Every month we get the opportunity to begin again. To envision a new plot line. To start a new cycle. To plant new seeds. To learn a new lesson. The sign the Sun and Moon are in give each New Moon its theme. In Scorpio, that theme is transformation & truth.
Under a sky void of the Moon’s light, in the darkness we become one with what is hidden. We look at our fears, traumas, and insecurities. To sit with them, to name them, and to transform them. Those little corners we don’t want to look at? Underneath this New Moon we’re ready to see them.
Scorpio is a fixed sign. It doesn’t begin a season, it doesn’t end one, it holds space in the middle. It’s the work behind the curtain. It’s the in-between worlds where we are neither caterpillar or butterfly, but the mysterious metamorphosis happening inside the cocoon.
No sign does inner work like Scorpio. It is a sign most committed to knowing itself, bringing us face to face with our raw truths; the fears and shames that sit hiding in the shadows, slowly motivating everything we do. What is the motivation behind this sign’s intrusive will to dive deep? To create something from the ashes.
Scorpio says: Unearth the hidden wound. Expose the illusion. Strip away the light. Take off the mask. If you met every version of yourself in a graveyard void of all these things, what remains? When you get to know yourself on such a deep level, you learn everything that’s standing in the way between you and your highest self. Every trigger is a portal. Every wound is a key.
You pour antiseptic on a wound, it burns. You have a hard workout and your muscles are sore the next day. You get a vaccination and feel symptoms of sickness. You go to therapy and confront grief, heavy nostalgia, anxiety. Not all pain is a warning, some pain is the cost of transformation. The New Moon in Scorpio wants you to know: If it’s hurting, it’s working.
This is a New Moon for alchemy: The process of turning something into gold. It doesn’t ask you to add or obtain, but to take what you already have, understand it, and turn it into something you’re proud of. Sometimes that means leaving something behind. Sometimes that means confronting what is painful. Sometimes that means starting something that connects yourself to you.
Growth can also feel like loss. Remember that.
What else is happening in the sky?
On November 4th the Mercury cazimi helped uncover an answer that struggled to break through the retrograde barrier. On the 13th, both Mercury and Venus station direct and whatever metamorphosis you go through under this New Moon will begin to take shape offering you a little more direction.
New Moon square Mars and Jupiter
Big emotions and big energy are colliding right now, making everything feel urgent. Mars and Jupiter are both in Leo, giving us a boost of confidence and a drive to go after what we want, but the real challenge is self-control. Express yourself with intention, channel that extra confidence wisely, and make bold moves without burning down the room.
