New Moon in Sagittarius - Nov 30th/Dec 1, 2024
On Saturday, November 30th at 10:21 PM PST and Sunday December 1, 2024 at 1:21 AM EST the Moon begins a new cycle in the adventure seeking sign of Sagittarius. We’d typically expect a Sagittarius New Moon to feel expansive, but this one arrives between the Mercury and Mars retrograde cycles giving us an opportunity to become more congruent and aligned with our thoughts, perceptions, motivations, and drives. While we might feel ready to push ahead and move into new territory or begin new projects, this time is really geared more towards inner reflection and seeking out the revisions and adjustments that need to be made.
Mercury Retrograde began November 25th and will continue until December 15th. You may have already experienced some of the usual retrograde mishaps in communication, travel delays, technological glitches, etc. Just keep in mind that the point of a Mercury Retrograde is to slow down and pay attention to what’s being communicated and even in how we communicate. Since this is happening in the sign of Sagittarius, it’s the perfect time to reflect on our values, beliefs, and philosophies about life. Warning: It will feel tempting to cling to what you think is right and wrong and believe it’s the only truth. Challenge yourself to expand your perceptions by considering perspectives outside of your own.
Mars Retrograde begins December 6th and will continue until February 23rd, 2025. It begins in the playful and expressive sign of Leo and then backtracks into the nurturing and healing sign of Cancer. For the next several weeks Mars, the planet of assertion, will oppose Pluto, the planet of transformation and truth. This suggests there will be some inner work that will need to be revisited and addressed before you’ll be able to move forward with your desires and plans. Overall, we can use this retrograde cycle as a time to reflect, review, and revise what we really want to express from our inner world. It would be helpful to consider what’s underneath your motivations, what has your attention, what truly sparks your interest, and how you want to reorient your energy.
These two retrogrades overlapping suggest we need to trust the blocks, changes, obstacles, and detours as leading us to where we want or need to go. What would it look like for you to go with the flow over the next coming weeks? If something gets in your way, instead of seeing it as a block, consider what it’s trying to tell you. Where do you need to slow down and make changes? How do you need to be more flexible in response? What is no longer working? Take note of where Cancer and Leo are located in your chart and this might give you a few hints about what needs some revisions.
In addition to these retrograde cycles, we have Saturn in Pisces, the planet of restrictions and limits, making a challenging aspect to this New Moon. This planetary alignment adds some heaviness and also makes it difficult to feel the expansive energy Sagittarius likes to offer. We might even feel that some of our beliefs about our future and where we’re headed will go through a bit of a test at this time. Due to Saturn’s presence, it will take more effort and more time to manifest the things we’d like to see happen. This lunation seems to call for patience which isn’t Sagittarius’s strongpoint. However, the good news is that we can use this time to fine tune and course correct the things we’d like to see remain for years to come.
Lastly, if you feel like some of your passions have lacked a spark, the nodes of the moon are in a helpful aspect to this lunation and provide us an opportunity to see through the uncertainty and align with the things that matter to us most.
While we all might feel pulled during this New Moon to reflect, review, revise and expand our horizons, we will all experience this lunar energy differently depending on where Sagittarius is located in your chart, or if you have a natal planet associated with it. If you would like a more personalized reading, I’d love to set up a session with you.
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