The Scorpio New Moon is a portal of transformation. A moment to descend into truth, to release what no longer serves, and to plant intentions that grow from depth rather than desire. This is not a time for surface change but for soulful renewal, the kind that begins in silence and expands through awareness.
On Thursday, 20 November 2025, the New Moon rises in Scorpio, a sign of depth, intensity, and transformation. We’re entering the darkest part of the year in the northern hemisphere.
Read Your 2026 Annual Horoscope
Scorpio, ruled by Pluto (and Mars in classical astrology), symbolises cycles of death and rebirth, shadow work, and profound renewal. Scorpio’s inclination is to want to get to the bottom of things, whether by investigating hidden realities or breaking silent taboos. Therefore, this lunar event encourages us to dive beneath the surface, shedding what is no longer authentic, and planting the seeds of a more empowered and soulful future.
New Moons always represent fresh beginnings—but when in Scorpio, these beginnings are rarely superficial. This is a time of emotional truth, spiritual regeneration, and reclaiming hidden power. The veils thin, and we are asked to face what we’ve avoided, transmute pain into strength, and commit to real change.
The Sun and Moon are tightly conjoined with Mercury, also at 29 Scorpio. Mercury is in one of its three (or sometimes four) yearly three-week periods of apparent retrograde motion (9 to 29 November). And while pop astrology has put a lot of people in a twist about a supposedly bad thing called “Mercury retrograde,” these are time periods more usefully thought of as an invitation to sink deep into a review of one’s mental (Mercury) processes.
During each period of Mercury’s travel backwards, there’s a moment when it conjoins precisely with the Sun—which will happen a few hours after the November 20th New Moon. This moment is called cazimi, when Mercury is said to enter “the heart of the Sun.” It’s a moment, symbolically, of renewal for Mercury’s miraculous functions of thought, intuition, communicative exchange, and healing.
Fortuitously, this particular Mercury cazimi will occur while the Moon is in a dark phase of also having just met up with the Sun. If ever there’s a time to, metaphorically, plant seeds for all manner of nascent possibilities—especially in areas of learning, writing, and speaking—this New Moon is one such time.
All the more so because this New Moon is aligned in a close opposition with Uranus, a force of revelatory breakthroughs, at 29° 9 ‘ of earth sign Taurus. Uranus, a slow-moving planet very far from the Sun, has a seven-year orbit and only recently, in July, moved from Taurus into Gemini, Mercury’s home air sign. As of 7 of November, Uranus has dipped back into Taurus for the next five months, before it will enter Gemini again on April 26th, for about the next seven years.
Uranus, by sign and by whatever house it’s travelling through in a person’s birth chart, brings the element of surprise. Opposite the November 19/20 Scorpio New Moon, there may be disruptive exposures, in public realms and/or coming up from the recesses of one’s own psyche.
Meanwhile, at this lunation, Saturn, symbolically a Great Teacher of knowing limits, along with Neptune, the dissolver of boundaries, have recently moved backward into Pisces for a few months. Saturn and Neptune are making a tense square with the Sun and Moon and an encouraging sextile with change-agent Uranus. All of this is to say: there may be something heavy and yet ultimately compassionate for each of us to be learning at this time.
All of these transits are occurring in the midst of an aspect in play all this autumn and for the rest of this year: the harmonious Grand Water Trine formed by Mercury in Scorpio; Saturn/Neptune in Pisces; and Jupiter in Cancer. So many planets in the same element—water—over so many months make this season one for focusing on emotional strength and security.
Scorpio‘s traditional ruling (or better phrased, guiding) planet is Mars, and unlike most of the planets at this time, Mars is moving in direct motion, in the on-and-upward fire sign of Sagittarius. Mars in Sagittarius is a call to take decisive action with faith in the Big Picture of things. Mars is also making squares with the Moon’s lunar nodal axis, what evolutionary astrologer Mark Jones calls an “oscillating line of destiny,” around which we are continuously wobbling back and forth, from what is never really just our “past” and what is barely visible as an unknown “future.”
Scorpio's Lesson: Digging Deeper for Meaning and Forgiveness
So, in the sign of Scorpio, matters related to intimacy, control, power, money, and sharing will be a strong focus in the period ahead of this New Moon. New beginnings or fresh starts are possible in these areas.
The New Moon in Scorpio marks the beginning of a cycle, presenting an opportune time to commit to personal goals that express the positive energies of the sign of the Scorpion–passionate, resourceful, focused, probing, deep, and perceptive.
Scorpio New Moon cycles favour working on our self-mastery skills. We may want to pinpoint those things that make us feel out of control, such as addictions and debts, and work on freeing ourselves of these emotional burdens.
This New Moon cycle is also opportune for exploring what is missing in our lives that leads us to engage in these self-destructive behaviours.There can be an opportunity to rid ourselves of “junk” in our lives–material and spiritual. With this potent Scorpio energy, we have the chance to make important changes in our lives.
Each sign teaches us valuable things, and one of Scorpio’s “lessons” involves learning to dig deeper into the mysteries around us instead of always being content with the status quo. Taking the time to understand others’ motives can enrich our feelings of intimacy, forgiveness, and meaning.
Scorpio also teaches us that dedication to one meaningful relationship or undertaking can be significantly more satisfying than spreading ourselves around. Here, “quality over quantity” applies.
We might want to use this cycle to focus on and develop one special project or relationship to help add purposefulness and depth to our lives.
It can also be a time to seek ways to release our fear of confrontations and heavy emotional situations. We’re discovering that although they may be uncomfortable, these situations can lead us toward psychological healing.
We can easily drum up support from others and motivation from within to accomplish our goals.
Aries, the Scorpio New Moon pulls you into a world of shadows, silences, and mysteries, the ones that live within you. This New Moon invites you to explore what you usually hide from yourself, to transform secrecy into self-awareness. Power now comes from emotional honesty, from letting your inner depths guide your next steps. What you uncover isn’t darkness, it’s raw truth waiting to be used as light.
Taurus, the Scorpio New Moon urges you to face the ghosts that haunt the rooms of your heart, the ones you rarely open, the ones that hold memories, fears, and untold desires. This is your moment to let healing light enter those hidden spaces. What you confront with tenderness now loses its power to hurt and begins to transform into strength. Emotional honesty becomes your liberation.
Gemini, the Scorpio New Moon plants the seed of transformation in the quiet, empty spaces of your daily life. What once felt routine now becomes sacred, a place where change can take root through small, deliberate gestures. This Moon reminds you that renewal doesn’t always roar; sometimes it whispers through new habits, fresh energy, and the courage to live with deeper intention.
Cancer, the Scorpio New Moon pulls you into the depths of your inner sea, not to rest, but to discover the turbulent waters, the ones that still hold emotion unspoken, stories unfinished. This is a dive into honesty, into the heart of what you truly feel. The more you face these inner currents, the calmer the surface becomes. Healing doesn’t come from avoiding the storm, but from learning to breathe within it.
Leo, the Scorpio New Moon is your chance to bring light into the shadows of your past, where old fears, unhealed stories, and forgotten parts of yourself still wait to be acknowledged. This is a Moon of courage, inviting you to face what lingers behind you not with regret, but with reverence. What you illuminate now loses its power to hold you back and becomes the fuel that moves you forward.
Virgo, the Scorpio New Moon casts light into the underground world of your voice, your expression, your truth, the words that have been waiting to be spoken. This is a time to reclaim your narrative, to speak from the raw, unfiltered centre of who you are. What you hide in silence now asks to be heard, not to create noise, but to restore alignment between thought and feeling.
Libra, the Scorpio New Moon is your opportunity to understand your values, and to act in alignment with them. This is a moment of inner redefinition, when what you truly cherish asks to be lived, not just admired. It’s time to move with integrity, to make choices that reflect your emotional truth rather than external harmony. What you commit to now gains depth and meaning.
Scorpio, this is your Moon, it moves you into your inner world, the private territory of your deepest feelings and desires. Here, everything is raw, alive, and real. This New Moon is your mirror and your rebirth, asking you to listen to yourself with absolute honesty. What begins now is not loud, but it’s powerful, a renewal born from stillness and truth. Trust what stirs inside; it’s the voice of transformation itself.
Sagittarius, the Scorpio New Moon is your moment to transform your present into potential, to turn what simply is into what could be. This Moon invites you to slow your pace just enough to see the invisible patterns guiding your journey. It’s time to plant new intentions in the fertile soil of awareness, to act not from impulse but from vision. What you begin now will carry you far, if you trust the process more than the destination.
Capricorn, the New Moon in Scorpio urges you to plant the seed of sharing, to open what has long been private and let connection take root where solitude once ruled. This is a time to trust collaboration, to recognise that strength multiplies when shared. Allow others into your inner world; vulnerability doesn’t weaken your foundation, it deepens it. What grows from mutual truth now can endure.
Aquarius, the Scorpio New Moon draws you inward, asking you to face the parts of yourself that usually stay hidden behind reason. It’s time to reconnect emotion and intellect, to let feeling become insight. This is a Moon of quiet revelations, when your detachment meets depth, and new understanding rises from the dark. What you realise now changes not only your perspective, but your way of relating to others.
Pisces, the Scorpio New Moon opens a portal of connection, a sacred space where you remember that every bond, every encounter, has meaning. This is your time to merge, to trust, to dissolve the boundaries that keep you from deep emotional exchange. Love now is transformation, it teaches through surrender, not possession. The mystery you crave is found in the mirror of another soul.
