New Moon in Scorpio on November 9, 2026: What It Plants

On Monday, November 9, 2026, at 2:02 a.m. ET, the Moon joins the Sun at 16°53' Scorpio. No eclipse this time: it's an ordinary New Moon, but it opens under two retrograde planets, Mercury and Venus, just before they turn direct again.

I'll walk you through what this deep, watery lunation stirs up, what it invites you to plant, and which house of your chart it lands in, sign by sign. 🌑

The November 9 New Moon at a Glance

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Why You Won't See a Thing on November 9

At the New Moon, the Moon slips between Earth and the Sun. It shows us its dark side and travels across the sky with the Sun: in New York that Monday, it rises at 7:07 a.m. and sets at 4:33 p.m., lost in daylight. On the West Coast, the exact moment even falls the evening before, Sunday at 11:02 p.m. PT. It's the zero point of the lunar cycle, the one you can't see but that opens all the others. The rest of the cycle is in our lunar calendar.

This New Moon falls right in the middle of Scorpio season. It's nothing like an eclipse (the sky won't go dark at noon), but it has its own twist: when it forms, five planets are retrograde, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. A sky moving backward this much invites you to revisit rather than conquer (which, let's admit it, suits November just fine).

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What the New Moon in Scorpio Means in Astrology

Scorpio is a fixed Water sign, ruled by Mars in traditional astrology and by Pluto for modern astrologers. Its territory: intimacy, desire, shared money, what we hide and what we transform. Tradition also says the Moon is “in fall” in this sign: emotions run deep, and we keep them to ourselves. As the first of the Moon phases, the New Moon plants its seeds deep here, far from prying eyes.

“What you dare to look in the eye stops running your life.”

The tone is intense, but not dark. Mars, the sign's traditional ruler, squares the Moon in the afternoon, then Jupiter takes over in the evening: pride and passion catch fire quickly. Mercury retrograde, moving through Scorpio, brings back a conversation left hanging, and Venus retrograde reopens a matter of the heart. The sky asks you to plant what's true, not what looks good.

The Dates Around This New Moon

This lunation opens two weeks when the sky gets moving again: both retrogrades end, then the Sun changes signs. All times are Eastern Time.

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What to Plant Under a New Moon in Scorpio

Scorpio has no time for surface-level resolutions. Its intentions deal with what happens below the surface: letting go of a grudge that costs you more than the other person, cleaning up a joint account, daring to share a real secret, rebuilding trust after a betrayal. One sincere intention beats a long list. To put it into words, our guide to New Moon wishes walks you through it step by step.

With two planets retrograde, the right move is often to replant: pick up a dropped project, reopen a conversation, repair rather than replace. Save contracts and big announcements for after Mercury and Venus turn direct. And if money is your topic, the abundance check ritual is done precisely at the New Moon.

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What It Will Plant in Your Life, Sign by Sign

Everyone feels it, but the most affected are the four fixed signs: Scorpio, which hosts it, Taurus, opposite, and Leo and Aquarius, square to it. For each Sun sign, the lunation falls in a different house. You'll also feel it more if your rising sign or natal Moon is in one of these signs: calculate your rising sign to find out.

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Your Questions About the November 9 New Moon

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