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New Moon in Scorpio | November 20, 2025
On November 20, something happens that happens only rarely and is powerful and intense: a New Moon in Scorpio that conjuncts exactly with Mercury retrograde, opposes Uranus, and is part of a grand trine. See what this means for you in terms of energy.
New Moon in Scorpio
The New Moon marks a new beginning. It is an emerging energy with the potential to grow. The sign of Scorpio represents secrets, the underworld, and crime. It is a powerful, intense, and complex sign that causes turbulence and loves drama. At the same time, it represents willpower, self-control, and commitment to a set goal. Scorpio is also considered the most spiritual sign.
Mercurius Retrograde
The New Moon is not an isolated event. The Sun and Moon are close to Mercury. Mercury is going retrograde. This planet governs communication, thinking, learning, absorbing and processing information, and daily interactions with others. Retrograde means that it is internally focused; reflecting and reviewing.
Because Mercury is in Scorpio, it can be intense. Think of situations such as revealing secrets, confronting hidden values, rethinking emotional truths, or discovering manipulation and control in your relationship. Energy always has a lower and a higher frequency in which you can experience it. Mercury retrograde can therefore result in deeper insights, but can also lead to miscommunication, delays, and pent-up frustrations.
Uranus Encourages Awakening
Uranus is directly opposite the Sun, Moon, and Mercury. This can bring unexpected breakthroughs, sudden insights, or changes. It can shake up your world, especially since Uranus is retrograde at the critical degree of Taurus. This is about stability, safety, and security. About your self-esteem, personal values, and material values.
Shadow sides, Imagination, Intuition
The Sun, Moon, and Mercury, together with Saturn and Neptune in Pisces and Jupiter in Cancer, form a grand trine. This is a harmonious configuration with flowing energy in which all planets are retrograde. It is in water signs, which represent emotional, intuitive, and empathetic qualities. It is a combination of going deep, looking at shadow sides, looking beyond boundaries, using your imagination and intuition, and coming home to yourself.
If you look deep inside yourself, what secrets do you have that you don't dare share with others? And what secrets are hidden that you haven't even revealed to yourself?
Pluto, the ruler of Scorpio, is in Aquarius and forms a sextile with the Sun, Moon, and Mercury. This adds Pluto's energy to the grand trine. This can help you let go of control and transform it.
Chiron in Aries forms a square with Jupiter in Cancer, adding energy to the grand trine. This asks you to look deep within yourself to find old wounds related to self-confidence and family, and to bring them into the transformation.
Spirituality and Multidimensionality
Finally, Venus, the ruler of Taurus, which is also in Scorpio, forms a trine with the North Lunar Node in Pisces. This offers opportunities for growth in spirituality and multidimensionality in your relationship with yourself and with others. Deepening, at the soul level.
A number of concrete examples of the effects of this energy:
- You notice that conversations from the past suddenly resurface, for example, an ex-partner calling to talk something through or a parent bringing up a situation from your childhood.
- While walking, you suddenly realize that your job provides you with an income, but no longer aligns with your personal values.
- There is an unexpected change in your finances, such as an unexpected bill that forces you to re-budget.
- Your partner confesses something that turns your world upside down and suddenly takes away the certainty you thought you had.
- You lie awake late into the night worrying about your deepest fears or desires and decide to do something about them.
All in all, the energy surrounding the New Moon is focused on taking a genuine, honest look at yourself, your work, your relationships, and your family, and confronting your shadow sides so that you can make a start on a lighter life.
Would you like to reinforce and accelerate this? You can do this by setting essential intentions and implementing them through an energetic campaign. How to do this is discussed in detail in the book Your Beliefs.
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