China: monthly mundane forecast

The going is tough for China this time. The month’s new moon falls on 9 November, Monday, 3:02 pm, with Pisces rising over Beijing at that moment. On the bright side for China, diplomacy takes a warm tone, and trade or foreign investment deals are likely; Venus in the seventh house helps here. One worry for China stands out: worry over public debt, taxes and sudden costs grows, with the Sun in the eighth house.

• Saturn in the first house means work moves slowly and people sound tired and gloomy; patience and discipline are what count. Being retrograde, it works in stops and starts.
• The Sun in the eighth house means worry over public debt, taxes and sudden costs grows; it is wise to watch for heat-related illness and fire. The Sun is debilitated, so the strain is felt more.
• With Mars in the fifth house, restlessness among the young and tension on campuses may surface; the stock market may jump about. Mars is debilitated, so the strain is felt more.
• The chart’s ruler is Jupiter: the ruler is in the sixth house, so much energy goes into handling debt, illness and opponents.

Area by area

Key dates

• 6 November (Friday): Venus moves into Virgo (the seventh house here); things improve in foreign relations and trade.
• 9 November (Monday): new moon in Libra, Vishakha (the eighth house here); a fresh chapter for disasters, debt and sudden events.
• 12 November (Thursday): Jupiter and Ketu meet in Leo (the sixth house here); a steadying hand on health services, workers and law and order.
• 12 November (Thursday): Mars moves into Leo (the sixth house here); things improve in health services, workers and law and order.
• 13 November (Friday): Mercury turns direct; stalled work on disasters, debt and sudden events gets moving again.
• 14 November (Saturday): Venus turns direct; stalled work on foreign relations and trade gets moving again.
• 15 November (Sunday): Mars and Ketu meet in Leo (the sixth house here); friction and accidents around health services, workers and law and order need watching.
• 16 November (Monday): Mars and Jupiter meet in Leo (the sixth house here); a steadying hand on health services, workers and law and order.
• 16 November (Monday): the Sun enters Scorpio (sankranti, the ninth house here); official attention turns to the courts, religion and higher education.
• 22 November (Sunday): Venus moves into Libra (the eighth house here); things shift in disasters, debt and sudden events.
• 24 November (Tuesday): full moon in Taurus, Krittika (the third house here); feelings run high over transport, media and neighbours.

Good days and careful days

Good days

• 4 November to 5 November: Moon in Leo (sixth house), a good spell for health services, workers and law and order.
• 6 November to 7 November: Moon in Virgo (seventh house), a good spell for foreign relations and trade.
• 13 November to 14 November: Moon in Sagittarius (tenth house), a good spell for the government and administration.
• 15 November to 17 November: Moon in Capricorn (eleventh house), a good spell for revenue, income and parliament.
• 20 November to 22 November: Moon in Pisces (first house), a good spell for public life and the national mood.
• 25 November to 26 November: Moon in Taurus (third house), a good spell for transport, media and neighbours.

Careful days

• 8 November to 9 November: Moon in Libra (eighth house), take care with disasters, debt and sudden events.
• 18 November to 19 November: Moon in Aquarius (twelfth house), take care with public spending, hospitals and hidden activity.
• 27 November to 28 November: Moon in Gemini (fourth house), take care with farming, land and housing.

Read from the Moon’s sign at 6 am local time, counted from the chart’s first house. The Moon in the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th or 11th helps; in the 4th, 8th or 12th it calls for care.

Chart details (for astrologers)

New moon: 9 November 2026 (Monday), 3:02 pm local time in Beijing. Ascendant Pisces 6°42′.

Planet	Sign	Degree	House	State
Sun	Libra	22°39′	8	debilitated
Moon	Libra	22°39′	8
Mars	Cancer	28°26′	5	debilitated
Mercury	Libra	12°37′	8	retrograde, combust
Jupiter	Leo	1°00′	6
Venus	Virgo	29°04′	7	retrograde, debilitated
Saturn	Pisces	14°33′	1	retrograde
Rahu	Aquarius	1°23′	12
Ketu	Leo	1°23′	6

How this is worked out: The month is read from the new-moon chart (amavasya) and the month’s sankranti chart, with the month’s planetary movements and the Moon’s daily path through the chart. Charts are cast for Beijing in sidereal (Lahiri) positions with whole-sign houses. House meanings follow classical mundane astrology: the first house is the people, the tenth the government, the seventh foreign affairs, the fourth land and farming, the eighth disasters and debt. Astrology describes tendencies, not certainties.