19/11/2025
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SCORPIO NEW MOON – Thursday 20 November, exact at 6.45am UK time (GMT)
This is an incredibly potent New Moon in an extremely powerful sign! This New Moon is part of a beautiful, flowing grand water trine that could really open us up emotionally, so that we have no choice but to feel all of the feelings! We are now coming to the end of Scorpio season, which is a time when things get dredged up and we are forced to be very real and face our shadows. Feelings could come up that might not be very comfortable, and we could be called to hold the mirror up and confront anything that has been pushed down, hidden and ignored, especially if it is holding us back from our full potential, or sabotaging our lives, families and personal relationships. Scorpio isn’t afraid to look under the proverbial carpet and see what is festering there, and this could be an ideal opportunity to have a good, thorough clear out!
We have the Sun, Moon and retrograde Mercury all sitting together in intense, soulful, psychologically astute Scorpio, which could help us to confront come rather uncomfortable subject matter, exposing the parts of us that we would rather deny, hide from, push into the shadows and sweep under the carpet. This Moon is an ideal time to bring the skeletons out of the closet and look at our darkest secrets, our feelings of guilt or shame, our regrets and hidden resentments, and to face any patterns that might be holding us from being where we want to be. So often there are those things that “never get talked about” within families and close relationships, but they are there nevertheless, running in the background, wreaking havoc, creating an insidious undercurrent that slowly but surely chips away at the health of the relationship or family system.
This is the kind of Moon that can help us to own the disowned parts of ourselves, to confide our darkest secrets, to confront our deepest desires, blocks, fears, shame and regrets. It can help us to bring it all out into the open, to be aired and seen for what it is. Mercury is retrograde in Scorpio, so memories could resurface that could bring up feelings of tenderness, regret or anger, and we could feel the need to apologise or forgive, even if it is only within our hearts. Indeed, people could literally pop up from our past with whom we have unfinished business that needs resolving somehow. We are so often our own worst enemy and can be much harder on ourselves than others ever would be. This could be a good Moon to bring it all out into the open and find forgiveness and acceptance for whatever rises to the surface. It is time to let it all go, as it doesn’t do any good to hold onto it.
The Grand Water Trine could really help, as we have Jupiter in Cancer, Saturn and Neptune in Pisces and the Sun, Moon and Mercury in Scorpio all supporting each other, helping to go deep and feel all of the feelings, even if they happen to be deeply uncomfortable! Indeed, it can help to watch what comes up around this time, because our emotions could be some kind of signpost, showing us our deepest desires and highlighting where we are blocked and what we need to work on or release. This could be a time of catharsis, truth telling, completion, closure and emotional breakthrough, when we are called to tune in and connect to our inner guidance system. Our emotions can teach us so much, if we are only willing to listen.
Interestingly, all of the planets involved in the Grand Water Trine are retrograde right now, aside from the Sun and Moon. There is a sense that this is not so much a time for pushing forward, but more of an inside job - a time of inward reflection, of shedding, releasing old patterns, tuning into spirit, developing greater trust in our inner knowing, paying attention to our dreams, feeling into the subtle undercurrents and hidden nuances and listening to what our emotions are telling us. What needs to be released before we can move forward? What attachments, beliefs, emotional patterns, habits or coping mechanisms need to be left behind so that we can embark upon the next chapter? What is holding us back or blocking growth?
With Mercury so much a part of this New Moon, we could be called to give voice to the feelings that arise in us, even if it feels very uncomfortable. We may have intense, raw, truthful conversations that pe*****te to the heart of the matter, or we may feel called to communicate old, deep, buried resentments, shame or regrets that may have been subtly eroding or undermining trust, connection, closeness and intimacy. Neptune can help us to find compassion, forgiveness and acceptance for whatever comes up, even if it brings up discomfort. We may have to look back into the past and confront whatever has been left unsaid or unfinished so that healing can occur and we can find a greater sense of peace. The veil could be thin during this time and we could feel much more connected, in tune and in touch with our intuitive and psychic side. Indeed, this is a good time to trust our spider sense and look out for the signs and omens.
Uranus is also a huge part of this Moon, opposing the Sun, Moon and Mercury and exactly sextile Neptune! This could bring moments of profound clarity, epiphanies, revelations, realisations and emotional insight. Uranus can bring sudden change, wake up calls and big shifts that help us to see where we are blocked, jolting us out of stagnation and putting us back on the right track. We could receive unexpected news, or have an intuitive download or insight that literally comes from out of the blue and completely shifts our perspective. We may suddenly realise a truth that we have been avoiding looking at, or find ourselves able to finally break out of a rut, pattern or habit that we have been stuck in recently.
With Uranus and Neptune forming an exact, supportive sextile to one another, we have the potential for moments of sudden, intuitive “knowing”, messages and downloads from our dreams and solutions that seem magical, aligned and miraculous. This combination could bring moments of serendipity and synchronicity, and a feeling that we are being divinely guided. Uranus energy can be quite shocking and revelatory, while Neptune in Pisces softens the energy so that we could simply feel that things are somehow clicking into place, like a missing jigsaw piece and a huge “Aha” moment.
Combined with the Scorpio energy, we could be called to be completely honest about our hearts true desires, recognising where we are blocked and what we have been avoiding looking at. It can also help us release ourselves from the past, liberating ourselves from unhealthy attachments, old beliefs, coping mechanisms, regrets and shame, and finding compassion and acceptance for whatever comes up in the meantime. It is important to be open to any messages that might come through from Spirit during this time, whether it be through dreams, oracle cards, chance encounters, and random messages, or through prayer or meditation. There is the potential for gaining greater understanding of the path forward, and it may be somewhat unexpected with Uranus involved!
Those of us with personal planets or angles between 25° and 29° of a sign will feel the energy of this New Moon and Grand Water Trine the most acutely. This New Moon certainly could bring some intense and powerful emotions to the surface, but this is precisely what can help us to recognise what needs to be changed, unblocked or released, or brought out from under the carpet! With Uranus, the Sun, Moon, Venus and Mercury all in Ta**us and Scorpio, the financial axis, we could find that issues around material security, self-worth, power, the economy, survival, investments and our relationship to money could come up to be looked at, both personally and collectively. We could be called to reinvent and reorient somehow, and rethink our strategy, which could call for us to be completely and utterly honest about what needs to change. However, Uranus and the Grand Trine can help us to find magical and aligned solutions!
The Sabian symbol for this Moon, at 29° Scorpio, is an intriguing one: “An Indian squaw pleading to the Chief for the lives of her children”, which Dane Rudyar describes as” Love as a principle of redemption. Here the soul is presented as a mother whose sons (i.e. her active energies) have become disruptive forces in the collective life of the tribe. She seeks to counteract the karma of their misdeeds through her love and implorations. The soul is responsive to the experience of unity (the spiritual king or chief) but the energies of human nature often follow their self-seeking, divisive tendencies. This symbol presents us with the value of prayer. The principle of wholeness in man – the soul – acts to offset or attenuate the dictates of karma. In a religious sense, Mary, the Mother, is seen as the Mediatrix, in constant acts of INTERCESSION for the sake of waylaid individuals.”
The power of prayer cannot be overestimated, nor can the power of love. There is definitely something more inward about this Moon, with so much planetary energy in water now. It seems that we are being called to recognise any old energy we are holding onto that is blocking us or holding us prisoner, and to bring compassion and acceptance to whatever comes up. This Moon does seem to hold the potential to liberate us from our blocks, attachments and unhelpful patterns, although we may need to feel all of the uncomfortable feelings and be completely honest with ourselves in order to reap the rewards that the Grand Trine can bring, which involves us holding the mirror up and having a long, hard look at what we see. There really is some magical potential in this Moon, so it is important to be open to the signs, omens and synchronicities, and to not be afraid to look under that pesky carpet and do some deep cleaning!
Much Love
Amy
xoxo
Painting: Let Go by Martyna Abu Louz
