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#389-"The Darkness Around Us is Deep"-Week of November 2, 2026
Sunday, 1 November, 2026
Steady Ground, Honest SeedsVenus has returned from the underworld and is visible again in the pre-dawn sky, though she is still retrograde and still integrating what she met there. Mercury is retrograde in Scorpio, turning everything inward. And this week, those of us in the United States are living through a midterm election.I will not tell you who or what to choose. I will offer an invitation as an elder: please vote. It is one of the few moments when we each act on behalf of a future larger than our own lifetime, for the children here now, the ones not yet born, and the water, soil, and web of life that holds us all. Make a plan today. If you are voting in-person on November 3, check your state's official election site for your polling place and hours.Key Cycles This Week:Tuesday, November 3: Election Day in the United States.No transit here, only a quiet note. With Mercury retrograde, i fyou are voting in-person, double-check your polling place and give yourself extra time. Then tend your nervous system. Eat something. Step outside. Call someone you love.Wednesday, November 4: Sun conjunct Mercury retrograde in Scorpio. Venus retrograde in Libra sextiles Jupiter in Leo.The Sun meets Mercury in the depths, seeding a new four-month Mercury cycle. This first phase is about observing and insight, less analysis than a quiet flash of knowing. You may notice something land today. Write it down. It is the first seed of what this cycle wants to grow.Venus, still retrograde, finds easy warmth with Jupiter. After the stripping and the descent, a softening. What she carried back is worth offering. Let a moment of tenderness in.Sunday, November 8: New Moon at 17 degrees of Scorpio, squaring Mars and Jupiter in Leo.A New Moon in Scorpio asks for honest seeds planted quietly. What has the descent taught you about love, worth, and what you will no longer abandon in yourself? The squares to Mars and Jupiter create a pull between keeping the seed private and making something big of it right now. A seed pulled up too early to be admired does not grow. Plant it first, and let the fire come when it has roots.Larger FrameWe are near the end of the underworld journey. Inanna has risen but has not yet fully returned. Be steady in a loud week. Notice the quiet knowing. Plant one honest seed, and let it root before you rush to show it.Reflection QuestionsThis week, what helps you stay grounded and kind to yourself while so much is loud around you?At the Sun and Mercury meeting, what quiet knowing arrived that you want to keep?At the New Moon, what has the underworld taught you that you want to carry forward as a promise?Podcast poem: A Ritual to Read to Each Other by William StaffordIf you are new to this work, or curious what it feels like to be in a room of kindred people, join me for Gather at the Edge, my free monthly group coaching gathering. This month it falls on Friday, November 13, from noon to 1:30 pm Pacific, the same day Venus and Mercury turn direct. It is a gentle doorway with nothing to prepare. Find details and register at ontheedgesofchange.com under "Ways to Begin."Support the showGo to Sheila's website for information for transformational resources: https://www.ontheedgesofchange.comThis episode was co-created with generative AI, engaged as a soul-aligned ally in service of transformation. At the edge where technology meets myth, I choose insight over noise, and alchemy over automation. Thank you for dreaming the future with me.
