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Leo horoscope for November 2026

Jul 23 to Aug 22 · fire sign, fixed · ruled by Sun

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November 2026

Starting something at home

The room you keep meaning to sort. The conversation you have been putting off with family. The question of whether this place still fits. November asks you to begin something in the part of life that holds home, family, and where you feel rooted. The New Moon in Scorpio on Monday, 9 November sits in your fourth house and marks a real beginning. Something starts here, whether that is a project in the house itself, a shift in how you live with the people closest to you, or a decision about where you belong.

Mercury turns direct in the same house on Friday, 13 November, and a stalled conversation or a delayed plan about home can move forward again. What has been reviewed is now ready. Venus turns direct the next day in your third house, and the way you speak to the people around you clears. By the middle of the month, two things that have been moving backwards are moving forwards, and the fourth house work has room to breathe.

Then the sky tightens. Mars meets Jupiter in your first house on Monday, 16 November, and your energy is up, your presence is visible, and you are ready to push. The Sun squares Jupiter on Wednesday, 18 November, and what you want at home meets what you want for yourself. The two do not quite line up. The Sun squares Mars the next day, Thursday, 19 November, and the friction is sharper. You are holding a boundary between rest and action, between what the home needs and what you need. This is not a fight to win. It is a fork, and both sides matter.

The Sun moves into Sagittarius on Sunday, 22 November, and the focus shifts from the foundation to what you create, to play, to romance, to the part of life that feels like yours. The Full Moon in Gemini on Tuesday, 24 November lights up your eleventh house, and friendships or group projects reach a peak. Mars moves into Virgo on Wednesday, 25 November, and your energy turns practical, directed toward money, resources, and what you value. The second half of the month is lighter, more outward, and the home work you started earlier in November is something you can leave to settle while you turn your attention elsewhere.

What to carry through the month: the thing you started at home does not need to be finished by the end of November. It needs to be started, and it has been. Let it grow at its own pace.


Your chart on 7 November

You may find yourself paying closer attention to how a familiar conversation is phrased, and to what makes it feel easy or strained. The Moon is in Libra in your third house of communication, where it meets retrograde Venus in a conjunction exact today. This blends an immediate response with a chance to reconsider what you value in an exchange, including the balance between speaking plainly and keeping things pleasant.

Venus in the third house can also bring attention to the language you use with siblings, neighbours or people you speak with regularly. Its retrograde position suggests that an old choice of words is worth another look, without assuming it needs a correction. The Sun, your ruler, is in Scorpio in your fourth house, highlighting home, family and the places where you feel rooted. The Moon also enters that house today, linking the question of how you communicate with the atmosphere you want to cultivate at home. Write down one phrase that helps you feel at ease in conversation.

Leo is read as a whole-sign solar chart, so the same sky lands in a different part of life for each of the twelve signs.Today the Moon is in Libra, your 3rd house: communication, learning, siblings, short trips. Your ruler Sun sits in Scorpio, your 4th house: home, family, and where you feel rooted.

☉ 15°05′ Scorpio · ☽ 24°21′ Libra · Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Chiron retrograde

The astronomy behind this

☉ 15°05′ Scorpio · ☽ 24°21′ Libra · Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Chiron retrograde

Computed planetary positions and the house each falls in
BodyPositionHouse
Sun15°05′ Scorpio4 · home, family, and where you feel rooted
Moon24°21′ Libra3 · communication, learning, siblings, short trips
Mercury℞8°36′ Scorpio4 · home, family, and where you feel rooted
Venus℞23°43′ Libra3 · communication, learning, siblings, short trips
Mars21°49′ Leo1 · you, your energy, and how you come across
Jupiter25°03′ Leo1 · you, your energy, and how you come across
Saturn℞8°54′ Aries9 · travel, study, beliefs, and the bigger picture
Uranus℞4°25′ Gemini11 · friendships, groups, and hopes for the future
Neptune℞1°57′ Aries9 · travel, study, beliefs, and the bigger picture
Pluto3°11′ Aquarius7 · partnership and close one-to-one relationships
North Node25°43′ Aquarius7 · partnership and close one-to-one relationships
Chiron℞27°46′ Aries9 · travel, study, beliefs, and the bigger picture
  • Moon conjunction Venus · orb 0.6° · exact today
  • Jupiter opposition North Node · orb 0.7° · exact today
  • Moon sextile Jupiter · orb 0.7° · exact today
  • Neptune sextile Pluto · orb 1.2°
  • Uranus trine Pluto · orb 1.2°

Relationships

Today has the feel of a conversation worth approaching with care, especially when familiar words carry more than one meaning. The Moon meets retrograde Venus exactly in your third house of communication, bringing feeling and affection close to the surface of ordinary exchanges. You might notice how much is conveyed by a tone of voice, or by what remains unsaid between you and someone you know well. There is room to revisit an old understanding without assuming it needs to be settled at once.

The shadow here is the temptation to keep everything agreeable, even when a small difference deserves a hearing. Venus retrograde invites a second look at the way you express warmth: being considerate need not mean smoothing over your own point of view. With Mars in your first house, your directness can sit alongside that care, giving you a way to speak plainly without making the conversation a contest. Today, write down one thing you would like to express more clearly.


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