Welcome to the Scorpio New Moon, the time in the lunar calendar when our attention turns towards the psyche and our deepest emotions. Scorpio is also a sign that speaks to intimacy and vulnerability, power and control, transformation and rebirth. The new moon is exact on November 9, 2026 at 2:02 am ET, 16 degrees Scorpio. That’s 11:02 pm Los Angeles on November 8, 7:02 am London on November 9, 9:02 am Johannesburg, 12:32 pm New Delhi, 6:02 pm Sydney, and 8:02 pm Auckland.
New moons are new beginnings. They set the stage for the coming four weeks, acting as a lens for our experiences and emotions, both by sign and with the planets in aspect.
Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac, is a water sign, an element known for emotions and feelings, especially around the psyche and unconscious. It also deals with the hidden side of life, from secrets and taboo to the veil that separates this world from the next. As a result, the next four weeks will be a lens for Scorpio. We will have to dig deep. We will have to reveal what is hidden. We’ll have to pull back the veil.
This new moon is distinctive for a couple of reasons. One, it comes three months after the August 12, 2026, solar eclipse and three months before the February 6, 2027, solar eclipse, a bridge that ties two moments in time together. The seeds planted with the solar eclipse in August reveal themselves in November. Similarly, we may see events of February previewed in November.
The new moon forms a square to the lunar nodes in Aquarius and Leo, a decisive crossroads that may bring eclipse-like energy to our experiences in November. Doors may be opening and closing. We may be navigating personal and collective milestones. Time bends and speeds up.
Two, the energy of the Scorpio New Moon points to Mars in Leo, which means that Leo is on the receiving end of its energies. If Scorpio is the shadows and what’s hidden, then Leo is the light — the light of the Sun. It’s our persona and identity. With Leo and Scorpio combined, it’s possible that one of the themes that we are strongly working through over the next four weeks is around the self and the shadow self — the hidden and unconscious versions of who we are. Do we have the confidence to be ourselves? To let our light shine?
Scorpio is always a sign that strongly encourages us to dig, to find value and growth in discomfort, to reveal the deepest parts of ourselves.
With the energy of the eclipses connected to this new moon, the coming days and weeks may be personally decisive in a way that may challenge us to grow beyond ourselves. Although Mars and Jupiter are not exact in their conjunction, they will align on November 16 at 25 Leo (their first conjunction in the sign since June 1991).
Mars is action; Jupiter is vision. If we have a dream, this is the month to reach towards it. But, first, we will have to face the part of ourselves that may be getting in the way.
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