November 2026 Grey Matters
Grey Matters November 2026
Table of Contents
1.) Conclave 2026 - A Photographic Reflection
2.) GSW Mobile Beta Available
3.) Changes to GSW2
4.) November Astrological Forecast
5.) GSW Crossword Puzzle 6.) How I Strove And Became At Conclave
7.) Between the Covers: The Complete Pentagram & Hexagram Rituals of the Golden Dawn
Conclave 2026 - A Photographic Reflection
By Grey Matters Staff
GSW Mobile Beta Available
By Headmaster Kingsley
Well met Wizards one and all,
We hope the day finds everyone in good health and high spirits!
GSW Mobile is ready for its beta debut! We’re excited to invite School members to try our new app, bringing your School information and resources together in a format designed for your phone.
Sign in with your School account to check your academic level, Campus Standing, and Wizcoin balance, or browse School events and resources. GSW Radio is built in, too, so you can tune in while exploring the app and carry a little more of the School with you throughout your day.
Try GSW Mobile: https://mobile.greyschool.org/
To add it to your phone, open the link and select Add GSW Mobile on the Home screen for installation instructions. Once installed, you can open it directly from your phone’s home screen whenever you need it.
We’re looking forward to hearing what you think! During the beta, please let us know if information appears incorrectly or something doesn’t work as expected. A brief description, a screenshot, and your phone model will help us investigate. We’d also love to hear what you find useful and what would make the app more convenient.
This is an exciting new addition to the School, and your feedback will help us prepare it for its full release. Take a look, tune in, and help us put GSW Mobile through its paces!
Changes to GSW2
By Grey Matters Staff
Some time ago, GSW2 was announced as the future of wizardry education. The expectation was that, over the next several years, all learning at GSW as part of the Apprenticeship Program would transition to occur on our campus on vGSW. However, based on feedback and conversations from impacted parties, things have pivoted. While synchronous learning opportunities will remain vital and formative, for the present only the Core Classes will transition to the Live Class format while others while remain in the text-based modality. You can learn more at the following link: https://www.greyschool.org/post/gsw2update
November Astrological Forecast By Grey Matters Staff
After an October characterized by considerable astrological turbulence, November offers an opportunity to restore some balance and regain a sense of direction. Much of the month's activity centers on the favorable relationship between Venus in Libra and Jupiter in Leo, a combination traditionally associated with harmony, generosity, and renewed optimism. With Venus returning to Libra after spending much of October retrograde in Scorpio, matters concerning relationships, cooperation, and personal values may begin to settle.
The month opens with two significant events on November 4, when Mercury forms a cazimi, passing through the heart of the Sun in Scorpio, while Venus in Libra forms a favorable sextile with Jupiter in Leo. Mercury's alignment with the Sun is associated with clarity, revelation, and shifts in perspective. Meanwhile, the connection between Venus and Jupiter encourages reconciliation, cooperation, and a more measured approach to personal ambitions. This same Venus-Jupiter alignment will occur again toward the end of the month, providing an opportunity to consider what has changed in the intervening weeks.
The New Moon in Scorpio arrives on November 9, encouraging a period of introspection and emotional examination. With Mars, the ruler of Scorpio, positioned in Leo alongside Jupiter and the South Node, this lunation raises questions about the balance between personal ambition and responsibility toward others. Confidence and individual achievement have their place, but excessive pride or the need for recognition can undermine otherwise worthwhile efforts. This New Moon provides an opportunity to examine the motivations behind our decisions and consider whether past insecurities continue to influence present behavior.
A notable change in momentum arrives on November 13, when both Mercury in Scorpio and Venus in Libra resume direct motion. Mercury's return to direct movement betokens associated with improvements in communication, planning, and decision-making, while Venus brings greater clarity to relationships and financial matters. Conversations that have been postponed or complicated by misunderstandings may become easier to address. Nevertheless, sensitive subjects will still benefit from patience and a willingness to consider perspectives other than our own.
The middle of the month also brings a conjunction of Jupiter and Mars in Leo on November 15, accompanied by the South Node. This combination can encourage ambition, enthusiasm, and confidence, but it also carries a warning against taking on more than can reasonably be accomplished. That caution becomes particularly relevant on November 18 and 19, when the Sun in Scorpio forms successive squares with Jupiter and Mars in Leo. These alignments may indicate overextension, impatience, and the temptation to force results. Maintaining reasonable expectations and conserving energy can prove more productive than attempting to accomplish everything at once.
The Sun enters Sagittarius on November 22, shifting the astrological emphasis toward exploration, learning, and the exchange of ideas. Sagittarius relates to philosophy, travel, and the search for meaning.
The Full Moon in Gemini on November 24 introduces another potentially eventful period. Its conjunction with Uranus, together with favorable aspects to Neptune in Aries and Pluto in Aquarius, suggests an emphasis on communication, innovation, and broader social developments. With Mercury in Scorpio ruling this lunation, information that has previously remained obscured may attract renewed attention. Astrologically, this configuration points toward possible changes in public discourse, media narratives, and commercial activity. On a personal level, it may encourage reconsideration of established opinions or the discovery of new information that changes one's understanding of a situation.
On November 25, Mars enters Virgo, bringing a more practical and methodical emphasis to the closing days of the month. Where Mars in Leo favors bold action and individual expression, Mars in Virgo emphasizes precision, organization, and attention to detail. This is a favorable period for reviewing routines, improving work processes, and eliminating unnecessary complications. The principal challenge will be avoiding perfectionism or the mistaken assumption that constant activity necessarily produces meaningful progress. Efficiency, rather than sheer effort, should be the guiding consideration.
Finally, November 28 brings a second sextile between Venus in Libra and Jupiter in Leo, returning attention to themes introduced at the beginning of the month. Relationships, creative undertakings, and long-term plans may benefit from a final review before December begins.
Taken as a whole, November presents a considerably more constructive astrological outlook than October, although it is not entirely without challenges. The return of Mercury and Venus to direct motion opens the door for greater clarity and renewed opportunities for progress, while the developing Mars retrograde cycle encourages a more deliberate approach to future commitments. Rather than pursuing dramatic changes or immediate results, November favors resolving unfinished business, restoring balance, and establishing the foundations for the work ahead.
GSW Crossword Puzzle
By Grey Matters Staff
Complete it online at https://crosswordlabs.com/view/gsw-seasonal-astronomy-crossword
Or download a PDF:
Here is the solution to last month's crossword puzzle:
How I Strove and Became at Conclave By Vice-Captain Jennifer G.
Today I will discuss how I learned and practiced to Strive and Become.
Last year, I could only reach the Wizard’s Rest on the grounds of Highspire. The Wizard’s Rest is a spot on the hike where you can rest after Arthur’s Crossway, which is a straight-up hike. It was a journey I didn’t think was possible when I started, but I did it. It was a significant part of my wizard’s journey. This year, I wanted to make it to all the lodges, the ritual circle, and the forge.
So what happened this past year that allowed me to reach my goal of getting past the Wizard’s Rest?
A year ago, I decided I needed to lose weight in order to go further on the grounds. I was unable to lose weight on my own, so I started Zepbound shots, which allowed me to lose weight at a greater speed. This was a big journey in itself. I had to get used to the side effects and giving myself shots. However, losing weight gave me confidence and helped me like myself more. The compliments I received from other people helped me feel more confident. All of this helped me work harder on exercise, eating right, and sleeping well. This is how I Strove to Become someone who can reach all of the lodge areas on the grounds.
So what happened when I got to the grounds this year?
When I got to the grounds this year and was about to make this journey toward the towers, forge, and ritual circle, I had to do certain things before leaving. I realized that getting there now was a pure mental game. I reminded myself that just because I couldn’t do it before doesn’t mean I can’t do it now. I reminded myself that losing weight was meant to make this journey possible in the first place. I reminded myself that, physically and mentally, I’m not the same person I was last year. To stay motivated, I reminded myself that I was on a Captain’s journey: seeing all the lodges’ boxes and making it to the lodges was more of a spiritual journey than a physical or mental one.
So what happened on this journey?
Throughout this journey, I learned to go at my own pace. I stopped trying to do everything other people do while trying to be perfect in the meantime. I didn’t have to lose a ton of weight as fast as everyone else to make the journey. I didn’t have to go up the mountain at the same pace as everyone else. I learned to Strive and Become. In my striving, I battled negative self-talk and thinking, generational thinking that said our family is just big-boned and that my physical body hated exercise. Battling these limitations pushed me harder, helped me gain clarity, and built confidence I didn’t know I could have. This confidence helped me identify the kind of physical and mental body I wanted to become on this journey.
There are some magickal workings I did during my weight-loss journey.
I made a poppet to help increase my physical vitality. I included bloodstone and carnelian, fire elements connected to Mars, which fall under the Resonance Model. This is the Resonance Model because I used correspondences such as bloodstone and carnelian to strengthen the poppet's intent through the combined resonances of the reagents.
I visualized healthy energy and the body I wanted to become, which falls under the Psychological Model. This falls under the Psychological Model because the Psychological Model involves shaping my perception and attitude about myself.
I also used a candle to safely burn away the negative thoughts I wrote on parchment, which falls under the Psychological Model, as it shifts my consciousness from negativity to positivity.
How am I going to use these lessons in the future, you may ask?
I’d like to use the Resonance Model and Spiritual Models more. For example, I’d do a fire spell on a Tuesday, use a red candle, make an offering to Ares, and invoke the dragon. Lately, while at work, I try to do a task perfectly and without extra help or accommodations. To ward off this habit, I’d like to use the red candle to write down my old habits of low confidence and burn them. I’d use Ares to help me have the confidence and backbone to express my needs and accommodations. I’d invoke the dragon to remind me of my passions and why I want to change habits in the first place.
To conclude, I have used the Psychological Model of Magick to work at my own pace and to Strive and Become, and the Resonance Model to help myself become a person who can achieve a hike of a wizard’s journey and change my thinking and habits. I will apply what I’ve learned and become to my workplace, allowing myself to become the person I want to be at work. I will be someone who can bring a single lesson to different areas of my life, and if you Strive and Become, you can too.
Between the Covers: The Complete Pentagram & Hexagram Rituals of the Golden Dawn
By Master Meighen, Master of Studies
Irish-based publisher Kerubim Press has released the latest entry in their "Complete Golden Dawn" series, titled "The Complete Pentagram and Hexagram Rituals of the Golden Dawn." This work represents an intensely scholastic undertaking in which the author has painstakingly reviewed dozens of surviving documents and sets of instructions for the Lesser and Supreme Rituals of the Hexagram and Pentagram, including some that are not publicly available, and which originate from multiple lodges, groups, and practitioners of the Golden Dawn system. From these, he has formulated what must be considered the single most authoritative and well-researched presentation of these core ritual techniques that compiles this information into one place for convenient reference and study. And, as if that weren't enough, the volume also reproduces in 36 appendices various writings on the pentagrams and hexagrams from Golden Dawn figures such as Mathers and Wescott, plus multiple additional Order papers and teachings reproduced here accurately for the first time.
While initially released as a limited run of hardcovers which are now sold out, Kerubim Press has announced that a paperback release will be forthcoming. Interested parties are advised to monitor their website at https://kerubimpress.com/ for more details.
Any aspiring White Wizard is strongly encouraged to consider acquiring and studying this tome, since the rituals it focuses on are practically ubiquitous within the field of ceremonial magick and reward the effort needed to understand them.
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