Published November 18, 2025 06:06AM
Welcome to one of the most powerful times of the astrological year. The Sun in Scorpio invites us to become our own shamans, alchemists, and psychologists. This is the time of year when we travel to the innermost layers of our being, discovering forgotten pieces of our souls. It includes the new Moon in Scorpio, which draws us into the darkness of our psyche, where true transformation begins. This year’s new Moon in Scorpio is especially potent, co-existing with several retrogrades that demand we look backward before we can move forward.
When is the New Moon in Scorpio?
The new Moon takes place on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at 10:47 pm PT.
What Scorpio Teaches Us About Shadow Work
Ruled by Pluto and Mars, Scorpio brings us face-to-face with the raw truth of life. The water sign understands that real power comes from diving deep rather than skimming the surface.
As the Sun moves through Scorpio, it brings us the courage to face our entire selves—every shadow, every truth, every hidden aspect of who we are. This season asks us to be radically honest about our energy, our patterns, and our desires. Yes, the intensity can feel overwhelming at times, but the transformation waiting on the other side is worth every moment of discomfort.
Everything that’s been hidden is exposed for examination. We have a choice: work with these energies or try to run from them. But here’s what Scorpio teaches us—running only works for so long. Eventually, our shadows catch up with us and we must confront them, one way or another.
Scorpio season presents a powerful opportunity to choose to do shadow work before these hidden energies create chaos. In so doing, we free ourselves to build our intentions on a sturdy foundation. We become the phoenix rising from the ashes of the fire we started with our own two hands.
Shadow work represents some of the deepest, most essential work we can do on ourselves. Without it, we find ourselves stuck in infinite loops of repeating patterns, wondering why we keep attracting the same situations or sabotaging our own success. Only by going deep within and facing our darkest shadows can we break these conditioned patterns and step into our highest potential.
Your shadow holds everything that was too overwhelming, frightening, or intense when you first experienced it. These are the parts of yourself you’ve hidden away, the emotions you were taught were “too much,” the aspects of your being that you’ve been ashamed to acknowledge. Scorpio teaches you these shadows control you only when they remain hidden. When you acknowledge them with compassion and courage, they transform into sources of incredible strength.
Scorpio teaches us the ancient art of transmutation—taking any emotion, trigger, or conditioned pattern and transforming it into power. This ability comes from understanding that everything is made of the same energy, including our emotions. When you feel something intense this season, remember: it’s just energy. You get to decide what to do with it. You can let it control you or you can become the alchemist who transforms lead into gold.
The key to this transformation lies in your willingness to stay present with whatever arises. When emotions surge, when old patterns surface, when fears try to take the wheel—return to your breath. Return to your body. From this grounded place, you can work with the whatever is showing up for you rather than being swept away by it.
Your shadows hold the keys to your transformation. These hidden parts of yourself—the emotions you packed away, the aspects you rejected, the patterns that control you from behind the scenes—are waiting to be discovered and integrated.
Scorpio brings a powerful activation of your intuition. As you clear away emotional debris and face your shadows, you unlock hidden doorways to your inner wisdom. The truth is, you already know every answer to every question you could ever ask. The challenge is learning to trust this knowing. Your intuition speaks to you constantly, but unprocessed emotions and unexamined shadows can muffle its voice.
As you do the work of clearing and healing, notice how your intuitive voice becomes clearer and stronger. That quiet knowing, that gut feeling, that flash of insight—these are your super powers waiting to be claimed.
What the New Moon in Scorpio Means for You
This new Moon in Scorpio arrives as a magical portal of reflection and renewal, asking you to pause in the depths of transformation before moving ahead with your intentions. With several planets in retrograde motion during this lunation, the message from the cosmos is clear: go within before you go without.
This isn’t your typical forward-charging new Moon—it’s a sacred pause in the spiral of your evolution. Sometimes the most powerful thing we can do during the new Moon in Scorpio is simply be present with what is rather than rushing toward what could be. We’re taking all the experiences, shadows, and patterns we’ve uncovered and, before we rush to make new intentions, we’re honoring the profound processing that’s still underway. What patterns have you uncovered? What emotions have surfaced from your depths?
With so many planets moving backward, this new Moon in Scorpio operates more like a sacred review than a fresh start. But here’s the secret: the most powerful new beginnings come from an intimate understanding of our past. Every retrograde planet during the new Moon offers a different lens through which to examine your journey:
Mercury retrograde asks you to review your thought patterns and communication styles.
Jupiter retrograde expands your understanding of emotional patterns and family dynamics.
Saturn retrograde in Pisces demands you take responsibility for your spiritual growth.
Neptune retrograde reveals where illusion has clouded your vision
Uranus retrograde shows where you’ve been resisting necessary change
With so many aspects and retrogrades, this new Moon might feel overwhelming. But remember: complexity brings richness. You don’t need to consciously work with every aspect. This new Moon in Scorpio isn’t asking you to do more—it’s asking you to go inward.
Let these aspects guide you into the darkness where real transformation can happen. Together, they create a cosmic hall of mirrors, reflecting back every angle of your transformation. You’re being given the rare gift of seeing yourself from multiple perspectives simultaneously. Trust that every planet, every aspect, every retrograde is conspiring to help you become more of who you’re meant to be. This isn’t overwhelming—it’s clarifying.
The new Moon in Scorpio teaches you to honor your own timing in your own transformation. Scorpio understands that real power comes from patience. The scorpion doesn’t strike impulsively—it waits for the perfect moment. Trust that what needs to emerge will emerge when you create space for quiet reflection rather than forced action. This is shadow work at its finest: patient, powerful, and ultimately liberating.
Other Astrological Influences on the New Moon in Scorpio
The new Moon in Scorpio is one of the most aspected new Moons of the year, creating a complex web of cosmic energy that supports deep transformation. Each aspect adds another layer to your journey of renewal.
Conjunct Sun and Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio
The most significant aspect of this lunation is the exact conjunction among the new Moon, Sun, and Mercury retrograde. This triple conjunction in Scorpio creates an extremely potent moment for mental and emotional processing.
This conjunction brings your conscious mind (Sun), emotional body (Moon), and communication/thought patterns (Mercury) into perfect alignment in the sign of transformation. But with Mercury moving backward, this alignment is introspective rather than expressive. You’re downloading information from your subconscious, retrieving lost pieces of your psyche, and understanding patterns that have been running your life from behind the scenes.
The new Moon in Scorpio conjunct Mercury retrograde doesn’t want you to move forward with typical new Moon intentions—it wants you to review and revise first. Mercury retrograde often gets a bad reputation as a terrible time for setting intentions, but it’s actually perfect for setting intentions if you approach it as being about internal shifts rather than external manifestations.
Oppose Uranus retrograde in Taurus
This opposition creates creative tension between Scorpio’s desire for transformation and Taurus’s need for stability. With both Mercury and Uranus retrograde, this aspect highlights where you’ve been resistant to necessary changes. But oppositions always contain gifts. This one helps you find innovative ways to create stability through change rather than despite it.
Uranus retrograde has been showing you where your attachments to security create insecurity. With Mercury retrograde opposing it, you can finally understand and communicate these insights.
Sextile Pluto in Aquarius
Pluto, Scorpio’s ruler, makes a supportive sextile to the nw Moon in Scorpio fromAquarius. Having just settled into the sign of collective transformation, Pluto offers you a glimpse of how your personal shadow work contributes to collective healing. This aspect empowers you to transform personal wounds into collective medicine and see how your individual evolution serves humanity.
Trine Jupiter Retrograde in Cancer + Sextile Saturn Retrograde in Pisces
This grand water trine between the new Moon, Jupiter retrograde, and Saturn retrograde creates a powerful circuit of emotional and spiritual energy. Water trines allow energy to flow effortlessly, and with this configuration, you have access to deep emotional wisdom (Jupiter in Cancer), spiritual discipline and maturity (Saturn in Pisces), and transformational power (new Moon in Scorpio).
This grand trine is like a cosmic healing pool—step into its waters and allow yourself to be transformed at the deepest level. Jupiter retrograde in Cancer adds family patterns to the mix, while Saturn retrograde in Pisces asks you to take spiritual responsibility for your healing.
How to Work with the New Moon in Scorpio
This Scorpio new Moon arrives wrapped in retrograde energy, demanding extra care in creating sacred space. With Mercury retrograde conjunct this lunation and several other planets moving backward, you need to create a space that can act as sanctuary—strong enough to hold transformation, gentle enough to cradle vulnerability.
The new Moon in Scorpio asks you to focus on shadow integration from the perspective of revisioning rather than revolutionizing. Look at patterns you’ve tried to change before—what needs a different approach? Where have you been unclear about what you actually want?
Make no mistake: evolution is the intention of this season. Scorpio brings lessons, opportunities, and circumstances that require growth. There’s no bypassing this transformational energy. You can either embrace it or resist it, but growth will happen either way. Why not choose to be an active participant in your own evolution?
Remember, you are stronger than any challenge. You have the power to face any truth about yourself and transform it into wisdom. You are more resilient than you know. Show yourself your worst-case scenario, and then watch how small it becomes when compared to your true self.
As you navigate this intense season, keep returning to the present moment. It’s here, in the now, where you’ll find your strongest intuition and the path to your heart. When the waves of emotion threaten to pull you under, when the shadows seem too dark to face, when the transformation feels too intense—pause. Breathe. Find ways to feel your feet on the ground or let yourself feel grounded. Remember that you always have the power to return to peace.
This Scorpio season, you’re building the container for future blessings through present inner work. Trust that you have everything you need to navigate these powerful waters. You are the shaman of your own experience, the alchemist of your own transformation, the psychologist of your own psyche. The only question is: Who will you become when you embrace the full power of your evolution? The magic is already within you. Scorpio simply brings the key to unlock it.
Learn more about the new Moon in Scorpio, including additional astrological insights and journaling prompts, in the Scorpio Season + New Moon workbook, from which the above is excerpted. All workbooks are currently discounted 20 percent.
