We talked a bit about this New Moon in the weekly HERE.
The New Moon started with her move dive into Scorpio. This happened Sunday, but symbolically it is just something that has already happened. This is Scorpio, so not everything we dive into is easy to look at. Not everything we thought we knew turns out to be true.
Scorpio energy is intense/deep. We feel things more strongly and important things can feel like life-and-death. So can unimportant things. It can be hard for our emotions/feelings to know which is which.
The Moon squares Pluto. Scorpio's modern ruler. Power struggles. Tension. Frustration. That whole life-and-death thing (that may or may not be real). Keep in mind this is something that precedes the New Moon. There is some kind of CONFRONTATION.
The Moon meets Mercury. Again, this precedes the New Moon's seeding. Mercury is the messenger god. The only god who can travel freely between Pluto's dark underworld and the Jupitarian blue skies of Mount Olympus. News/information comes in. A conversation is had. Mercury is moving backward, so this is not a brand-new thing. In Scorpio it brings up strong feelings. Entangled feelings. There can be a Scorpian theme to information - merged finances, debt, inheritance, taxes, intimacies, jealousy, compulsions, reproduction, what has been hidden/stuffed, life-and-death matters.
Something old is re-awakened/brought back to our attention.
Then the Sun and Moon come together - this is the New Moon.
They meet on Monday at 2:02AM EST exactly conjunct asteroid Poseidon. Their meeting starts a new lunar cycle that lasts two weeks (until the next Full Moon) and six months (until the Scorpio Full Moon). People with planets/points nearest 16-degrees Scorpio are probably most impacted, but this is the background energy for all of us now.
Poseidon (the Greeks' version of Neptune with a bit of a twist) is the God of the Sea. The sea is deep, vast, mysterious. It holds things we cannot see from the surface. It can be beautiful and life-giving, but it can also be dangerous, overwhelming and disorienting. Poseidon is not a particularly easy God to negotiate with. He can stir up storms, flood the landscape and make the ground beneath us feel less than solid. His name contains the word poison/looks like the word poison and since our w-o-r-l-d is made of w-o-r-d-s, maybe we should think about this. Maybe especially if we have any planets/points near 16-degrees Scorpio.
What has been seeping into the water? What have we been drinking/absorbing? What has become toxic? What is hidden beneath the surface of something that looks perfectly ordinary? Scorpio wants us to look at what is underneath, and Poseidon reminds us that sometimes the water itself is murky.
The Moon quickly moves on. She squares Mars - Scorpio's ancient ruler. Anger. Passion. Something here is designed to GET US MOVING and move we do :) Luna squares Jupiter and it GROWS. And keep in mind this is all coming through squares. We are pushed. There is tension/frustration. By the time the Moon goes void on Monday night the next two weeks have played out in some kind of mini way that may or may not have been totally obvious to us. Then it plays out for reals.
The New Moon is answering to Mars (ancient ruler) and Pluto (modern ruler). Mars is in Leo. and answering to the Sun, whom Luna has just joined. There is a circular quality to this story. And two of our three inner planets are still retrograde. Maybe something/someone is coming back around now? What we feel, what we want, what we are willing to fight for and what we actually do about it are all tied together. Not one of those strangle-hold knots (although this is Scorpio, so maybe I shouldn't be so quick to discount this) but the kind of thing where the pull of one string tugs on the other strings, too. We tighten up and everything tightens up. We loosen something and the floodgates can open (which sounds like a bad thing, but probably it isn't).
Mars is fast approaching Jupiter and the South Node and this is the Moon's own South Node, so more circles. Mars is the God of War. Jupiter is the king of the gods, ruler of Olympus, the one who holds the thunderbolt and presides over the divine order. Put these two together and we have the warrior and the ruler. Action and authority. Force and conviction. The one who fights and the one who decides what the fight is about. In Leo, there is a great deal of concern with recognition, leadership, pride, sovereignty and the right to occupy the center of the stage. We want appreciation, or someone does. We want attention or someone does. This can be courageous, generous and inspiring. But it can also become a story about who is entitled to rule, who deserves the crown, whose voice matters most and who gets to decide what everyone else should do. We can see this playing out through the midterms, but this is inside of us, too.
The South Node is the dragon's tail we are always chasing. The South Node is familiar ground. An old story. A well-worn response. Sometimes it is a resource we can draw upon. It can be the pattern we keep repeating because we know how to do it, even when it no longer takes us where we need to go. Often, it becomes what we need to let go of. With Mars and Jupiter it might be easy to see what needs to change/go, but maybe not so easy to see what to do about it. Trust the timing. South Node activations can bring back something valuable that we have forgotten we possess. And Jupiter will meet the South Node three times and this is only our first pass. Sometimes it brings back an opportunity that was delayed, blocked or unavailable before. Sometimes it restores a talent or ability that we can now use at a much higher level because of everything we've learned since. In Leo it might also bring back an old temptation, an old entitlement or an old way of using our power. We have to stay frosty and pay attention especially after Venus and Mercury change directions at the end of the week.
Pluto is tightly conjunct asteroid Juno and they have been doing a back-and-forth-dance since April and finally caught up with each other again last week AT THE MID-TERMS. And Juno, is married to Jupiter, THE KING of the Gods. She is the Goddess of marriage, commitment, contracts and the way we connect with the things/people we get our power from (and what we will do to keep it). Her mythology is full of complicated power arrangements, revenge, loyalty, betrayal and the struggle to maintain position. She was queen of the gods, but being queen did not mean she was always in control of her own circumstances.
I wrote quite a bit about Juno and this chapter with Pluto starting HERE. Who has the leverage? Who benefits? What are we giving up maintaining a particular arrangement? Where have we handed our power over to someone or something else? This can be about marriage and partnerships, but also employment, careers, financial arrangements, status and the structures through which we gain security or influence. Juno’s marriage to Jupiter - who is not so much 'husband' as he is power itself - is impossible by design. Jupiter strayed from his marriage all the time/didn't uphold his end of the contract. Juno was vengeful. She was petty. But keep in mind her job was IMPOSSIBLE (modern reductions flatten her badly). Juno knows that betrayal destabilizes kingdoms and hidden affairs undermine legitimacy. We've all seen Game of Thrones. We know how this goes. Juno is obsessed with preserving the sanctity of the contract because she knows the contract is the structure holding civilization together.
Juno's back and forth with Pluto, the God of the Underworld/death in 2026 is about dissolving that contract. And together they make the upcoming trine to Uranus at the end of the month! NO MORE KINGS. Juno's conjunction with Pluto for all these months is especially relevant to the No Kings theme. Why didn't I see that?! I guess because the No Kings was all about Trump, and Trump (to my way of looking at things) is playing Uranus and Mars and Apollo and felt so un-Jupertarian to me.
BUT Trump's natal Jupiter at 17-degrees Libra, that Venus will turn around before she gets back to, is conjunct the U.S. natal Saturn (Sibley chart) at 14-degrees Libra and EXACT on the U.S. constitution chart's 17-degree natal Neptune! In that chart's very large 6th house of day-to-day and health. And it's part of an air trine to Saturn in Aquarius that is conjunct the Sibley's chart Moon (the people!).
No wonder we have spent the last 10 years as the U.S. Constitution chart took dominance over the U.S. Declaration of Independence Chart (Sibley chart) and the U.S. Pluto return played out - with our national delusions (Neptune!) about this one man. Good and bad. I can't even believe I missed this.
What comes next? Well, that's the question, right. That's the right question.
Jupiter on the South Node (and this is a repeating aspect) wants to pull us back to the old king/kingdom - who may or may not have a new face. The old source of security that might look like a new source of security but really isn't. The desire for a strong figure to tell us what to do, the comfort of handing responsibility to someone else. That is the part we have to recognize in ourselves, too. That isn't going to work anymore. But what is? This might be where AI comes in, but that's another post and it doesn't have to be this. It can be us. That is the power of words, too. The U.S. has always been all of US. everywhere.
OK, I am getting off-track, so back to the New Moon moment.
Venus is finishing up her own retrograde. At 23-degrees Libra. She sextiles Mars and Jupiter and trines the North Node. She gives us another way of describing/seeing the choice in front of us. We can use Leo's courage, creativity, generosity and leadership, but we need Venusian principles to determine how those qualities are expressed in relationship to other people. Leadership without reciprocity/fairness becomes domination. The old agreements are being re-negotiated because the old arrangements aren't sustainable anymore. The Age of Aquarius will not support them.
Anything else? Our retrograde Mercury is at the apex of a Yod.
Mercury at 6-degrees Scorpio is inconjunct both Saturn at 8-degrees Aries and Uranus at 4-degrees Gemini. Saturn and Uranus are sextile each other. And remember Mercury is carrying the information to this New Moon. Into this new chapter. This new story this is being seeded.
The two planets at the base are 1. Saturn in Aries - the rules, structures and authorities that govern individual action and 2. Uranus in Gemini - the disruption of established thinking, new information and the freedom to think differently. Collective thinking. Then Mercury in Scorpio is the information that exposes what has been hidden and forces us to reconsider what we thought we knew. A Yod is an adjustment aspect. It doesn't offer an easy resolution It requires us to reconcile things that don't naturally fit together.
The Yod says we have to change our thinking before we can change our circumstances.
So, what do we have so far?
Scorpio - what is being uncovered
Leo - where are we tempted to repeat the old power dynamic
Libra and Aquarius/Gemini - how can we relate differently and build something new?
The Scorpio New Moon uncovers what is hidden. Mars/Jupiter/South Node in Leo shows us the temptation to return to something familiar. But Uranus and Pluto/Juno in that tight trine are describing a much BIGGER transformation of the systems themselves. The alternative to the old king isn't a better king. It's a different system of power.
OK, I feel like I am ranting and I am not sure how useful any of this is for us personally at this moment and I am late getting this done, so here is a by-sign. If you don't know your Rising Sign, just use your Sun sign. If you do, read both. Aries as always is the collective energy.
ARIES | Aries Rising (Scorpio 8th, Aquarius 11th, Leo 5th) - Pluto/Juno in the 11th brings the run-up through friends, groups and your wider network, with questions about who has the leverage in those circles. Then the news arrives in the 8th, around shared money, debts, inheritance, intimacy or something you weren’t meant to see. The Poseidon New Moon here asks what’s murky in joint finances or in what someone isn’t telling you. The squares come from the 5th - romance, kids, creative projects, risk-taking. Don’t make a grand gesture to settle a score. Venus retrograde in your 7th offers an opportunity to revisit an agreement, reconsider a relationship or find a more equitable way of dealing with someone. She is sextiling the Leo planets and trining the North Node, suggesting that cooperation and compromise can help you move beyond an old relationship dynamic. Meanwhile, Pluto trine Uranus connects your 11th house of friends and collective aspirations with your 3rd house of communication, information and local connections. A new conversation, idea or network could help change the way you participate in your wider community.
TAURUS | Taurus Rising (Scorpio 7th, Aquarius 10th, Leo 4th) - The run-up is in the 10th: career, reputation, the boss, the public record. Juno/Pluto here is a contract or position-of-power question. The news and the New Moon land in the 7th, with a partner, spouse, client or open enemy. A conversation comes back around, and something in the relationship isn’t quite clear. The squares hit the 4th - home, family, the “old kingdom” of your roots. Mars/Jupiter/South Node can stir up family patterns or a domestic power struggle. Venus retrograde in your 6th brings reconsideration of working arrangements, responsibilities, routines and the balance of give-and-take in your everyday life. She offers a way to negotiate rather than fight over who is in charge. Pluto trine Uranus connects your 10th house of career and public authority with your 2nd house of income, resources and personal values. New ways of earning, using your skills or defining professional success could be part of a much bigger change in your relationship with authority. Keep work and home from bleeding into each other, and don't rule the household like a king.
GEMINI | Gemini Rising (Scorpio 6th, Aquarius 9th, Leo 3rd) - The run-up is in the 9th: beliefs, publishing, travel, legal matters, teachers. Who gets to decide what's true? The meeting with Mercury and the New Moon fall in the 6th - work routines, health, employees, the daily grind. Look for something toxic or murky in the workday, or something old resurfacing at the job. The squares come from the 3rd - siblings, neighbors, texts, local errands. Words will fly and a reasonable reaction can become a speech. Venus retrograde in your 5th brings a reconsideration of romance, children, creative projects and what brings you pleasure. She offers an opportunity to revisit a creative collaboration or find a more generous, cooperative way to express yourself. Her trine to the North Node connects this creative and personal reconsideration with a larger future involving friendships, groups and shared aspirations. Pluto trine Uranus is especially interesting for you, connecting your 9th house of beliefs, education and publishing with Uranus in your 1st house of identity. New information and new ideas can change the way you see the world, and the way you see yourself. You may be ready to challenge an old belief system and speak from a very different place. Fix the routine. Tend to your health. Draft the message and sit on it.
CANCER | Cancer Rising (Scorpio 5th, Aquarius 8th, Leo 2nd) - Pluto/Juno in the 8th makes the run-up about shared resources, contracts, obligations and who owes whom. The New Moon and Mercury are in the 5th - romance, children, creativity, pleasure, speculation. Something old in the love life or a creative project is re-awakened, and Poseidon asks what's blurry there. The squares land in the 2nd - money, income, self-worth, possessions. Mars/Jupiter/South Node can mean overspending, over-defending, or equating worth with status. Venus retrograde in your 4th brings attention to family agreements, domestic arrangements, property and the balance of responsibilities at home. Something about what constitutes a fair arrangement may need to be reconsidered. Pluto trine Uranus connects your 8th house of shared resources and deeper entanglements with your 12th house of hidden matters, private struggles and what happens behind the scenes. Something that has been developing out of sight could change the way you understand a financial or emotional obligation. Keep pleasure and finances in separate columns this week.
LEO | Leo Rising (Scorpio 4th, Aquarius 7th, Leo 1st) - This is the big one for you, since the South Node, Mars and Jupiter sit in your 1st house. The run-up is in the 7th: partnerships and open enemies, with Juno/Pluto asking about the contract between you. Mercury and the New Moon come in the 4th: home, family, the foundations. Something old is revisited, and Poseidon asks what's seeping in under the floorboards. Then the squares come at you. Old identity, old pride, the old way of using your power. You are the king in this story, so ask whether you're defending the crown or the kingdom. Venus retrograde in your 3rd brings a reconsideration of conversations, agreements, negotiations and the way you communicate with the people around you. She is offering a way to use your voice to build bridges rather than win arguments. Pluto trine Uranus connects your 7th house of partnerships with your 11th house of friends, groups and collective interests. New alliances and different kinds of relationships can help you move beyond an old one-to-one power arrangement. You may discover that you don't have to be the center of every relationship or group to have an important place in it. Act on the home situation, not on the ego.
VIRGO | Virgo Rising (Scorpio 3rd, Aquarius 6th, Leo 12th) - The run-up is in the 6th, with Juno/Pluto at work - job structure, coworkers, health routines and who is really running things. Mercury and the New Moon are in the 3rd - conversations, siblings, messages, short trips. Information is exchanged, and some of it is murky or recycled. The squares come from the 12th, the hidden house - old fears, secrets, private battles, behind-the-scenes. The pressure builds out of sight. Venus retrograde in your 2nd brings a reconsideration of money, income, possessions and what you value. You may be renegotiating what your work is worth or questioning whether an old financial arrangement is still fair. Pluto trine Uranus connects your 6th house of work, service and daily responsibilities with your 10th house of career and public reputation. New technology, new information or a different way of organizing your work could help transform your professional direction. Rest, journal, and say the hard thing to a trusted person rather than to the person involved.
LIBRA | Libra Rising (Scorpio 2nd, Aquarius 5th, Leo 11th) - Pluto/Juno in the 5th puts the run-up in romance, creativity and children, with questions about who holds the power in love or play. Mercury and the New Moon are in the 2nd: money, income and what you value. News about finances comes up, and Poseidon asks what's murky in the accounts or in your self-worth. The squares come from the 11th - friends, groups, community. Mars/Jupiter/South Node may bring up a friend group's old hierarchy, or a person who wants to be the center of it. Venus retrograde in your 1st is particularly important because she's your ruler. You're reconsidering your identity, appearance, relationships and what you want from life. You may be changing your mind about what you want to be known for and what you're willing to accept from others. Her sextiles to Mars and Jupiter and trine to the North Node suggest that you can use your natural diplomatic abilities to help move a group or relationship toward something more equitable. Pluto trine Uranus connects your 5th house of creativity, children and personal expression with your 9th house of beliefs, publishing and the wider world. An old creative interest or personal passion could take you in a completely new direction. Check the numbers before you commit and don't recruit allies for your side of an argument.
SCORPIO | Scorpio Rising (Scorpio 1st, Aquarius 4th, Leo 10th) - The New Moon is on your ascendant, so you're at the center of it, and Poseidon is in your 1st. Tend to your health/your brand. The run-up came from the 4th - Juno/Pluto at home, family and roots, with a power dynamic around a house, a parent or a living arrangement. Mercury is in the 1st, so you're reconsidering who you are or how you've been presenting yourself, your health, your bottom line. The squares come from the 10th - career, authority, public reputation. Mars, Jupiter and the South Node can bring a boss, a title or a public role into a power struggle. Venus retrograde in your 12th asks you to reconsider something private, perhaps an old relationship, an unspoken attachment or a pattern of giving too much of yourself away. Some of the negotiations you need to have may be internal before they can happen with another person. Pluto trine Uranus connects your 4th house of home, family and foundations with your 8th house of shared resources, debts, inheritances and deeper entanglements. A change in a family or financial arrangement could have far-reaching consequences for your sense of security. Pay attention to the old career identity you've outgrown. Don't confuse the job title with your true authority.
SAGITTARIUS | Sag Rising (Scorpio 12th, Aquarius 3rd, Leo 9th) - The run-up is in the 3rd - Juno/Pluto in conversations, siblings and the neighborhood. The meeting with Mercury and the New Moon are in the 12th - dreams, secrets, hidden enemies, solitude, behind-the-scenes. Something old is re-awakened in private, and Poseidon is the fog. The squares come from the 9th - beliefs, publishing, travel, legal matters, higher education. A conviction gets tested, and “I'm right” turns into “I'm the king of right.” Venus retrograde in your 11th brings a reconsideration of friendships, groups, networks and your hopes for the future. You may be revisiting an old friendship or discovering that your place in a group needs to change. Her connection to Mars and Jupiter and her trine to the North Node suggest that diplomacy and shared values can help bring people together around a different vision. Pluto trine Uranus connects your 3rd house of communication and local connections with your 7th house of partnerships. A conversation or new idea could fundamentally change the way you relate to someone. Do the quiet inner work first. Hold your opinion until the 12th-house material has cleared.
CAPRICORN | Cappy Rising (Scorpio 11th, Aquarius 2nd, Leo 8th) - Pluto/Juno in the 2nd makes the run-up about money, income, possessions and the contracts that secure them. Mercury and the New Moon are in the 11th - friends, groups, networks, hopes for the future. Some information comes back around about a friend or an organization, and Poseidon asks what's murky in the group. The squares land in the 8th: shared money, debt, intimacy, taxes and other people's resources. Old financial entanglements or power struggles in intimacy can pop. Venus retrograde in your 10th brings a reconsideration of career, reputation, professional relationships and what you want to be valued for. You may be renegotiating a professional arrangement or rethinking what success means to you. Pluto trine Uranus connects your 2nd house of personal resources and values with your 6th house of work, employees and daily responsibilities. New ways of working or using your skills could change your financial circumstances. Don't take sides in a group fight and read the fine print on anything shared.
AQUARIUS | Aquarius Rising (Scorpio 10th, Aquarius 1st, Leo 7th) - Pluto/Juno in your 1st means the run-up has been about you - your identity, your appearance, the role you play. The New Moon and Mercury come in the 10th - career, reputation, authority, the public record. News about work, a boss or a public role comes back around, and Poseidon asks what's murky in your professional image. The squares come from the 7th - partners, clients and open enemies. Mars/Jupiter/South Node can make a relationship a battleground over who gets to be in charge. You're the sign that says “no kings,” so watch for the moment you start acting like one in a partnership. Venus retrograde in your 9th brings a reconsideration of beliefs, education, publishing, travel and the principles that guide your decisions. She offers an opportunity to revisit an old idea or discover common ground with someone whose worldview is different from yours. Pluto trine Uranus connects your 1st house of identity and personal power with your 5th house of creativity, children and self-expression. This is a powerful opportunity to reinvent yourself through what you create and what you choose to contribute. You don't have to be the same person you have always been, and you don't have to lead in the same way.
PISCES | Pisces Rising (Scorpio 9th, Aquarius 12th, Leo 6th) - Pluto/Juno in the 12th: the run-up is hidden, with old fears, secrets, a private struggle and something working behind the scenes. Mercury and the New Moon are in the 9th - beliefs, publishing, travel, legal matters, teachers. Information arrives that challenges a worldview, and Poseidon asks what you've been absorbing without questioning. The squares land in the 6th - work, routines, health, coworkers. Mars/Jupiter/South Node can show up as overwork, a workplace power struggle or an old habit that comes back. Venus retrograde in your 8th brings a reconsideration of shared finances, debts, investments, inheritances, intimacy and the obligations you have with other people. There may be an opportunity to renegotiate an old agreement or reconsider what you are giving and receiving in a close relationship. Pluto trine Uranus connects your 12th house of hidden matters and private struggles with your 4th house of home, family and roots. Something changing beneath the surface could ultimately free you from an old family pattern or alter your understanding of where you belong. Let the 12th-house stuff clear before making a big declaration and keep your routine steady and healthy.
New Moon Intentions
NOTE - Set your New Moon intentions. BE CLEAR This is a seeding point for a generational or lineage-level reset, not just a personal new month intention.
Setting intentions for "Scorpio stuff" (or the stuff ruled by the house that holds 16 degrees Scorpio in our natal chart) during a Scorpio New Moon can be very powerful.
These intentions might include - empowerment, change, crisis skills, self-mastery, sex, soul mates, financial partnerships, avoiding power struggles, secrets, psychology, charisma, restoration, forgiveness, obsessions, compulsions, strength, loans, debts, taxes, inheritances, contracts, releasing revenge, jealousy and guilt, your Scorpio natal house theme.
AFFIRMATION TIPS - get into a calm, centered frame of mind - always make affirmations from a positive (meaning both certain and light/calm) space - write your affirmations down by hand in script, say them out loud - then release your attention from these things knowing that your intention is known.
Know these things are already yours.
xo all
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