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This Week’s Stars

Week of Nov 13-20, 2026

Mercury and Venus both turn direct on Friday, Mars meets Jupiter in Leo on Monday, and wedding season opens. All twelve signs, read for the shaadi.

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The Week

This is a turning week, and it has a clear rhythm. Mercury stations direct on Friday and Venus stations direct on Saturday, so both planets stop moving backward and the things that stalled, especially in love, money, and partnerships, get their green light. Turn the key over the weekend, not before.

Monday brings the biggest energy of the week as Mars meets Jupiter, so push one real thing but do not overreach. Tuesday is the decision point. Wednesday and Thursday are the two days to hold. Clean air returns on Friday.

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Fire Signs

Aries Mesha Mar 21 - Apr 19

A partnership comes off pause after the weekend: a spouse, a business partner, the person across the table. The talk you stalled can restart.

Your ruler Mars runs through creativity and romance now, and it snaps against the Sun on Thursday, so a push there meets resistance midweek.

Friday is your public day, the one to be seen and make a visible move. Go easy on Thursday the 19th, and do not force a pitch or a confrontation. Your move: once Venus turns, reopen the one partnership conversation you have been avoiding.

Leo Simha Jul 23 - Aug 22

Your inbox, your messages, and the near conversations loosen up this weekend. But your real story is a surge of confidence as Mars meets Jupiter in your own sign.

Your ruler the Sun squares Jupiter on Wednesday, a tug between home and ambition, so the fuel needs aiming rather than spending all at once.

Monday is your big day, bold but held to one target, since it sits on the South Node and can tip into overreach. Sunday is for a quiet one on one. Go easy on Wednesday the 18th. Your move: send the message you have been sitting on, and spend Monday on one thing, not five.

Sagittarius Dhanu Nov 22 - Dec 21

Your friends, your community, and your audience start flowing again after the weekend. A group effort or a networking thread that went cold picks back up.

Your ruler Jupiter sits in your travel and learning zone and squares the Sun on Wednesday, so a big picture plan meets a reality check midweek.

Friday is your day for making and playing. Take the midweek check but do not drop the plan. Your move: reconnect with the circle you have drifted from, and show up for the people who amplify you.

Earth Signs

Taurus Vrishabha Apr 20 - May 20

This is your headline week. Your routine, your work, and your health get back on track this weekend.

Your ruler Venus sits right in the heart of it, which doubles the weight, so the reward goes to depth and not to spread.

Sunday is your day to take something career facing public, and Wednesday is for your people and your network. The only real trap is scattering yourself across five jobs at once. Your move: pick the single broken habit or work process, and fix just that one.

Virgo Kanya Aug 23 - Sep 22

Money, earnings, and your sense of your own worth start moving after the weekend. A paused pay question, or a quiet doubt about whether you charge enough, gets clearer.

Your ruler Mercury is in your communication zone and firing, so this is a strong week to ask, pitch, or negotiate out loud.

Wednesday is your day for a partner conversation, and Friday is for making and playing. The words are the tool this week, so do not sit on them. Your move: reopen the money or rate conversation you parked, and ask for the number you actually want.

Capricorn Makara Dec 22 - Jan 19

Your career and public reputation come unstuck this weekend, and on Friday the Moon sits in your own sign, your most grounded and effective day.

Your ruler Saturn is still retrograde in your home zone, quietly asking you to steady the base before you step out.

So build quietly now and launch publicly a little later, using Friday's momentum for the thing only you can move. Your move: line up the career move now, and strengthen home and foundations before you announce it to anyone.

Air Signs

Gemini Mithuna May 21 - Jun 20

Fun, creativity, and romance come unstuck this weekend. A project you shelved or a spark that fizzled can relight.

Your ruler Mercury is parked in your work zone, so your sharpest words this week land in the details and the day job, not the grand statement.

Wednesday is your public moment, the day to show something you made, and Friday belongs to your crowd. Keep Monday's big energy pointed at making, not at arguing. Your move: restart the creative thing you put down, and share it Friday when your people are around.

Libra Tula Sep 23 - Oct 22

This is the biggest week of all twelve for you. Your energy, your plans, and the way you show up all come back online at once this weekend.

Your ruler Venus turns direct right on top of you on Saturday, which doubles everything and, for once, points the week inward at you.

Friday is your day for the one on one that matters. There is no friction day to dodge, only the old habit of putting yourself last. Your move: restart your own agenda, and lead with what you want without apologizing for it.

Aquarius Kumbha Jan 20 - Feb 18

Travel, a course, or a shift in how you see the world starts moving again after the weekend. Something you have meant to learn or publish gets its green light.

Your ruler Saturn is still reviewing your words, so broadcast carefully, even as a Monday line up of Mars and Jupiter opposite the North Node in your sign points the way forward.

Sunday, with the Moon in your sign, is your reset, and Wednesday is for practical money tasks. Your move: restart the trip, class, or project you shelved, and proofread before you publish.

Water Signs

Cancer Karka Jun 21 - Jul 22

Home and family start flowing again after the weekend: where you live, a family knot, the private base you keep returning to.

Your ruler the Moon moves through your partnerships this week, so your feelings are tied to the people closest to you. Decide with them, not alone in your head.

Friday is strong twice over, both a career day and a one on one day. There is no square to dodge, only the habit of turning a decision over too long. Your move: make the home or family call you have parked, and talk it through Friday with your person.

Scorpio Vrishchika Oct 23 - Nov 21

Two turns land in your corner. Mercury stations direct in your own sign on Friday, so the fog lifts, and the quiet behind the scenes part of your life, rest and closure, starts moving too.

Your ruler Mars is in your career zone and squares the Sun on Thursday, so ambition and energy grind against each other midweek.

Sunday is for home, and Wednesday is for play. Go easy on Thursday the 19th, and do not push a boss or a public move that day. Your move: rest and close one loose end before anything public, and let the private work go first.

Pisces Meena Feb 19 - Mar 20

Shared money, closeness, and the thing you keep avoiding start to move after the weekend: a joint finance question, a trust conversation, the deep stuff you cannot unsee.

Your ruler Jupiter is in your daily work zone and squares the Sun on Wednesday, a tug between learning and the grind.

Tuesday the First Quarter Moon lands in your own sign, so the week's decision hits you personally, and Friday belongs to your people. Your move: reopen the shared money or trust conversation you have put off, decide on Tuesday, and face the one thing you keep looking away from.

Weekly Wisdom

Push Monday, decide Tuesday, hold Wednesday. The pivot is the week.

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