Aries — You're not falling apart, you're falling into place
Today's Horoscope
Written by
Vikram RaoMain Energy
Four planets in your 8th house today, including a debilitated Moon and retrograde Mercury. Translation: everything you've been avoiding—emotional debts, power dynamics, that one conversation—is demanding attention. Your ruler Mars is here too, so you're simultaneously the surgeon and the patient. This isn't chaos; it's excavation.
Your Day In
✦ Love & Connections
Venus debilitated in your 7th house while Moon struggles in the 8th creates a specific dynamic: you're hyper-aware of relationship imbalances but lack the emotional bandwidth to address them gracefully. That person who always makes plans but never commits? The power dynamic you've been ignoring? It's all uncomfortably visible today. Mercury retrograde in this mix means the conversation you attempt will probably need a redo, but the awareness itself is the work. If single, you're seeing your patterns clearly—maybe too clearly. Not a day for dating apps; it's a day for voice notes to your therapist or that brutally honest friend.
✦ Money Matters
Mars and Mercury retrograde both in your 8th house of shared resources and debts makes this a day for financial forensics, not new investments. Check your credit card statements, review that loan you've been putting off, look at where your money is actually going versus where you think it's going. If you're waiting on money from someone else—refunds, settlements, that friend who owes you—expect delays or miscommunication (Mercury retrograde). The debilitated Moon here suggests emotional spending as a coping mechanism is extra tempting. Your cart has items in it right now that you don't need. Career-wise, Saturn retrograde in your 12th means behind-the-scenes work matters more than visibility today. That project no one sees you doing? It's building something.
✦ Self
Debilitated Moon in the 8th house is psychological intensive care. Your emotional regulation is offline, and with Mars here too, you're oscillating between numbness and rage. The Jyeshtha nakshatra energy (Moon moving here today) is about confronting what you've been protecting yourself from. This isn't self-care-Sunday energy; it's shadow-work-Thursday. Jupiter retrograde in your 3rd suggests the answer isn't in more information or scrolling—it's in sitting with what comes up when you stop distracting yourself. Practically: delete the doom-scroll apps for today, move your body in a way that feels aggressive (boxing, running, loud music), and maybe journal instead of texting. The intensity peaks today but shifts by Saturday when Moon changes signs. You're not spiraling; you're metabolizing.
Power Moves
- ✧ Perfect for: Therapy sessions, financial audits, ending things that should've ended months ago, intense workouts, deleting old messages, confronting your screen time stats, researching that psychological concept you can't stop thinking about, purging your closet/phone/life
- ✧ Skip: Important relationship DTRs (Mercury retrograde in 8th = miscommunication about heavy topics), lending or borrowing money, making permanent decisions based on temporary feelings, posting anything vulnerable on main, starting new partnerships or contracts
Pro Tip
The 8th house stellium with your ruler Mars creates a paradox: you're both empowered and destabilized by what's emerging. Use Mars energy actively—physical movement metabolizes psychological intensity better than rumination. The debilitated Moon means your usual emotional compass is glitching, so don't trust your feelings as facts today. They're information, not instructions. What feels like an emergency is often just emergence. By Saturday, Moon moves to Sagittarius (your 9th house), and the pressure valve releases. Until then, treat yourself like you're recovering from something—because you are. You're recovering from who you were before you knew what you know now.
✧ Astronomical Data
Current Planetary Positions
Precise astronomical calculations powered by NASA JPL Ephemeris data (DE441/DE440)
Moon
Chandra
Scorpio
Anuradha
Changes Today
Nakshatra Moving from Vishakha to Anuradha
Nov 20, 5:29 AM
Data Accuracy
- ✧Updated every 60 seconds using NASA's JPL Ephemeris
- ✧Positions calculated using sidereal zodiac system
- ✧Retrograde planets indicate spiritual lessons and karmic review