On November 9, 2026, at 08:02 local time in Amsterdam (CET), the New Moon arrives at approximately 17° Scorpio - a dark, potent reset in the sign of depth, transformation, and the unseen.
This is the first New Moon of Scorpio season, and it lands in the middle of two overlapping retrogrades. Mercury has been retrograde in Scorpio since October 24. Venus remains retrograde (now back in Libra) until mid-November. Both planets station direct on November 13, just four days after this lunation. The sky is asking us to begin again from what has already been reviewed, not from what has been avoided.
Where the Hunter’s Moon in Taurus illuminated what is worth keeping, this Scorpio New Moon asks what must be released so something truer can take root. Scorpio does not do surface-level fresh starts. It composts. It strips away what is no longer alive and plants in the rich dark that remains.
New Moon ENERGY
Scorpio energy flows toward honesty, intimacy, power, and the courage to feel what has been buried. It is motivated by a desire for depth over performance, and for transformation that reaches the root rather than the surface. Under this lunation the sky is fully dark. What we seed now grows in private first.
This New Moon squares Mars in Leo, creating a frictional heat that pushes hidden truths into clearer focus. What has been vague or quietly avoided becomes harder to ignore, asking us to define what we actually want and what we are willing to pursue. The aspect brings heat and direction to Scorpio’s usual composting process - less endless feeling, more decisive knowing.
This New Moon invites you to ask:
What am I ready to release so I can breathe more freely?
Where have I been protecting myself through control or silence?
What truth about desire, trust, money, or intimacy has been waiting to be named?
What must be defined or actively pursued now that the frictional heat of Mars has made it clearer?
It is a powerful time for setting intentions around emotional and psychological release, shared resources, intimacy, trust, personal power, and the willingness to let something die so something else can live. The square to Mars supports action that is honest rather than reactive - clarifying what no longer belongs so energy can move toward what does.
Scorpio’s shadow is secrecy, obsession, and the fear of vulnerability. This lunation, held inside two retrogrades and sharpened by the Mars square, asks us not to force a dramatic ending or a dramatic beginning. It asks us to tell the truth quietly, and to trust the composting process while using the clarity that arrives to decide what is truly worth the effort.
Held by Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio
Mercury is still retrograde in Scorpio as this New Moon opens, and will not station direct until November 13, near 5° Scorpio. The mind is still in review mode - rereading conversations about intimacy, money, loyalty, and what was never fully said.A Scorpio New Moon under Mercury retrograde is less about announcing a new direction and more about privately deciding what you are done carrying. Words may still feel tangled. Old messages, half-finished talks, or buried information can surface. This is useful. The intention you set now can be refined once Mercury turns direct. Clarity often arrives a few days after the station, not the moment the Moon goes dark.
Venus Retrograde Continues the Review
Venus remains retrograde as well, currently in Libra, and stations direct around the same time as Mercury (November 13–14, near 23° Libra). The longer review of love, worth, fairness, and desire that began in early October is still underway.
Because this New Moon is ruled by Mars (and traditionally also by Pluto), the reset is intense. Yet Venus’s ongoing retrograde softens the edges of how we relate to what we want. What rises around intimacy, self-worth, or shared resources is part of a larger revision. You do not need to finalize every relational decision on November 9. You need to be honest about what the dark has shown you.
The Larger Sky
Saturn and Neptune remain retrograde in Aries. Uranus is still retrograde in Gemini. Jupiter continues in Leo, expanding creative confidence and heart-centered expression even as Scorpio asks for privacy and depth. Pluto is direct again in Aquarius, supporting longer-term transformation. After the Taurus Full Moon’s call to embodied worth, this Scorpio New Moon brings the work underground - into the places where real change begins.
“What dies in the dark is not lost. It becomes the soil for what is true.”
The New Moon in Scorpio, settling over Amsterdam at 08:02, is a sacred invitation to release what no longer has life and to plant what does. It is a time for quiet honesty, for letting the old story compost, and for trusting that both Mercury and Venus will soon turn direct - bringing clearer speech and a more honest sense of worth with them.
So on November 9, don’t just note the dark Moon. Feel her. Write one private intention about what you are ready to release and what you are ready to reclaim. Sit with the truth that has already surfaced under the retrogrades. Do not force the conversation or the contract to be finished yet. Let the next few days finish the review. And when Mercury and Venus station direct on the 13th, move forward with the cleaner ground this New Moon has prepared.
Embrace the dark beginning. Your soul already knows what is ready to be born.