Hello Good Humans!
The New Moon occurs at 16°53’ Scorpio on Monday November 9, 2026 at 2:02am in New York, USA. The aspects are a square to Mars and a square to Jupiter. Also happening is retrograde Mercury square Pluto. The spiritual significance is to slow down and use your intuitive intelligence to assess before rushing to respond. New Moons are about initiation, beginnings and the new cycle of the moon. It is the time to start projects and plan your trajectory towards your goal. Plant now the seeds of future successes. New moons are more emotionally balanced than full moons and last for the two weeks preceding the full moon.
PRECAUTIONARY PAUSES
It’s easy to get revved up and want to rush forward when you’re excited about something. But rushing forward without all the facts or checking in with your team can lead to opposition, premature production, mistakes and low quality results. So, let’s break it down.
New Moon Square Mars – The intuition of the New Moon and ego driven Mars are at a challenging aspect to each other. The lunar energy wants to take the time to absorb, understand and relate while Mars wants to run forward unbridled. The challenge is in how to compromise these energies. Check your ego and slow your roll so your intuition and emotional intelligence can find an equal ground. It’s “we” vs. “me’ energy. You may feel you lost against “them” and act by cutting your nose off to spite your face. We are all in the same boat! It’s teamwork that makes for real progress. Connect with your total community, lunar, and place your inflamed ego aside to see how a common goal can be reached.
New Moon Square Jupiter – This combo can be excessive, indulgent and ostentatious as well as overly optimistic. It can bring out humor, fun and opportunity but may be a bit too much. Indulgence in comfort foods, drink and celebration can be enjoyable in small doses but this aspect can make you want more now! You can end up regretting this later. Seeing the big picture may be muddled by feelings, facts can be exaggerated. Law, publishing, higher education, travel and foreign sovereignty may be challenged by too hopeful expectation. It is best to reel it in and consider the details.
Mercury retrograde square Pluto – More research is need before you label it a fact. This is a time for gathering information and plans for social transformation rather than thinking all information and communications are on track. Taking the time to sort facts from feelings is the key. Change is inevitable. Sometimes this energy can be like a child knocking down all its building blocks because it’s not happy with a portion of what it built. Each block needs to be examined carefully for its need and value in the whole.
All in all we need to focus on the higher energies at play. Teamwork, attention to detail, research and communication take time to balance and combine it the right way to produce a healthy result for all. Let’s give it its’ time to gestate, mature and nurture before moving forward.
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Herb Hernandez – Astrologer & Holistic Wellness Coach in Patchogue, NY.
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