according to The Kobeissi Letter, a newsletter for active investors.
That's the tip of the restructuring iceberg. Maybe, eventually, AI will completely streamline corporate America's workforce and boost profit margins in a high unemployment post human economy.
Maybe AI will generate new innovations and inventions for all the companies using the same AI models to ask the same questions about their business models and marketing strategies, and so everyone will become infinitely rich at those companies.
But all this deal making and corporate downsizing doesn't mean that all is well in the AI world, which now accounts for so much of the American stock market, that the market itself has begun to look like an overcrowded casino where for some reason all the players put their chips on the same few numbers at the roulette wheel.
What could go wrong?
Are all these AI investments and deals going to produce the trillions of dollars in profits necessary to justify the money investors have poured into them?
Let's look at one example. Oracle started out as a company providing enterprise database software and has become a leading provider of cloud computing infrastructure and services.
"Oracle’s stock jumped by 25% after being promised $60 billion a year from OpenAI, an amount of money OpenAI doesn’t earn yet, to provide cloud computing facilities that Oracle hasn’t built yet, and which will require 4.5 GW of power (the equivalent of 2.25 Hoover Dams or four nuclear plants), as well as increased borrowing by Oracle whose debt to equity ratio is already 500% compared to 50% for Amazon, 30% for Microsoft and even less at Meta and Google," JPM Chase's Michael Cembalest explains. "In other words, the tech capital cycle may be about to change."
I think Cembalest means that the stock market is in a bubble of historical proportions, comparable to the Dot Com bubble or even the ill fated bull market of the 1920s prior to the Great Depression.
I think he means that investors' cash spigot funding massive Ai investments and deals may be turned off at the source any day now.
That could only mean bad things for stock markets and for the American economy since the AI bubble is apparently the only thing keeping the stock market rising and the economy afloat.
If you have bought the hype that you've got to be making risky investments in an environment where every asset class is over-inflated in price, to put it politely, then you're at odds with the greatest living investor in America.
Warren Buffett plays poker with Bill Gates
BorsheimsJewelry, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Legendary investor Warren Buffett has been a net seller of stocks for the last three years.
Buffett's investment firm "Berkshire Hathaway’s cash hoard swelled to a fresh record high of $382 billion as operating earnings jumped 34%, according to a November 1 article in Fortune.
Buffett has also become a dollar bear in 2025, after many years as an outspoken advocate for the dollar as a premier investment. “There could be things happening in the United States that make us want to own a lot of other currencies,”Buffett said. “We would not really invest in a currency that is going to hell. Trade should not be a weapon. There’s no question that trade can be an act of war,” he summed it up.
But hey, Artificial Intelligence is an unstoppable technological wave, and with Uranus going back into Gemini next year, trining Pluto in Aquarius, surely even if ChatGPT doesn't achieve true sentience, corporations can still fire innumerable workers and goose profits that way?
Surely the everything bubble we're in will keep inflating, yeh?
I wouldn't be too sure about that.
A recent MIT report debunking the claims of AI-driven productivity gains by major corporations has gone viral on social media, and even on TV news shows. The MIT report studied AI programs at many major corporations and concluded that in 95% of the corporations, adoption of AI has not produced profits or productivity gains. The ultra-expensive AI installations are failing to achieve corporate goals.
Another big problem with the AI bubble companies is that they are not following the traditional Silicon Valley playbook for massive success.
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Silicon Valley startups traditionally relied on being the first mover in a new field, on growing a user base at any cost in order to lock in a network effect, where their user base is so large that competitors are dissuaded from entering their markets. This creates what investors call a "moat" around the startup, which is rewarded with a billion dollar valuation, and reaches Unicorn status.
When the Unicorn successfully establishes a virtual monopoly, locking out all significant new competition, they buy up any large competitors they haven't drive out of business.
The end state is that the winners have created a monopoly driven digital toll both that neither consumers nor enterprise customers can ignore or evade.
That worked for Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon.
Castle with Moat, Magic Kingdom Park, Seven Seas Drive, Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA
There are many Chat GPT-4 models out there now. None are as energy efficient or cheap as new Chinese AI models, which are nearly as effective.
Chat GPT-5 was a disappointment, corporate clients are slowing on enterprise wide adoption, and so OpenAI, the company that sells Chat GPT systems, is now developing porn chatbots in a bid to become the Bob Guccione of the 21st Century. That's not exactly a world-beating monopoly business worth many many trillions of dollars already invested.
In short price wars are breaking out in the AI world, and there are no signs of any major barriers to entry in the AI marketplace globally.
That has already caused big problems for American AI companies.
When China's DeepSeek AI model debuted in January, AI related stocks collapsed from 4-28% overnight.
Noam Chomsky, Author; Gary Marcus, AI Scientist, NYU and Jeremy Kahn, Senior Writer, Fortune Magazine,
on Centre stage during day three of Web Summit 2022 - Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal.
Web Summit, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Gary Marcus, a leading scientist and thinker in the field of AI recently addressed the issue of global competition in a post on his Substack. "China’s cheap AI, DeepSeek, which uses a tiny fraction of the energy resources American AIs gobble up, caused a mini-crash when it debuted," Marcus explained. "What will happen when China launches a dozen more AI models/companies that are nearly as good as the high-priced American models, and far more energy efficient, and makes them available globally at price points that would bankrupt all American AI companies?"
It's all scary and deep and there are so many moving parts to think about.
I no longer write about financial markets for a living, so I went to a source I know and trust for a big picture take on all the hype, the risk, the fears, the warnings, and the apocalyptic rhetoric surrounding AI development and the potential for a major financial market meltdown.
The Four Horsemen, from The Apocalypse c. 1498 Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) Germany, late 15th-early 16th Century woodcut Sheet
I went to Jim Jubak. Jim was my editor at WORTH magazine, he was the Editor of Microsoft's financial portal, which hosted millions of visitors a day, and now he has an investment newsletter beloved by value investors and stock pickers.
Jim is always dependably even handed and never prone to panic.
“At best, investors and traders are looking at the bursting of the AI, Big Tech bubble and a stock market downturn that could take 30% off prices and leave stocks in the red for 18 months or more," Jubak predicted.
"At the worst, they’re looking at the end of the long-term secular bull market trend and years of painful performance below historic averages. In the middle of those two alternatives, I can see a scenario that includes a stock market retreat and a significant recession,” Jubak warned in a recent newsletter.
But why believe a mere financial newsletter publisher?
James Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co., USA
at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum
I will leave the last word on the potential for financial market chaos in the next six months to Jamie Dimon, the chair and chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, who told The Guardian in October that he was “far more worried than others” about a serious market correction, which he predicted could come in the next six months to two years.
“I would give it a higher probability than I think is probably priced in the market and by others,” he told the BBC. “So if the market’s pricing in 10%, I would say it is more like 30%.”
According to The Guardian, Dimon added that there were a "lot of things out there'" creating an atmosphere of uncertainty, pointing to risks including the geopolitical environment, fiscal spending and the remilitarisation of the world.
“All these things cause a lot of issues that we don’t know how to answer,” Dimon said. “So I say the level of uncertainty should be higher in most people’s minds than what I would call normal.”
So should investors sell stocks? Short them? I do not ever give people investment advice. I leave you with the wisdom of A. Gary Shilling, one of Wall Street's top economists of the 1980s and 1990s -- "Markets can remain irrational a lot longer than you and I can remain solvent."
Thanksgiving 2025
On Thursday, November 27th we celebrate the feast of Thanksgiving here in America, when we practice gratitude, joining with friends and family to share the bounty of the yearly harvest.
Thanksgiving, Karolina Grabowska, For Unsplash+, Licensed under the Unsplash+ License
For those who want to celebrate Thanksgiving by creating delicious dishes to share with friends and family, Jane has created an alternative vegetarian take on Thanksgiving feasting. Here are four of Jane's recipes for autumn delicacies from the garden.
First, Fast and Fancy Brussel Sprouts. "Even people who swear they despise brussel sprouts will love this dish," Jane contends. "A great and fancy side vegetable dish to grace any autumn or holiday table." Who wouldn't love tiny cabbages cooked in ghee with maple syrup, apple cider, walnuts and cayenne pepper to spice it up a bit? If you want, add sweet potatoes to the mix, as pictured below.
Jane's Fast and Fancy Brussel Sprouts with Sweet Potato
Next, Autumn Relish. "Here's a yummy compote to brighten up any autumnal meal," says Jane, "made quick from leftovers and fall seasonal treats. You can use leftover sweet potato, winter squash, carrot and apple, with fennel, onion and pumpkin seeds. Some favorite spices of mine for this northeastern autumnal quick mix are star anise, anise seed, cinnamon stick, ground cloves, cardamom, powdered cinnamon, and lemon peel. Not all of them at once of course. For instance, a combination like star anise and cinnamon stick would be sweet and spicy."
Next, Roasted Beet and Pecan Salad. Jane uses roasted beets, roasted pecans, roasted fennel seeds, and a salad topped with rose water and fennel vinaigrette to create a festive salad fit for an Iron Chef. "Beets have gotten a bad rap, possibly because of canned beets being the only beet experience many people have, either as a ubiquitous addition to the ill conceived 'salad bar' or because it has been boiled to death by someone's grandmother or mother, who told you to eat your beets because they're good for you."
"Actually, it was after I fed family members roast beets from our friends at Roxbury Farm CSA, that the teens and even their parents, admitted to disliking beets, or at best being wary of them, until trying the roasted Roxbury beet salad I made them."
Finally, there's Jane's Stuffed Squash Supreme, pictured above. "For holiday stuffed squash, use your favorite stuffing recipe -- homemade is always best," Jane explains. "Cut a small circle on the top of the squash and save as your lid.
"Clean out the seeds and bake separately or not according to your likes."
"Then take your homemade stuffing and spoon it into a whole small squash, such as Kiri, Butternut, Acorn or Small Pumpkin. Don’t pack it too tightly, then cover and bake at 350-375 for 45 minutes until the squash is cooked through but before it loses its shape."
"If the top is cooking more quickly, remove it until the stuffed squash is finished. Garnish with freshly chiffonaded herbs such as parsley, tarragon or any fresh green herb of your choice. Garnish platter with pomegranate seeds, or slices of orange or cranberries."
After feasting on Thanksgiving we often enter a more reflective state of mind during the holiday weekend.
The First Thanksgiving, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
If you find yourself in that mind space, take the chance to explore the origins of Thanksgiving and its transformation over the centuries in our article entitled Thanksgiving: History of Community & Conflict.
We wish you all peace, abundance, health and joy this holiday season.
As we look around us this Thanksgiving, we are surrounded by abundance, blessed with abundance in every aspect of life. We have a warm, snug home, with lovely gardens full of flowers, herbs, spices and veggies.
We have a closet full of fine quartz crystals, and a kitchen full of dried herbs, tinctures, flower essences, and essential oils, teas, and remedies.
We have some money in the bank.
Most important of all, Jane and I are blessed through a multitude of gratifying relationships. We thank our neighbors who care for one another. We thank our families for their support and love. Without loving relationships we would be impoverished indeed.
Curtis and Jane Selfie, Reynolda Gardens, Wakeforest University, October 2025
We wish to thank all those who support the Satya Center website. We wish to thank our many dear readers who make the website a worthwhile endeavor.
We wish to thank our many friends, near and far, with whom we communicate and share a tremendous energy, with whom we share our lives.
We send you all love and light and we affirm that we all receive the grace and guidance we require to advance on our path of Spirit and to achieve our highest material and spiritual goals in this lifetime!
Meditation Moment: Thanks, by M.S. Merwin
Listen
with the night falling we are saying thank you
we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings
we are running out of the glass rooms
with our mouths full of food to look at the sky
and say thank you
we are standing by the water thanking it
standing by the windows looking out
in our directions
back from a series of hospitals back from a mugging
after funerals we are saying thank you
after the news of the dead
whether or not we knew them we are saying thank you
over telephones we are saying thank you
in doorways and in the backs of cars and in elevators
remembering wars and the police at the door
and the beatings on stairs we are saying thank you
in the banks we are saying thank you
in the faces of the officials and the rich
and of all who will never change
we go on saying thank you thank you
with the animals dying around us
our lost feelings we are saying thank you
with the forests falling faster than the minutes
of our lives we are saying thank you
with the words going out like cells of a brain
with the cities growing over us
we are saying thank you faster and faster
with nobody listening we are saying thank you
we are saying thank you and waving
dark though it is