This New Moon draws us into the deep waters of sidereal Scorpio, a realm where the Moon becomes more fragile, impressionable, and receptive. Scorpio strips away anything surface-level and brings us into transformation, memory, and the alchemy of shedding what no longer belongs. There is a quiet tension to this lunation, a soft pull inward, as if the psyche itself is opening old storage boxes. Nostalgia, deep recall, and emotional archives rise up in waves, inviting us to witness what we may have tucked away.
Mercury retrograde sits only one degree from the Moon, and Mars—the ruler of Scorpio—heats the entire configuration. This is not a typical retrograde. This is excavation. Together, these planets stir forgotten layers of the mind: memories resurfacing, past conversations replaying, unresolved relationships returning for review, and familiar patterns revealing themselves from a new angle. Nothing comes back to punish you; it comes back because you finally have the insight to understand it differently.
During a New Moon, the night sky is dark. The mind (Moon) has no light of its own and waits for the Sun to illuminate new pathways. Confusion, emotional fog, moodiness, or a sense of being unmoored are natural right now—especially with the Moon, Mercury, and Mars gathered in Scorpio’s underworld. This is not a time to push clarity. It is a time to listen. The question is not “What should I do?” but “What is the fire inside me trying to show me?” Passion, after all, affects everyone around us. When we are aligned with our dharma, people feel it. This lunation asks us to redirect our inner fire with integrity instead of impulse.
Falling in Anuradha nakshatra, this New Moon carries the steady, devotional influence of Saturn. Anuradha teaches that we are shaped by devotion and discipline, that the quiet choices we make every single day reveal our true priorities. It is linked to Mitra, the deity of sacred friendship and loyalty, reminding us that we do not rise alone. Strong alliances, honest relationships, and supportive networks are part of our path to success. The symbol of Anuradha is the lotus—the bloom that rises from mud. It reflects our own ability to emerge from darkness with clarity, tenderness, and truth. This moment offers a window to make peace with the shadow, to soften toward the parts of ourselves we’ve avoided, and to illuminate what has been hidden.
While this New Moon works personally on our emotional layers, we are also living through broader collective shifts. Pluto in Capricorn continues to remodel the structures of government, authority, and the bones of society—slowly but definitively. Uranus in Taurus is shaking our relationship to land, food systems, and sustainability, calling us back to what is essential and urging innovation in how we nourish ourselves and the planet. The outer planets are reshaping the foundations beneath our feet even as the inner planets invite us to reshape our inner world.
Practically, this energy asks for subtlety and discernment. With Mercury retrograde, expect disruptions with travel, communication, and technology. But this is a potent time for researching, reviewing, editing, organizing, and revisiting unfinished work. It’s not the moment to talk everything through or process endlessly with others. Instead, it’s a time to heal old rifts quietly, to reconsider commitments, and to realign with the projects, relationships, and practices you want to strengthen.
This New Moon whispers that beginnings often start with endings, and clarity often arrives only after the mind has been emptied. Ask yourself: Where do I want my passion to go? What am I truly devoted to? And what do I repeatedly choose, day after day, that builds the life I say I want?
As you set intentions in the dark of this moon, remember that we become what we practice. Let your devotion be your direction, and let this new beginning rise steady and honest from the depths.
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In Gratitude,
Michelle