New Moon in Scorpio 2026
The New Moon in Scorpio falls on November 9, 2026, at 16 degrees 53 minutes of Scorpio. Mercury is retrograde in the same sign, at 6 degrees Scorpio, and Venus is retrograde in Libra. Four days later both of them station direct on the same day.
So this is a beginning that sits at the very end of a long review. Whatever you start here is being started with information you have been gathering since early October, and the release valve opens almost immediately after.
New Moon in Scorpio 2026 Dates and Chart
November 9, 2026: New Moon at 16 degrees 53 minutes of Scorpio.
The chart around it: Mercury retrograde at 6 degrees Scorpio, Venus retrograde at 23 degrees Libra, Mars at 22 degrees Leo, Jupiter at 25 degrees Leo, Saturn retrograde at 8 degrees Aries, Uranus retrograde at 4 degrees Gemini, Neptune retrograde at 1 degree Aries, and Pluto at 3 degrees Aquarius.
On November 13, four days later, Mercury stations direct at 5 degrees Scorpio and Venus stations direct at 22 degrees Libra. Two retrogrades that began three weeks apart end together.
A New Moon at the End of Two Retrogrades
Most new moons are a clean start. This one is a start placed deliberately at the bottom of a cycle, four days before two planets change direction.
Mercury has been retrograde in Scorpio since October 24, going back over conversations, information and things said or left unsaid. Venus has been retrograde since October 3, reviewing relationships, money and what you value. Both of them release on November 13.
What that produces is a new moon where the seeing is unusually good and the acting is still premature. Scorpio is comfortable with that. It is a sign that prefers to know before it moves, and this lunation gives you four more days of knowing.
The practical read: set the intention on November 9, and let it start moving on the thirteenth. That is a rare piece of clean timing and it is worth using deliberately.
What a Scorpio New Moon Asks
Scorpio governs what is shared and what is hidden: intimacy, joint resources, debt, inheritance, power between people, and everything transacted below the stated agreement. It is the sign of the thing under the thing.
A new moon here is the yearly reset for that material. It is rarely comfortable, because the reset requires knowing what you have been avoiding. Scorpio does not accept a convenient answer about what something costs you.
With Mercury retrograde in the same sign, the questions this year come with old information attached. Something you already knew and set aside is likely to be the starting point.
Uranus Trines Pluto: The Slow Restructuring Underneath
Uranus at 4 degrees 22 minutes of Gemini trines Pluto at 3 degrees 12 minutes of Aquarius, 1 degree 09 minutes off exact. Both are in air signs, and both are in the business of taking apart a structure that has stopped working. A trine between them means the taking apart is available instead of forced, which makes it easy to miss while it happens.
Uranus in Gemini works on how you think, talk and take in information. Pluto in Aquarius works on systems and where power sits inside them. Together they describe a year where the thing that changes is often what you’re willing to consider, and that change often arrives as a conversation instead of a crisis. Neptune sextiles Pluto by 1 degree 17 minutes at the same time, which softens the edges further.
A Scorpio new moon under this can go two ways. It might surface something structural you’ve been declining to look at, or it might give you an unusually calm view of it. Scorpio is comfortable with the second. This lunation is more about seeing clearly than about being forced.
- A belief you inherited and never examined
- A system you keep working around instead of changing
- Information you have been avoiding because of what it would mean
- A power dynamic you have named privately and never out loud
Mars and Jupiter Sit on the South Node in Leo
This is the configuration worth knowing about. Jupiter at 25 degrees 15 minutes of Leo is conjunct the South Node at 26 degrees 12 minutes of Leo, 57 arcminutes off exact, and Mars at 22 degrees 41 minutes of Leo is right there with it, conjunct Jupiter by 2 degrees 34 minutes.
The South Node is the direction you already know how to go. It’s the competence you can perform without thinking, and the reason it’s worth watching is that it’s comfortable. Jupiter sitting on it makes that comfortable thing larger and more rewarding. Mars sitting on it gives you the energy to do more of it. In Leo, the material is performance, recognition and being the one people look at.
So the pull this month is toward doing the impressive familiar thing again. It might even work. Jupiter on the South Node often does pay, which is what makes it hard to notice as a detour. The North Node in Aquarius is opposite all of it, and Aquarius asks for the less flattering version: the contribution that serves something bigger than your standing in it.
A Scorpio new moon is a useful place to ask that honestly, because Scorpio doesn’t accept a convenient answer about motive. Chiron sextiles the North Node by 1 degree 30 minutes, which offers a route toward it through the sore spot instead of around it.
If the question underneath that is what you’re genuinely here to contribute, separate from what you’re already applauded for, Your Contribution Pattern is built to show you the through-line across your work, one whole picture instead of one placement.
Venus Retrograde Trines the North Node
Venus is retrograde at 23 degrees 19 minutes of Libra, and she trines the North Node by 2 degrees 53 minutes while sextiling Mars by 38 arcminutes. That Venus and Mars aspect is the tightest thing in the chart after the lunation itself.
Venus retrograde reopens what you value and what you’ve been accepting. Trining the North Node means the reviewing is pointed somewhere useful instead of just circling. What surfaces in a relationship this month might be information about the direction you’re supposed to be moving, and it can arrive through a person instead of through a decision.
The Mars sextile is the part that makes it usable. Venus sees it, Mars can act on it, and a sextile asks you to choose to use it. Venus stations direct on 13 November, four days after this new moon, so the seeing happens now and the acting gets easier immediately after. The full cycle is in Venus in Scorpio 2026.
What Chiron and Lilith Are Doing Here
Two slower aspects are tightening around this new moon and they pull in opposite directions. Saturn at 8 degrees 48 minutes of Aries squares Black Moon Lilith at 6 degrees 05 minutes of Capricorn by 2 degrees 43 minutes, while Jupiter trines Chiron at 27 degrees 42 minutes of Aries by 2 degrees 27 minutes.
Saturn is structure and consequence and the shape you built to be taken seriously. Lilith in Capricorn is what you set aside in order to build it. Those two at right angles is a fair description of a certain kind of successful life, and a Scorpio new moon is a good moment to look at the bill.
Running against that, Jupiter in easy aspect to Chiron opens a route toward the sore spot without forcing it. A trine is available, and available aspects get used or they pass. Mercury sextiles Lilith by 47 arcminutes as well, which is tight, and Mercury is still retrograde here, so something you’ve been circling since late October might find words.
Black Moon Lilith isn’t a body. She’s the Moon’s apogee, the far point of its orbit, and every degree here is the mean position, which is what most chart software shows. You can see where she falls in your own chart with the free birth chart.
How to Work With This Scorpio New Moon
• Sit with your emotions without rushing to fix them.
• Journal what you are ready to release.
• Trust your intuition even if it surprises you.
• Let old patterns surface. Let them go.
• Set intentions that come from clarity.
• Rest. Scorpio work is deep.
This is a beautiful New Moon for deep healing, emotional truth, and spiritual renewal. The water trine holds you through every step of the process.
If you want a deeper personal look at how this New Moon affects your chart, I’d love to read for you. The energy is too powerful to ignore.
New Moon in Scorpio 2026 by Rising Sign
Where this lands depends on your rising sign. These use whole sign houses.
New Moon in Scorpio 2026 for Aries Rising
The 8th house takes this new moon, so shared resources, intimacy and every unstated term are in play. Joint money, a debt, a partner’s income, an arrangement that has been running on habit. Mercury is retrograde right here, which means the conversation reopens with something you already discussed once. Venus is retrograde in your 7th house of partnership at the same time, putting the relationship itself under review. Both release on November 13, so set the terms now and sign them after.
New Moon in Scorpio 2026 for Taurus Rising
This one lands in your 7th house of partnership, directly opposite your rising sign, which makes it your yearly relationship reset and the most pointed one you get. Venus is your ruler and she is retrograde in your 6th house of work and routine, so the partnership question is tangled up with the daily one. Who does what, and whether the arrangement is fair in practice as well as in principle.
New Moon in Scorpio 2026 for Gemini Rising
Work, routine and health are the 6th house material, and this new moon arrives there. Scorpio wants the honest version of how your days are going, including the part you have been managing around. Mercury is your ruler and it is retrograde in this very house, so you are already reviewing it whether you meant to or not. Uranus is retrograde in Gemini on your rising sign too. Between them, this is genuine rebuilding, well past adjustment.
New Moon in Scorpio 2026 for Cancer Rising
Creativity, romance, children and play all live in the 5th house, which is where this lands. Scorpio brings intensity along with it, so whatever you make now carries some weight. Mercury retrograde here means returning to an unfinished creative project is both more likely and more productive than starting something new. Mars and Jupiter are both in Leo in your 2nd house, so there is money energy running alongside the creative pull.
New Moon in Scorpio 2026 for Leo Rising
This new moon is in your 4th house of home, family and foundation. Scorpio goes straight at what the family does not discuss, and a new moon turns that into a beginning. Mercury retrograde in this house often brings a family conversation back around for another pass. Mars and Jupiter are both sitting on your rising sign this season, so you have more force than usual available. Worth using it gently at home.
New Moon in Scorpio 2026 for Virgo Rising
Communication, learning and your immediate environment belong to the 3rd house, and that is where this arrives. Scorpio makes the talking deeper and a lot less casual. Mercury is your ruler and it is retrograde in this house, which is a strong double signature: your own way of thinking under review, inside the house that governs thinking. Write things down. Whatever you draft now will read differently after the thirteenth.
New Moon in Scorpio 2026 for Libra Rising
Money, possessions and self-worth are the 2nd house, and this new moon falls there for you. Scorpio asks what you value once the polite answer is set aside. Venus is your ruler, she is retrograde on your own rising sign, and she turns direct on November 13. So the planet governing your worth is reviewing you personally while the lunation resets your relationship to money. Wait the four days before you set a price.
New Moon in Scorpio 2026 for Scorpio Rising
This lands right on your own rising sign in the 1st house, which makes it your yearly reset and the most personal one you get. Appearance, manner, how you arrive, what you are willing to be known for. Mercury retrograde in Scorpio means you are rethinking how you describe yourself at the same time, and it stations direct on November 13. Begin on the ninth and let the description settle afterwards.
New Moon in Scorpio 2026 for Sagittarius Rising
Your 12th house takes this one, the least visible part of your chart, which makes it the quietest new moon of your year. Rest, solitude, and material operating below your own notice. Scorpio in the 12th is a heavy combination, and Mercury retrograde there means old thoughts resurface without any obvious trigger. Nothing you build now will look like much from the outside. The Sun reaches your 1st house shortly after.
New Moon in Scorpio 2026 for Capricorn Rising
Friendship, networks and the future you are heading toward all sit in the 11th house, which is where this new moon arrives. Scorpio gets discerning about who is genuinely in your corner. Mercury retrograde in this house often brings someone back into contact. Saturn, your ruler, is retrograde in Aries in your 4th house, so home and foundation are under revision as well. Choose company that does not require managing.
New Moon in Scorpio 2026 for Aquarius Rising
This one is in your 10th house of career and public standing, the most visible point in your chart. Scorpio asks what your work costs you and what it is genuinely worth. Mercury retrograde here means a professional conversation reopens. Pluto sits at 3 degrees Aquarius on your rising sign and turned direct recently, so whatever you decide about your public life now has unusual staying power.
New Moon in Scorpio 2026 for Pisces Rising
Belief, travel, higher learning and meaning are the 9th house, and this new moon falls there. Scorpio takes a framework apart to see what has been holding it up. Mercury retrograde in this house returns you to something you studied, believed, or planned before. Neptune is your ruler and it is retrograde in Aries in your 2nd house, so a question about worth runs underneath the question about meaning.
This new moon follows the Taurus full moon on October 26, sitting directly across from it. The next full moon lands in Gemini on November 24, and what a Gemini full moon asks for is a different job entirely.
New Moon in Scorpio Frequently Asked Questions
When is the New Moon in Scorpio 2026?
November 9, 2026, at 16 degrees 53 minutes of Scorpio.
When is the next New Moon in Scorpio?
Scorpio receives one new moon a year, in late October or November. After November 9, 2026 the next falls in the same window in 2027.
Is Mercury retrograde during this new moon?
Yes. Mercury is retrograde in Scorpio from October 24 to November 13, 2026, so the new moon on November 9 lands four days before it stations direct. Venus stations direct the same day.
What does a New Moon in Scorpio mean?
It is the yearly reset for what Scorpio governs: intimacy, shared resources, power between people, and the things that operate below the stated agreement. New moons are beginnings, and Scorpio begins by finding out what is there.
Which house does the New Moon in Scorpio fall in for me?
It depends on your rising sign. The rising sign section above gives the house for each one, using whole sign houses. If you do not know your rising sign, you can find it with a free birth chart.
More on this sign: Scorpio in astrology covers its ruler, the house it has a natural affinity for, and where the name came from. The zodiac signs guide sets all twelve side by side.