weekly astro & yoga rituals: new moon in scorpio
Week of Monday, November 17 – Sunday, November 23, 2025
Scorpio New Moon: Depth, Honesty, and a Braver Heart
Early Thursday morning, at 1:47 AM EST, we welcome a New Moon in Scorpio that doesn’t play. It’s tightly aligned with retrograde Mercury, opposed by Uranus, and beautifully supported by Pluto, Saturn, Neptune, and Jupiter. This is not a “cute intentions and vision board” lunation; it’s a deep clean of the emotional basement.
Scorpio energy brings us into the realms of intimacy, power, money, and the ways we fuse our lives with others — emotionally, sexually, financially, and spiritually. Under this New Moon, the universe is gently but firmly asking:
Where are you sharing deeply… and where are you withholding?
What do you cling to for control — jealousy, secrets, debt, compulsive habits?
What needs to die off so that something more honest and nourishing can live?
Because Mercury is retrograde in Scorpio and conjunct this New Moon, the reset happens through conversations, realizations, and quiet truths we can no longer ignore. Words, memories, and old stories resurface — not to punish you, but to invite revision. This is the moment to rename a pattern, finally say the thing you’ve been afraid to say, or admit what you deeply want instead of what you’re “supposed” to want.
At the same time, Mercury’s opposition to Uranus midweek acts like a lightning strike on stuck dynamics. Surprises, disclosures, abrupt shifts of perspective — these can shake us, but they also break up stagnation. If a truth erupts, assume it’s here for your growth, not your undoing. Scorpio’s medicine is: feel it, don’t flee it.
Quality Over Quantity, Depth Over Noise
Scorpio teaches us that depth is often more satisfying than spread. One real conversation over a dozen superficial ones. One relationship or project that truly matters instead of five that keep you “busy” but unsatisfied.
This New Moon is ideal for:
Choosing one project, practice, or relationship to pour more of your presence into.
Facing your relationship to debt, shared resources, and financial entanglements.
Releasing emotional “junk” — resentments, grudges, shame stories — that keep you cycling back into the same self-destructive loops.
Exploring what’s missing in your life that drives compulsive behavior: boredom, loneliness, lack of purpose, lack of genuine intimacy.
Scorpio also asks us to become braver around emotional confrontation. Difficult talks, boundary adjustments, and “the conversation we’ve avoided” can become gateways to healing if we stay grounded and respectful. This New Moon supports courageous honesty that aims to repair, not to destroy.
Vision Meets Destiny: The Moment of Reconstruction
The atmosphere of renewal this week is asking us to confront our most deeply-held secrets and confront our fears. Our subconscious mind is being activated by the tremendous amount of Water energy dominating the cosmos, and revealing very uncomfortable truths. Astrologically, the Sun forming a grand trine with Jupiter and Saturn reinforces that archetype: optimism (Jupiter) linked with realism and structure (Saturn). What we do with all of this raw “data” is a personal choice — but the opportunity to pivot and change your direction is undeniable.
This combination says:
Take your intuition seriously, but anchor it in responsibility.
Let faith guide you, but give it a container — a plan, a schedule, a realistic timeline.
Build something that can last, not just something that feels good in the moment.
If you’ve been hovering between endings and beginnings, this week supports choosing a direction and then building steady scaffolding under it. Think: “I’m not just changing my mind; I’m changing my systems.”
Love, Boundaries, and the Courage to Show You Care
Relationship-wise, this week emphasizes emotional honesty as an act of bravery, not weakness.
Wednesday: Mercury opposite Uranus shakes up stale patterns, especially around repression, avoidance, or confusion. Think: a sudden text, a slip of the tongue, or a revelation in therapy.
Thursday: The Scorpio New Moon offers a tender reset in intimacy — emotional, sexual, even financial. It says, “We can start again, but let’s be more truthful this time.”
Friday: The Sun enters Sagittarius, lifting the mood, adding warmth, humor, and perspective. After the deep dive, we come up for air. There’s space for laughter, curiosity, and forgiveness of the small stuff.
Singles can use this week to ask deeper questions of new connections rather than staying on small talk autopilot. Couples can revisit promises, update boundaries, and reconnect with why they chose each other.
Throughout, the key is to share honestly while honoring privacy and pacing — talking enough to feel close, but staying grounded in your own emotional center.
Sign-by-Sign Guidance & Yoga Asana Focus
Use your Sun and Rising sign for a fuller picture.
ARIES
Theme: Transforming Your Bond With Power and Intimacy
This week pulls you into the deeper layers: who you trust with your body, your secrets, your money, your energy. You may feel like nothing surface-level will do anymore. Conversations about jealousy, control, or shared resources (debts, inheritances, shared accounts) are up for review. Try not to let your famous temper get the better of you! Patience, my friend.
Mercury retrograde in your intimacy sector acts like a truth serum — unsaid feelings might leak through in the tone of your voice, dreams, or “accidental” confessions. Wednesday’s Mercury–Uranus opposition can shake financial or emotional arrangements, prompting you to question whether they’re truly fair for both parties. The New Moon on Thursday is your invitation to reset how you collaborate with others: fewer power struggles, more conscious agreements.
Reflection prompt: Where are you giving away your power to keep the peace — and where are you hoarding power out of fear?
Yoga Asana for Aries:
Goddess Pose – Utkata Konasana
Wide stance, bent knees, strong legs, open chest and hips. This pose helps you feel both powerful and receptive, embodying grounded intensity instead of reactive defensiveness.
TAURUS
Theme: Redefining Partnership and Emotional Contracts
Since Scorpio is your opposite sign: relationships are front and center. Whether you’re single, dating, or deeply committed, this week wants you to look at the honest state of your agreements. Are you staying because it’s safe, or because it’s alive? Are you avoiding conflict to “keep things nice,” or courageously naming what’s not working? As a Fixed sign, it takes you a while to make a final decision; but once your mind is made up, there’s no budging. This phase is all about processing and making your final “choice”.
Mercury retrograde in your relationship sector, opposite Uranus in your own sign, can bring surprising revelations from partners, exes, collaborators, or even rivals. The urge to bolt vs. the urge to cling may both get amplified. The Scorpio New Moon invites you to re-choose your partnerships from a place of integrity: mutual respect, clear boundaries, and shared effort.
Reflection prompt: What does “feeling truly met” look like for you — and where is that missing?
Yoga Asana for Taurus:
Supported Bridge Pose – Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (with a block, if needed, for support)
Resting your sacrum (Svadhistana chakra) on a block helps you practice trust and surrender while keeping a sense of support under you — a bodily metaphor for healthy partnership.
GEMINI
Theme: Healing Through Better Daily Habits and Honest Work Rhythms
Your focus shifts to the small stuff that secretly runs everything: routines, health, work patterns, and how you care for your nervous system. Mercury retrograde in this zone can bring old work conversations back, highlight burnout, or reveal where you’ve overcommitted.
Wednesday’s Mercury–Uranus opposition might disrupt schedules or bring unexpected news around work or health. Instead of spiraling, treat it as clear feedback: something in your daily flow needs restructuring. The New Moon in Scorpio supports choosing more soul-aligned habits — not performative wellness, but real, sustainable care that lets you show up with integrity.
Reflection prompt: Which one small habit, if upgraded, would change how you feel in your body and your workday?
Yoga Asana for Gemini:
Cat–Cow Flow – Marjaryasana–Bitilasana
Moving the spine with breath helps you unstick mental tension and reconnect mind–body, ideal for loosening the constant hum of thoughts and nervous system overload.
CANCER
Theme: Brave Joy, Creative Honesty, and Real Feelings in Romance
Pleasure and vulnerability are intertwined for you this week. Mercury retrograde and the New Moon light up your house of romance, creativity, and joy. A “casual” situation could deepen, or you might realize you’ve been pretending something is lighter than it really is.
Friendship vs. romance tensions may spike around Wednesday’s Uranus oppositions, especially if friends don’t understand your romantic choices, or a friend becomes more than a friend. The invitation isn’t to retreat into your shell, but to be honest about your feelings while protecting your emotional safety.
Reflection prompt: Where are you minimizing what you feel to avoid rocking the boat?
Yoga Asana for Cancer:
Wild Thing – Camatkarasana
This heart-opening, expansive backbend invites you to express joy and courage, helping you practice the feeling of opening your heart without losing your grounding. Your famous sensitivity has the potential to lead you astray – but during this highly Scorpionic era, your instincts shouldbe spot-on.
LEO
Theme: Emotional Foundations, Home, and What “Safe” Really Means
This week asks you to look at your base camp: home, family patterns, living situation, and inner emotional roots. Mercury retrograde and the New Moon in Scorpio spotlight how your private life affects your love life and vice versa.
Work–home tension may flare midweek as Mercury opposes Uranus in your career zone. Sudden professional demands might clash with the need for rest or family time. The New Moon encourages a reset in your domestic rhythm: clearer boundaries around work, more intentional rituals of care at home, and honest conversations with those you live with.
Reflection prompt: What would a home life that truly nourishes you look like in practice — not just in theory?
Yoga Asana for Leo:
Child’s Pose – Balasana
This gentle forward fold invites humility, rest, and emotional safety, letting your nervous system soften and reminding you that being held is also a form of strength.
VIRGO
Theme: Speaking the Deeper Truth and Rewriting Mental Narratives
Words have unusual weight for you this week. Mercury retrograde in your communication sector asks you to review the stories you tell — to others and to yourself. Are your “explanations” secretly excuses? Are your jokes hiding how much you care?
The Mercury–Uranus opposition can provoke blunt comments, surprising messages, or heated debates about beliefs, education, travel, or future plans. Instead of trying to be perfectly composed, aim for honest and respectful. The New Moon supports new communication patterns: clearer boundaries around texting, more presence in conversations, and a willingness to listen beneath the surface.
Reflection prompt: What hard truth do you need to put into words so that you can stop carrying it alone?
Yoga Asana for Virgo:
Sphinx Pose – Salamba Bhujangasana
A gentle backbend that opens the chest and subtly engages the throat and upper spine, supporting calm, grounded communication instead of anxious overthinking.
LIBRA
Theme: Self-Worth, Money, and the Energy Exchanges in Love
Your relationship to value — emotional and financial — is under the microscope. Mercury retrograde and the New Moon in your house of resources highlight how you give, receive, spend, and invest (in people and in actual money).
Midweek, Mercury’s clash with Uranus can highlight inequality in shared finances, emotional labor, or who’s doing the heavy lifting in a partnership. The New Moon supports a new chapter in how you honor your own worth: charging fairly, asking for reciprocity, and showing love for yourself in tangible ways (time, rest, money, care).
Reflection prompt: Where are you underpricing yourself — in love, work, or literal money terms?
Yoga Asana for Libra:
Tree Pose – Vṛkṣāsana
Balancing on one leg while rooting down through the foot helps you feel both graceful and firm in your own value, embodying inner steadiness despite outer wobble.
SCORPIO
Theme: Personal Rebirth and Showing Up as Your Real Self
The New Moon in your sign is your yearly emotional reset button. With Mercury retrograde conjunct this lunation, the spotlight is on your identity, story, and how honestly you show yourself to the world. You may feel extra sensitive, but also extra capable of choosing a new way of being.
Midweek, Mercury opposite Uranus tests the “me vs. we” dynamic in relationships. You might be asked to compromise, or you might realize you’ve been bending too far. The invitation is to claim your needs without slipping into control tactics or emotional ultimatums. Your presence hits differently when it’s grounded, not guarded.
Reflection prompt: Which version of you have you outgrown — and what version feels closer to the truth now?
Yoga Asana for Scorpio:
Eagle Pose – Garuḍāsana
This wrapped, focused balance invites intensity and concentration, mirroring your gift for depth while teaching you to stay steady rather than constricted.
SAGITTARIUS
Theme: Release, Rest, and Subconscious Detox Before Your Season
You’re in a liminal space — the deep exhale before your solar return. Mercury retrograde and the New Moon in Scorpio sit in your 12th house of endings, rest, and the unconscious. Old memories, dreams, or unfinished emotional business may float to the surface.
The Mercury–Uranus opposition can bring disruptions to your schedule or health that force you to slow down. Instead of judging yourself for needing rest, treat it as spiritual hygiene. This New Moon is ideal for releasing outdated attachments, secret resentments, and quiet compulsions that drag behind you like invisible weights.
Reflection prompt: What are you quietly done with, even if you haven’t said it out loud yet?
Yoga Asana for Sagittarius:
Legs-Up-the-Wall Pose – Viparita Karani
This restorative inversion calms your nervous system, supports circulation, and invites surrender — perfect for ending cycles and recharging your inner fire.
CAPRICORN
Theme: Future Vision, Friendships, and Community Agreements
Your networks, friendships, and big-picture goals are in the spotlight. Mercury retrograde and the New Moon in your community sector ask: who are your people, and what future are you building together?
Midweek, tension between your social ties and romantic/creative life may surface. Maybe a lover doesn’t vibe with your friends, or your creative projects clash with group obligations. The New Moon supports re-choosing your circles and clarifying what you’re available for — both socially and in terms of collaborative projects.
Reflection prompt: Which communities actually nourish your future vision, and which ones drain it?
Yoga Asana for Capricorn:
Warrior II – Vīrabhadrāsana II
This strong, steady stance supports leadership, focus, and long-range vision — a physical reminder that you can face the future with both power and presence.
AQUARIUS
Theme: Career Integrity, Public Image, and Protecting What Matters
Your public role and private needs collide in meaningful ways this week. Mercury retrograde and the New Moon at the top of your chart highlight your reputation, responsibilities, and long-term ambitions. Are you living in alignment with your actual values, or just playing the part others expect?
The Mercury–Uranus opposition may bring disruptions at home or in family life that impact your work plans, or vice versa. Instead of trying to be everywhere at once, define what “non-negotiable” looks like for both your career and your emotional life. The New Moon supports setting healthier boundaries with bosses, clients, or the vague category of “other people’s expectations.”
Reflection prompt: What do you want to be known for — and what would need to change, concretely, for that to be true?
Yoga Asana for Aquarius:
Crescent Lunge – Anjaneyasana
This heart-lifting, front-body-opening lunge helps you step forward into visibility while staying grounded through the back leg and strong in your core.
PISCES
Theme: Beliefs, Perspective, and Growing Beyond Old Stories
For you, this week is about zooming out. Mercury retrograde and the New Moon in your 9th house invite you to question your beliefs about love, success, destiny, and what’s “possible” for you. Study, travel, spiritual practices, and big conversations become catalysts for growth.
Midweek, Mercury opposing Uranus may bring surprising news, changes in plans, or tech/communication hiccups in learning, travel, or legal matters. Rather than getting lost in confusion, treat these as invitations to update your worldview. The New Moon is a beautiful time to set intentions around study, teaching, mentorship, or long-distance connections that actually stretch you in a healthy way.
Reflection prompt: Which belief about yourself or your future feels too small now?
Yoga Asana for Pisces:
Triangle Pose – Trikoṇāsana
This open, expansive shape helps lengthen the side body and create literal space in the torso, mirroring the inner spaciousness that comes from widened perspective.