New Moon in Scorpio

There is a New Moon in Scorpio on November 6th at 03:52 Universal Time.

A Scorpio lunation feels like a double dose of darkness - the New Moon being literally in the dark and about to start a new birthing cycle and of course, the sign itself undertones a powerful, highly receptive to signals and focused instinctual drive - a loss of self as it merges with something else.

The Sabian symbol for the Sun and Moon reads 'Telephone linemen at work installing new connections'.  Despite the Scorpionic energy present, this lunation is heavily influenced by communication (possibly unseen), making new connections and new trains of thought rising like the phoenix from the flames.  Mercury in Scorpio is the active planet here which reads 'Amercian Indians making camp in new territory' highlighting the theme of settling into new places and looking back wistfully on the ones of old.

And here is where it gets interesting as we have two planets stationing into direct momentum at this New Moon - Chiron and Neptune, both conjunct in Aquarius and making a challenging Square aspect to Mercury.  Their symbols read 'A garage man testing a car's battery with a hydrometer' and 'An ancient pottery bowl filled with fresh violets'.  The extreme focus of the stationing energies, and the square, may produce some confusion in thinking, perhaps some painful words spoken by friends or associates.  It seems that the 'new territory' may bite for some.  Shifting gears and testing new waters always leaves a trail, a wake of residual energy gets left behind - at this lunation this 'wake' might voice itself as we proverbially rise like the phoenix into new ways of expressing.

The Mercurial story concludes with an easy Trine to Jupiter/Uranus in Pisces - the need to transition ourselves (transition is perhaps the keyword of this New Moon) - to realise that we are still small fish in a big pond and continue to need the support, acceptance and love of others to get along - even if we are walking new pathways into a more fertile moon.

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