The Monthly Arcana: November 2025
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Guidance for the Month Ahead from Spirit Element
November always has a way of slowing everything down. The noise softens, the light shifts, and suddenly there’s more space to think—to really see where you’ve been. It’s that strange in-between where one part of you wants to hibernate and the other feels restless, itching to make sense of what the year has meant so far.
If you’ve been feeling tired, uncertain, or like you’re standing in the middle of your own unfinished story, you’re right where you need to be. This month isn’t about chasing progress or forcing clarity—it’s about reflection. It’s about acknowledging the work you’ve done and giving yourself credit for surviving the parts you didn’t think you would.
The energy of November asks you to step back from constant self-improvement and look at what’s already growing in your life. To stop tearing yourself down for not being “there” yet, and start realizing that here is actually something worth honoring. You’re still becoming—and that’s not a flaw, it’s the point.
The Cards Pulled for November
The Thesis - Third Harvest
This card represents the general energy or theme for the month and sets the tone for the focus required during the next several weeks.
The Domain - Judgement
This card represents what’s within your control this month. This is your opportunity to develop sovereignty and to take intentional action.
The Periphery - Two of Coins
This card represents the things that are beyond your control and that you will need to come to terms with or something you need to move on from.
The Axis - Ace of Swords
This card represents how you can stay grounded and restore your sense of peace or stability.
The Codex - Eight of Coins
This card represents your key to enlightenment. It shows you what you can learn, gain or improve when you embrace the energy of the month.
“You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress at the same time.”
- Sophia Bush
The Thesis - Third Harvest
November is the month to stop underestimating yourself. Third Harvest comes forward as a reminder that while the year may be winding down, you’re not running out of time—you’re standing in the proof of everything you’ve survived, created, and learned. This card asks you to look at what is working instead of obsessing over what isn’t.
You don’t have to have everything figured out, not right now. You don’t need to have hit every milestone or kept every promise to yourself. What matters is that you kept showing up and that you continue to do so. Even if all you managed was getting through a difficult day, that’s something worth acknowledging. The habit of tearing yourself down only convinces you that you’re behind—but you’re not. You’re building something that takes longer than a single season to grow.
Third Harvest reminds you that self-respect is the soil from which all transformation grows. It’s time to stop talking down to yourself like you’re your own worst enemy. Start speaking to yourself like someone you believe in. Confidence isn’t arrogance—it’s nourishment. And right now, your spirit needs feeding, not fixing.
So take stock of your progress, however imperfect. Celebrate the small wins. Recognize the quiet strength that got you this far. This is your reminder that growth doesn’t always look like a breakthrough—sometimes it looks like persistence, patience, and refusing to give up on yourself.
The Domain
→ Judgement
This card represents what’s within your control this month. This is your opportunity to develop sovereignty and to take intentional action.
The Judgment card shows that what’s within your control this month is how you respond to your own awakening. This is a powerful moment of reckoning—where old versions of you are ready to fall away, and a truer version is asking to take their place. You get to decide how willing you are to rise to that call.
This isn’t about punishment or guilt. It’s about clarity. The kind that comes when you finally stop running from your own reflection and see yourself clearly, without judgment or denial. You’re being asked to take ownership of your story—to forgive yourself for what you didn’t know then, the mistakes you’ve made and to start living from what you know now.
Your intentional action this month is acceptance. Accept who you’ve been, what you’ve learned, and who you’re becoming. There’s no going back, but there doesn’t need to be. You’ve done the work. Now it’s time to answer the call and step into the life that’s been waiting for you to claim it.
The Periphery
→ Two of Coins
This card represents the things that are beyond your control and that you will need to come to terms with or something you need to move on from.
The Two of Coins reminds you that life will never stop asking you to juggle. There will always be shifting priorities, unexpected changes, and moments when everything feels like too much. You can’t control the waves—but you can control how you move with them.
This month, you may need to come to terms with the fact that balance isn’t a finish line. It’s something you’re constantly adjusting. Some days, you’ll handle it gracefully; other days, you’ll drop a ball or two or twenty. That doesn’t mean you’ve failed—it means you’re human.
The lesson here is flexibility. Release the pressure to manage everything perfectly. Find steadiness in forward movement. The more you accept life’s rhythm instead of resisting it, the lighter it becomes.
The Axis
→ Ace of Swords
This card represents how you can stay grounded and restore your sense of peace or stability.
The Ace of Swords brings mental clarity after confusion. When things feel heavy or uncertain this month, your peace will come from getting honest—with yourself and with others. This isn’t about overthinking or trying to analyze everything to death; it’s about naming the truth that’s been sitting quietly beneath the surface.
Grounding, in this case, means cutting through the noise. Clear the mental clutter. Say what needs to be said. Make the decision you’ve been avoiding. You don’t need to have every answer right now, but you do need to stop pretending you’re fine when something clearly needs your attention.
The Ace of Swords is the first breath after the storm—the moment when your thoughts start to make sense again. Lean into that. Simplicity is your anchor. The more honest you are, the lighter you’ll feel.
The Codex
→ Eight of Coins
This card represents your key to enlightenment. It shows you what you can learn, gain or improve when you embrace the energy of the month.
The Eight of Coins reminds you that mastery isn’t really glamorous—it’s built through repetition, consistency, and a willingness to keep learning even when no one’s watching. This month, enlightenment comes from staying committed to the work in front of you. Not the big, sweeping gestures—but the small, steady efforts that add up over time.
You’re also being asked to refine your craft, sharpen your focus, and take pride in the process itself. Whether that work is personal, mundane or spiritual, or creative, this card says: keep showing up. Every time you do, you’re shaping something stronger, wiser, and more intentional. There’s power in persistence. Growth isn’t found in the final product—it’s in the practice.
Closing Reflections
November brings a quieter kind of transformation—the kind that doesn’t ask you to hustle or prove, but to pause and take inventory. This is your moment to look at what you’ve built, what you’ve learned, and who you’ve become in the process. The cards this month speak to acceptance, consistency, and clarity. It’s about knowing what’s yours to carry and what’s time to release.
You don’t need to start over. You just need to trust that what you’ve been building is already leading you somewhere meaningful. Judgment invites you to rise to your own potential, Two of Coins reminds you to flow with life’s unpredictability, Ace of Swords asks for truth and simplicity, and Eight of Coins calls for quiet dedication. Together, they form a message of grounded growth—steady, self-assured, and entirely your own.
This is a month to:
✦ Release self-criticism and recognize how far you’ve come
✦ Accept that balance is fluid and perfection isn’t required
✦ Speak your truth, even when it feels uncomfortable
✦ Keep showing up for the work that matters most to you
✦ Trust that every small effort is part of something greater
As you move through November, consider these questions:
Where have I been too hard on myself, and how can I start offering grace instead?
What truth have I been avoiding that could set me free?
What am I learning through repetition and consistency right now?
How can I celebrate progress without demanding perfection?
Decks used in this reading
Seasons of the Witch: Samhain Oracle
The Baddeley Tarot
