November has all the makings of a very happy month, one of your best of all of 2008. Romance, fun, and friendships all glow, and you'll finally have time to shop, visit museums, try a new restaurant, and enjoy sports and other leisure time activities. It all adds up to a memorable, fun time you dearly deserve.

The first half of November will undeniably be your best, especially for love and romance. Your lovely interlude will last until November 15. If you are single and looking for a romantic partner, this month may bring that fateful meeting. Mars, in combination with the new moon that appeared October 28, will summon your fairies to help you find love. If ever there were a time to make a big effort to get out and mingle, this is it.

After Mars leaves on November 15, you won't have the powerful assistance from Mars again for two years, so use this lovely energy to your full advantage in the first two weeks. Mars has been seeing that you find love, for Mars has been in this house of your horoscope since early October. The reason things are better for you now is that you have the new moon to help you, too - that is a lot of planetary support! Does your birthday fall on or within five days of June 27? Then this new moon will help you even more.

If you are attached, you will have cosmic help, too. You will have two heavy-duty planets to help you enjoy life, especially at month's end. Venus will signal Uranus on November 28, a fantastic confirmation.

On December 1, Venus will make a fantastic alignment to Jupiter, an annual event. (You may feel this influence as early as November 29 or 30.) This is a four-star alignment that always spells divine happiness. Remarkably, this time Venus and Jupiter will meet in your house of commitment and marriage.

If you are a Cancer hoping to get engaged for the holidays, you may promise your love secretly to one another on this magical night. If you are already attached, these two kind planets will help you celebrate your love. You should plan an evening together, for sure! Let me be clear, however - this month brims with romantic sentiment, and it's just made for you. If you want to have a baby, this month would be ideal to have that discussion and make a plan.

Can you get away for a week or for a few days? With a twinkling triangle of planets in the sky - evident from November 12-13, linking friends, travel, and your significant other - this would be fantastic month to schedule a vacation with your sweetheart or close friends. Neptune's turn direct on November 2 will help you put the pieces of your trip into place quickly. If obstacles have prevented you from leaving town before this, you may be able to do so now.

You seem to have an important social event on your calendar near the full moon November 13, plus or minus four days. You will likely see friends and new people during this exciting week, either all together in one big day or parsed out, with multiple dates to meet up with individuals.

If you were born on July 13, the full moon will deliver an extra fillip of pleasure for you.

Enjoy the fuss of November, because your work life will be picking up speed. Mars enters your workaday sector on November 16, so on November 27 the bell rings, and it'll be time to turn your thoughts back to work. Assignments will begin to mount and there will be too much for you to do to remain carefree.

Financially, Neptune's turn direct on November 2 will help you organize your finances in a way that will improve your cash flow. Either you were unaware of certain reoccurring costs you were paying on certain statements, or someone was deliberately keeping you in the dark about your financial situation. No worries. After months of being in weak, retrograde position, Neptune moves forward, and so will you, particularly in a financial way.

Health-wise, this same new moon November 27 will offer you the best moment of 2008 to develop a new fitness routine that you love. If you wait for January 1, 2009 (the day most people begin their New Year resolutions), you'll lose all the advantage you'll have to succeed in matters of health and fitness. While it may be hard to keep up your discipline over the coming holiday season - with food, friends, and parties - if you develop an exercise consistency, you may reach your weight management goal.

Romance will be best on these days: November 1, 5-8, 10-12, 25, 29-30.

Summary

You will love what the planets have cooked up for you, dear Cancer! With Mars, the Sun, and Mercury in your house of true love in early November, you must try to go out and circulate.

You've had Mars' help since early October, but the problem was that Mercury was retrograde, making you think back rather than forward. In the good sense, you may have reconciled with an old lover, or in the not-so-good way, you may have been reminiscing about an old love that's over, and finding it hard to move forward. All that is history now, for the planets have moved into much stronger placements. The October 28 new moon was a major turning point - from then on things were to get better.

If you are attached, you will enjoy this trend too, of course. Just because you have a paper that says you are married does not mean you can't enjoy carefree love - you can! Close committed couples will have the added benefit of Venus in your opposite sign of Capricorn from November 12 onward. This brings a "full moon" effect of heightened, very tender, and sweet emotions.

The full moon, November 13, should bring a happy social event that will have you rubbing shoulders with many happy people. Some may be old friends, and others may be new to you but by the time this event is done, you may have a number of new acquaintances that you will want to know better.

With Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, and Saturn so beautifully aligned on November 15, you may decide to travel spontaneously. A vacation taken at anytime mid-month and including November 15 would be a fine idea.

Once Mars moves into Sagittarius on November 16, the pace at work is going to build and you'll be working hard through almost all of next month. This may be good news if you are not employed, or hope to pick up more work on the side. If you are self-employed, business will be fast-paced! This trend will pick up even more after the new moon that occurs on November 27 - you'll be like Lucy in the Chocolate Factory, trying to keep up with the demand. This tells me you might be working in retail or a restaurant or other holiday-oriented job. If so, be glad your services are so strongly in demand!

Many people design a plan on January 1 to become fit, but you would be wise to do so now, when the new moon appears on November 27 and the days that follow. If you are serious about looking like a million dollars, your best time to get started is then! Don't lose the advantage. Later everyone will ask, "How did you do it?" Also, if you start now, you'll look sexier on the dance floor New Year's Eve!

Key dates to remember:

Romance will be best on these days: November 1, 5-8, 10-12, 25, and 29-30.

Take a vacation: November 2-15.

A festive party or event (or a series of smaller, one-on-one lunches and dinners) proves highly social in the days that circle November 13 plus or minus four days.

Design a fitness plan: November 27 plus four days - and launch it!

Your understanding of your finances improves: Watch days surrounding November 2.