Once again, Scorpio has a role to play as we get a New Moon today. From Cafe Astrology:

At 5:18 PM EST, a New Moon late in the sign of Scorpio occurs. This lunation emphasizes a new beginning in the fixed water sign of Scorpio. It's a time when we can focus on some of the constructive traits of the sign of the Scorpion--passionate, resourceful, focused, probing, deep, and perceptive--and consider how to positively incorporate these qualities into our lives. Scorpio New Moons are generally good for working on our self-mastery skills. We may want to pinpoint the things in our lives that make us feel out of control, such as addictions and debts, and work on freeing ourselves of these emotional burdens. This New Moon cycle is also an opportune one in which to explore what is missing in our lives that leads us to engage in these self-destructive behaviors. This New Moon aligns with good luck Jupiter, but also squares Saturn. This cycle represents an opportunity to rid ourselves of "junk" in our lives--material and spiritual. With this potent Scorpio energy, we have the chance to make important changes in our lives. The Moon aligns with Jupiter late in the sign of Scorpio at 6:54 PM, giving us a nice lift. Some sort of emotional relief is likely, particularly with regards to our personal lives. Domestic changes and legal affairs are favored, particularly dealings with property and renovations. It's a good time to write, teach, learn, publish, promote, and take tests. Disagreements with others are rare during this period, generally because we are more likely to take the high road than to resort to pettiness.

Spell Work

For any of you who plan to use the Dark of the Moon to perform banishment spells or rituals, you'll want have things wrapped up before 5:18 pm EST this afternoon. One of the symbols for Scorpio is the phoenix, the mythical bird who is consumed in fire and rises again from his own ashes. As I've been talking about Scorpio energy being good for exploring our shadow selves and using our heightened intuition to uncover hidden motivations, what better time to do some spiritual cleansing, to banish some of the psychic gunk that has come up, than at this Dark Moon in Scorpio. Then at the New Moon we can rise like a Phoenix, transformed.

Starsigns: Scorpio © 2006 BloodyBabyBlue at deviantART

There is a small window of opportunity to work New Moon spells using Scorpio's influence. Strictly speaking New Moon magick should be timed to coincide with the exact moment that the Moon is New - 5:18 pm EST. After that time, the Moon will move into its Waxing phase, which is the best time to perform all types of magick for healing, attracting good luck and increasing or advancing things. Some people believe that you shouldn't work any magick while the Moon is void-of-course. The Moon will be void of course from 6:54 pm until 8:15 pm EST, when it makes its move into Sagittarius.

The New Moon in Scorpio, is ruled by Mars and Pluto. Mars' influence brings out strong passions and Pluto shows very strong desires. While we usually think of Venus as the ruler of love, Scorpio makes it possible for us to have an intense merging with another on a deep emotional level. This New Moon could be a good time for working magick to bring truest, deepest love to you, to begin something new. It's also the perfect time to work any magick relating to psychic abilities. Scorpio rules the generative system, the reproduction organs, and the lower spine - our base selves, our root chakra. This is a good time to do healing work for these parts of the body.

After 8:15 pm tonight, the Moon will be Waxing in Sagittarius. Here the Moon stimulates our aspirations for self-improvement and brings a philosophical influence. We're likely to feel intuitive and filled with ideas. Ruled by expansive Jupiter, Sagittarius makes us idealistic and optimistic, animates a need for spontaneous adventure, and fills us with enthusiasm. After all of the dark introspection brought about in Scorpio, the change in tone will feel exhilarating. This is a good time for travel, intellectual affairs, and learning. Sagittarius magick is good for business, prosperity, exploration, physical competitions and good luck. Once the Moon moves into its Waxing phase, it will be an excellent time to perform spells to increase any of these qualities in your life.

Sagittarius rules the hips and thighs. A Waxing Moon is a good time to do healing work for those parts of the body, but I'm thinking that, as Jupiter has expanding qualities and holiday parties are going to be revving up in earnest, I'm going going to concentrate on increasing my will power so that my hips and thighs are not the things expanding!

Correspondences for spell crafting are listed below:

Color correspondences for a New Moon are silver or white. Goddesses with particular New Moon associations are Artemis and Nimue.

Scorpio correspondences:

Ruler: Pluto, Mars
Element: Water
Colors: black, scarlet, dark red, brown
Stones: diamond, obsidian, topaz, ruby, jet
Metal: iron, steel
Herbs: agaric, artichoke, asafoetida, basil, belladonna, blackberry, black-eyed susan, blackthorn, bloodroot, catalpa, cattail, chrysanthemum, cohosh (black and blue), damiana, datura, dogwood, dragon's blood, elder, foxglove, fumitory, ginseng, hemlock, horseradish, lobelia, mandrake, morning glory, nightshade, woody, pansy, patchouli, pomegranate, rye, saw palmetto, toadflax, tobacco, vanilla, wormwood, yew
Trees: holly, blackthorn
Birds: eagle, vulture
Animals: scorpion, wolf, panther

Sagittarius correspondences:

Ruler: Jupiter
Colors: blue, purple, lilac, mauve, indigo, goldred
Element: Fire
Stones: sapphire, lapis lazuli, turquoise, amethyst, topaz
Metal: tin, brass
Herbs: african violet, blueberry, borage, cardamom, cedar, chestnut, cinnamon, cinquefoil, clove, dandelion, dock, echinacea, fig, henna, hyssop, jasmine, juniper, lavender, lemon balm, lilac, milk thistle, money plant, mulberry, mustard, oak, oak-moss, pine, red clover, sage, sandalwood, sarsaparilla, sumac, tonka bean, vilote, wallflower, yellow dock
Trees: mulberry, vine, chestnut
Birds: eagle, peacock
Animals: mare, lion

Posted by Angela-Eloise at 10:17 AM