November 20th – New Moon in Scorpio with Mercury Cazimi, Opposite Uranus and part of a Grand Water Trine.

This New Moon in Scorpio is one of the most talked-about lunations of the season, and for good reason. We are sitting inside a Grand Water Trine with Jupiter in Cancer, Saturn and Neptune and the North Node in Pisces, and a cluster of planets moving through Scorpio (Mars, Mercury, the Sun, the Moon, and Venus). This is deep emotional water. Psychic water. Ancestral water. Piranha infested water.

It pulls up everything we’ve denied, everything we’ve suppressed, everything we thought we had moved on from, everything that has its teeth in us, and Scorpio demands nothing less than truth. Unadulterated, unfiltered, brackish truth.

But I want to speak about this lunation through my lens, because there’s something specific unfolding here that goes far beyond the typical keywords people attach to Scorpio.

More Than Power, Control, and Secrets

We all know the standard Scorpio associations: power, control, manipulation, truth and lies, obsession, exposure. But there’s one vital theme that is often forgotten, because it’s less glamorous and more uncomfortable:

Scorpionic Surrender.

Not the floaty spiritual, transcendent surrender we associate with Pisces.
But the stripping bare.
The casting off of what is false.
The removal of what no longer belongs to you.
The realization of what is actually yours, and what never was supposed to be.

Scorpio’s surrender is about releasing the mask, releasing the attachment, releasing the power struggle, releasing the versions of ourselves that cling to what we’ve outgrown.

This New Moon is a revelation, a reclamation, and a surrender to the truth of what will nourish you at a soul level. Some things are meant to be drunk deep, even if it burns all the way down.

The Mercury–Uranus Story: What Was Ignored Cannot Stay Hidden

To understand this New Moon, we have to look at the unfolding opposition between Mercury and Uranus.

The First Pass (October)

Mercury at 0° Sagittarius
Uranus at 0° Gemini
Mercury was deep in shadow.
Uranus was retrograde.

This was the spark: the shock, the message, the miscommunication, the moment something slipped through that wasn’t supposed to. Or, maybe it was, but nothing really came of it.

The Second Pass (Mercury Retrograde)

Now Mercury is in Scorpio, retrograde.
Uranus has moved back to 29° Taurus.

This is where we confronted the uncomfortable truth.
The realization of what we missed, avoided, or refused to see the first time. Only now, we’re digging deeper into it, we’re not letting go until we can grasp it in our hands, no matter the pain.

The Final Pass — December 10 at 28° Taurus/Scorpio

The final pass comes when Mercury is direct in Scorpio and Uranus is still retrograde.

This is not another shock.
This is the smoothing-over phase.

• The static clears.
• The misunderstanding resolves.
• The discord settles.
• The meaning becomes clear.
• The intensity starts to integrate.

This final pass is closure.
It is the point at which we understand what the hell all of this was about. How to move forward from it.

Saturn’s Bound: The Weight of the New Moon

This New Moon takes place in Saturn’s bound of Scorpio, which adds a heaviness. It can feel like:

• spinning your wheels
• sinking into mud or mire
• stuck in dark emotional quicksand surrdounded by fire ants

Saturn slows things down so we cannot escape the reality of what must be faced.

And Saturn itself is at 25° Pisces, sitting in the bound of Mars, creating a tension between:

• Saturn: “No. Slow down. Take responsibility.”
• Mars: “Now. Act. Move forward.”

This is where the consequences of long-term choices or long-term inaction rise to the surface.

The New Moon asks:

Where must you take action that no one else can take for you?

Where must you reclaim your own authority?
Where have you outsourced your own power?

Jupiter’s Role: Deep Healing From the Root

Because Saturn is in Pisces, we must consider Jupiter — the ruler of Pisces, and Mars, the ruler of Saturn’s bound.

Jupiter is exalted in Cancer and in its own bound.
This gives Jupiter full power to:

• heal
• expand
• nourish
• restore
• unearth the emotional truth
• repair family-of-origin wounds
• move ancestral grief
• shift generational patterns

This New Moon is a call to emotional healing at the root, not the surface.

Ask yourself:

What needs to be healed in your emotional body?
What part of your lineage is asking for release?
What family pattern has reached its breaking point?

This is the beginning of a new chapter.

Mars in Sagittarius: Action With Vision

Mars is in Sagittarius, currently in Jupiter’s bound, asking:

• What action can you take with the bigger picture in mind?
• What philosophy do you need to put down; or pick up?
• What must be cut away to make room for something real, aligned, purposeful?

Mars in Sagittarius is the arrow:
Clear the path, choose a direction, and move toward truth. And to be fair, sometimes we have to take a step back, as with arrows, they must be pulled backward in order to fly true.

Venus in Scorpio: The Trauma Bond Question

With Venus also in Scorpio, this lunation exposes the emotional entanglements we prefer not to name.

Have we trauma bonded?

Where have we confused intensity with intimacy?
Where are we enmeshed in dynamics that are toxic, whether emotionally, psychologically, or spiritually?
Who is the toxic one? The other person, or the version of ourselves we become in that relationship?

Venus in Scorpio exposes:

• where obsession replaced connection
• where merging replaced boundaries
• where pain became familiar
• where desire became compulsion
• where we stayed because the intensity felt safer than the unknown

This New Moon asks a simple, uncomfortable question:

Are you bonded… or are you trapped?

Are you in love… or in a loop?
Are you choosing them… or choosing the wound?

The Heart of This New Moon

This lunation is not soft.
It is not gentle.
It is not passive.

It is a truth-serum Moon. And as with all serum’s, it can hurt or it can heal, and perhaps it does a little of both.

It is the moment when:

• the mask comes off
• the pattern breaks
• the truth emerges
• the wound reveals itself
• the path forward becomes undeniable

It is the moment of:

Revelation.
Reclamation.
Surrender.

If you allow it, this New Moon becomes a turning point — the beginning of a chapter that aligns with who you truly are, beneath the conditioning, the trauma, the patterns, and the pain.

♏️ New Moon in Scorpio — Rising Sign Breakdown

♈ ARIES RISING

This New Moon lands in your 8th house, pulling you into the deep emotional undercurrents you usually avoid until they crash into you. This is about shared resources, intimacy, trust, and the places where your independence has cost you emotional closeness. Old traumas around betrayal, vulnerability, or being “too much” may surface. The Mercury–Uranus storyline helps you clarify what was misunderstood in a financial or emotional entanglement. Saturn pushes you to release karmic grief in your unconscious. This is a purge, but also a healing.

Journal Prompts:
• Where am I still carrying someone else’s emotional weight?
• What truth about intimacy do I finally understand now?

♉ TAURUS RISING

This is your axis — Scorpio sits in your 7th house of relationships. Expect revelations about partnership dynamics, projection, mirroring, trauma bonds, and the roles you’ve played to keep the peace. With Uranus in your 1st, this is the climax of a long identity shedding. Venus in Scorpio exposes where desire and fear intertwine. Saturn in your 11th confronts you with the consequences of who you’ve aligned with socially or idealistically. Something becomes undeniably clear: you can no longer stay in relationships that shrink you.

Journal Prompts:
• What truth about a relationship have I been avoiding?
• Where have I confused intensity with compatibility?

♊ GEMINI RISING

The New Moon activates your 6th house, highlighting the mind–body connection, health patterns, work routines, and the ways you overextend yourself. Saturn in your 10th shows the consequences of career pressures or authority figures, while Mars in your 7th pushes relationship dynamics to the surface. This is a detox on every level — physical, emotional, psychological. You’re being asked to stop saying yes out of fear and start honoring your actual limits.

Journal Prompts:
• What part of my daily life is draining my vitality?
• Where do I need to reclaim sovereignty over my time and energy?

♋ CANCER RISING

This New Moon lights up your 5th house — creativity, pleasure, romance, children, and self-expression. Venus asks whether you’ve been choosing lovers or creative dreams from wounded places. Saturn in your 9th pushes you to question the beliefs shaping your joy. Jupiter in your 1st amplifies your entire emotional system and offers healing if you surrender your need to control the outcome. A revelation around desire, artistry, or love becomes the turning point.

Journal Prompts:
• Where am I expressing from a place of truth, and where am I performing?
• What part of my joy story needs healing?

♌ LEO RISING

The New Moon is in your 4th house, shaking the foundation — family, home, ancestry, emotional security. This is a root-deep purge. Saturn in your 8th brings karmic patterns or generational wounds into focus. Jupiter in the 12th helps you recognize what has been buried or avoided. Venus in Scorpio exposes emotional enmeshment within family dynamics. This is a moment to break the pattern you inherited and rewrite the story.

Journal Prompts:
• What emotional pattern in my family line am I ready to end?
• What truth about my inner security is becoming undeniable?

♍ VIRGO RISING

This New Moon activates your 3rd house — communication, siblings, learning, your mental landscape. Something you didn’t understand earlier in the Mercury–Uranus cycle suddenly becomes clear. Conversations take on a deeper, sharper edge. Saturn in your 7th highlights the consequences of relational communication patterns, while Mars in your 4th pushes old family truths to the surface. This is a mental and emotional rewire.

Journal Prompts:
• What story have I told myself that is no longer true?
• What conversation needs honesty rather than harmony?

♎ LIBRA RISING

The New Moon falls in your 2nd house — money, self-worth, resources, emotional value. This is a moment of truth around what you give, what you receive, and why you’ve tolerated imbalanced exchanges. Saturn in your 6th pushes you toward accountability in work and health. Venus in Scorpio exposes where you’ve fused your self-worth with someone else’s approval. Jupiter in the 10th expands your professional possibilities if you release what’s draining your worth.

Journal Prompts:
• Where have I accepted less than I deserve?
• What does emotional security actually look like for me now?

♏ SCORPIO RISING

This is your New Moon — landing in your 1st house, reshaping your identity, body, presence, and emotional truth. It is a rebirth. Saturn in your 5th confronts you with the consequences of old coping mechanisms in love or creativity. Venus in your 1st reveals the trauma bonds or desires that have shaped your self-perception. Uranus in the 7th brings relationship revelations to climax. This is the moment you shed the skin that no longer fits.

Journal Prompts:
• What part of me is dying so I can finally live?
• Where am I reclaiming power I once gave away?

♐ SAGITTARIUS RISING

The New Moon lands in your 12th house, pulling you into your subconscious, dreams, intuition, hidden fears, and karmic patterns. Saturn in your 4th exposes ancestral wounds. Venus asks where you’ve sacrificed yourself unconsciously in relationship. Mars in your 1st ignites the desire to break free from an old identity. Jupiter in your 8th supports deep emotional healing. This is a spiritual purge — the release of something invisible but heavy.

Journal Prompts:
• What has been living in my shadow that now wants release?
• Where am I finally ready to stop self-abandoning?

♑ CAPRICORN RISING

This New Moon activates your 11th house — friendships, community, networks, hopes, alliances. Saturn in your 3rd brings clarity to communication boundaries. Venus in the 11th exposes relational enmeshment within friend groups or social circles. Mars in your 12th pulls hidden motives or unspoken truths into the light. This lunation clarifies who is aligned with your future and who is anchored in your past.

Journal Prompts:
• Who am I becoming — and who cannot come with me?
• Where have I confused loyalty with obligation?

♒ AQUARIUS RISING

This New Moon falls in your 10th house of career, visibility, purpose, and authority. Something about your role, calling, or public life becomes undeniably clear. Saturn in your 2nd confronts you with the consequences of your money or value patterns. Venus exposes power dynamics in your career or relationships with authority figures. Uranus in the 4th shakes the roots — pushing you to change your foundation so you can rise differently.

Journal Prompts:
• What truth about my career or purpose can no longer be ignored?
• Where have I surrendered my authority in order to stay safe?

♓ PISCES RISING — Revised

The New Moon lands in your 9th house — beliefs, worldview, expansion, spirituality, travel, and the philosophies that shape your life. Saturn in your 1st reveals the consequences of long-term patterns and the ways your identity has been shaped by old stories. Venus in Scorpio exposes where certain beliefs were trauma-informed rather than truth-informed.

With Jupiter in your 5th house, the healing now comes through joy, creativity, pleasure, children, romance, and reclaiming what once made you feel alive. This is the restoration of the inner spark — the part of you that dreams, imagines, creates, and believes. Something you once believed collapses, yes — but in its place rises a worldview infused with hope, imagination, and heart.

Journal Prompts:

• What belief am I finally ready to release?
• What creative or joyful truth am I stepping into that feels like liberation?