The week opens with the annual New Moon in Scorpio on Monday, November 9, and closes with a double reversal: Cosmopolitan's calendar lists Friday, November 13 as the day Mercury Retrograde ends in Scorpio and Venus Retrograde ends in Libra, both on the same day.

The Times of India frames the sequence the same way, noting a Scorpio New Moon opens the week and a few days later Venus stops its backward motion.

After roughly three weeks of overlapping retrogrades, Cosmopolitan says the cosmic chaos should slowly subside until January 2027, when Mars Retrograde begins.

Cosmopolitan tells readers to take a deep breath because it has been a chaotic month-plus, and calls Friday's double ending major relief. The surprise for horoscope devotees is the simultaneity: two planets that shape communication and love both stationing direct on one day, rather than days apart.

The Times of India calls it one of the most useful shifts for love this year, saying plans that sat untouched since early October — a proposal, a move, a reunion — can start moving again once Venus turns direct in Libra.

According to The Times of India, the six weeks of Venus retrograde were about review: old flames, old hurts, old agreements — and now that review ends.

YourTango's Kate Rose writes that readers have let retrograde season work its magic, acknowledged the truth of their love lives, and called out toxic behavior, so they are finally ready to choose what is healthy.

She adds that with Mercury stationing direct in Scorpio within days, the urge to speak your truth or seek something real may arrive.

The Times of India lists Leo, Aquarius, Gemini and Aries as signs needing care this week — Leo with heavy family opinions about a relationship, Aquarius with a partner feeling like second place, Gemini with piled-up missed calls, and Aries with a partner's feelings coming into the open.

It names Scorpio, Libra, Taurus and Capricorn as this week's lucky signs, with the New Moon in Scorpio offering singles a fresh start and Venus turning direct in Libra restoring confidence.

Cosmopolitan adds sign-by-sign New Moon angles, telling Taurus it is make up or break up time and telling Aquarius to state career goals to the universe.

The Times of India carries a warning many readers will want to hear: planets that have just turned direct move slowly at first, so sign the lease or book the engagement venue next week if you can. For now, the advice is to talk, settle details and let decisions firm up.

YourTango echoes the patience theme, saying new beginnings can take root on Monday's New Moon only because of what has already been released. Cosmopolitan similarly cautions that retrograde effects echo over the following weeks, even as the skies clear.

The Times of India prescribes a specific ritual for the devoted: on New Moon evening, write one clear wish for your love life on paper, read it again once Venus has turned direct, then take one step towards it.

Cosmopolitan's version is broader — set a new, ambitious goal on Monday's Scorpio New Moon and leave past attempts behind, since Scorpio is the sign of transformation.

ELLE UK's daily tarot reading for November 9 assigns each sign a card, giving Aries the Four of Coins with an instruction to shake up routines and Sagittarius the Ten of Coins with a push toward the long game.