Today, in three small moves
01Tap the red badge
02Admit what you want
03Scorpio, it is your new yearFindyours
Find yours
The Moon is in Scorpio today, and it lands in a different part of life for each sign. Pick yours once; the whole page reads for you.
Know your rising? It is the sharper fit.
Your day in three lines
Tap your sign and your day lands right here: one line for the day, one for love, one thing to try.
- Your day
- Love
- One thing to try
The lead
Tap the red badge
Try this today
- Look at one account or bill before dinner.
- Name the one topic you keep softening.
- Send “I need to talk about this” and stop there.
There is a little red badge on your banking app, and you have been very good at not tapping it. You also know that not looking has started to cost more than looking.
The Moon is new in Scorpio: it sits too close to the Sun to see, and the month starts on a blank page. Scorpio is the sign of money, trust, desire and the things we would rather not discuss.
So this is a start, but not the cute kind with a new notebook. It is good for the first honest move in a place where you have been vague.
Tap the badge. Book the dentist you have been dodging since spring. Ask your sibling the hard question about who is helping your parents.
You are not solving your whole life before lunch. You are swapping the monster version in your head for the real one, which is almost always smaller.
If you leave it, the cost is a slow leak: more guessing, more resentment, more little lies told to keep the day smooth.
Start small enough to do with one hand. Look at the number and say it out loud.
Then send the message that says, “I need to talk about this.” That is enough for today.
The sky behind it
The New Moon is exact at 2:02 a.m. EST, 1:02 a.m. CST, 12:02 a.m. MST, and 11:02 p.m. PST, which makes it Sunday on the Pacific clock. It occurs at 16°53′ Scorpio, with the Sun and Moon meeting in the same sign. The Moon is very close to the Sun from our view, so it is not a night-sky object. Its distance is 397,770 km, and its latitude is 4.9°.
Love & relationships
Admit what you want
Try this today
- Write down one thing you want, unedited.
- Swap one “I don’t mind” for a real preference.
- Tell one trusted friend the crush, the dream, the want.
You keep saying you are “not really looking” or “just seeing where it goes.” Your search history, and the way you check one name in your phone, say otherwise.
New Moons are for honest starts, and this one sits in Scorpio, the sign of desire. Meanwhile Venus, which rules attraction, is closing in on an easy link with Mars, the planet of wanting.
Today is good for admitting, at least privately, what you want. Not the cool version: the real one, with the nerves attached.
Write it in your notes app. Tell one trusted friend. If you are with someone, say one want out loud that you have been hiding behind “I don’t mind.”
The cost of pretending is quiet. You end up accepting less than you want and calling it easygoing.
Want it on purpose. A clear want is easier to give and easier to receive.
The sky behind it
Venus is retrograde at 23°15′ Libra at noon ET. Mars is at 22°53′ Leo. Venus sextile Mars is applying at noon with an orb of 0°22′, and it becomes exact at 1:48 a.m. EST on Tuesday. Venus sextile Jupiter is separating with an orb of 2°03′ after its exact contact on 4 November.
Sign spotlight
Scorpio, it is your new year
Try this today
- Change one profile line that no longer fits.
- Pick one resolution small enough to keep.
- Say no to one thing old-you always agreed to.
Scorpio, and Scorpio rising, the New Moon lands in your sign today. Think of it as a private New Year’s Day, with no fireworks and no one watching.
People may still be working with an older version of you: the one who said yes to everything, who stayed late, who never cried at films. You have changed more than they have noticed.
Today is for updating the record. Change the profile photo that no longer looks like you, and say no to the thing old-you always agreed to.
Pick one resolution small enough to keep: the morning walk, the savings transfer, the earlier bedtime. Write it down and tell nobody yet.
If you skip it, the year moves on without your edits.
Let your entrance be accurate. Not dramatic. Accurate.
The sky behind it
For Scorpio rising, the first house holds the Sun at 17°18′ Scorpio, the Moon at 22°01′ Scorpio, and Mercury retrograde at 6°32′ Scorpio. The fourth house holds Pluto at 3°13′ Aquarius. The sixth house holds Saturn retrograde at 8°47′ Aries and Neptune retrograde at 1°55′ Aries. The eighth house holds Uranus retrograde at 4°21′ Gemini. The tenth house holds Mars at 22°53′ Leo and Jupiter at 25°17′ Leo. The twelfth house holds Venus retrograde at 23°15′ Libra.
| House from Scorpio | Sign | Planets there today |
|---|---|---|
| 1st: self, body, how you come across | Scorpio | Sun 17°18′, Moon 22°01′, Mercury 6°32′ (Rx) |
| 4th: home, family | Aquarius | Pluto 3°13′ |
| 6th: daily work, health | Aries | Saturn 8°47′ (Rx), Neptune 1°55′ (Rx) |
| 8th: shared money, what stays private | Gemini | Uranus 4°21′ (Rx) |
| 10th: career, public standing | Leo | Mars 22°53′, Jupiter 25°17′ |
| 12th: rest, the inner world | Libra | Venus 23°15′ (Rx) |
Also today
Two shorter reads. Each opens in place.
Body & mood
Pace yourself on a dark Monday
A messy kitchen is not a verdict.
Monday starts in the dark, emotionally speaking. The New Moon lands overnight, and your mood may wake up before it has a name.
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Begin with the boring care. Water, a real breakfast, the clean shirt that does not make you tug at the collar.
After lunch, the room gets sharper. A comment can land like a cabinet door slammed too hard, and your first answer may not be your best.
By evening, everything wants to feel bigger than it is. A missed call becomes a verdict; a messy kitchen becomes proof you are failing.
It is still just a kitchen. Eat something on a plate, wash the pan, and let one unfinished thing stay unfinished.
Today is good for pacing yourself before your body starts voting no. Start the new habit tomorrow morning, small, when you are rested.
Try this today
- Eat before the afternoon gets sharp.
- Delay one hot reply by a full walk.
- Start the new habit tomorrow, small and rested.
The sky behind it
The Moon is in Scorpio all day. It is 0% illuminated in the morning and 1% illuminated in the evening. The New Moon is exact at 2:02 a.m. EST at 16°53′ Scorpio. The Moon squares Mars at 1:44 p.m. EST from 22°55′ Scorpio to 22°55′ Leo. It squares Jupiter at 6:25 p.m. EST from 25°19′ Scorpio to 25°19′ Leo. The Moon then goes void of course, a quiet stretch after its last major aspect, from 6:25 p.m. EST until it enters Sagittarius at 3:36 a.m. EST on Tuesday.
Learn from today
One moment, two dates
The moment is shared. The date is local.
Your friend sends a screenshot of an astrology calendar. Yours says the event is Tuesday. Theirs says Monday.
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Nobody has to be wrong.
Think of a live show. The singer starts one song at the same instant for everyone watching, but one person’s phone says late night and another person’s phone says after midnight.
In astrology, an exact aspect means two planets reach a measured angle at one instant. The instant is shared. The date depends on the clock you are using.
This week has a live example: the easy link between Venus and Mars lands at one instant, and different time zones put that instant on different days. Eastern time calls it Tuesday. Pacific time can still call it Monday.
Do not treat the date like the event itself. The event is the moment. The date is the label your clock gives it.
That is why calendars can disagree without anyone making it up. Learn the clock before you argue with the screenshot.
Try this today
- Check the time zone before sharing a calendar post.
- Compare your phone clock with the event time.
- Ask which clock the screenshot is using.
Lesson: Why one moment has two dates
The sky behind it
Venus sextile Mars is applying at noon ET with an orb of 0°22′. It is exact at 1:48 a.m. EST on Tuesday in Eastern time, but at 10:48 p.m. PST on Monday in Pacific time. Mars conjunction Jupiter gives the same lesson: exact at 1:24 a.m. EST on Monday in Eastern time, and 10:24 p.m. PST on Sunday in Pacific time. An exact aspect is one instant; the calendar date changes with location.
| Body | Position | Motion |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | 17°18′ Scorpio | direct |
| Moon | 22°01′ Scorpio | direct |
| Mercury | 6°32′ Scorpio | retrograde |
| Venus | 23°15′ Libra | retrograde |
| Mars | 22°53′ Leo | direct |
| Jupiter | 25°17′ Leo | direct |
| Saturn | 8°47′ Aries | retrograde |
| Uranus | 4°21′ Gemini | retrograde |
| Neptune | 1°55′ Aries | retrograde |
| Pluto | 3°13′ Aquarius | direct |
| True Node | 26°06′ Aquarius | retrograde |
Tonight's sky
Watch two lights close in
Watch the gap between them shrink all week.
A New Moon means no Moon at all tonight, so the sky is as dark as your neighborhood allows.
Here is something worth following all week. Around bedtime, two bright lights rise in the east close together: orange-tinted Mars and brighter Jupiter.
Each night they creep a little closer, heading for their closest pass next week. Check them tonight, again on Thursday, and watch the gap shrink. Bring a mug of tea; this is the slow kind of show.
Saturn holds the south all evening, pale and steady. Before dawn, Venus shines low in the east.
Tonight, look for
Saturn first: the steady dot in the south.
After dark
- Saturn50° up, south
Before dawn
- Mars63° up before dawn
- Jupiter61° up before dawn
Times in your city
- Fully dark
- 6:17 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 7:07 a.m.
- Sunset
- 4:43 p.m.
More times
- Saturn rises
- 3:10 p.m.
- Mars rises
- 11:24 p.m.
- Jupiter rises
- 11:38 p.m.
- Moonset
- 4:33 p.m.
- Sunrise
- 6:37 a.m.
Moonset and rises after midnight fall on the next morning.
Local time in each city. “Fully dark” is the end of astronomical twilight.
Try this today
- Look east around bedtime for two bright lights.
- Check them again on Thursday and compare.
- Find Saturn in the south while you wait.
The sky behind it
In the evening, Saturn is the naked-eye planet to look for. Around 9:00 p.m. EST, Saturn is about 50° high in the south, after rising at 3:10 p.m. in New York. Neptune sits near Saturn, about 7° away, but it is not visible to the naked eye. The New Moon is below the horizon by evening in the city table. Before dawn, Venus rises at 4:36 a.m. in New York and sits about 10° high; Mars rises at 11:24 p.m. in New York and reaches 63°; Jupiter rises at 11:38 p.m. in New York and reaches 61°.
Computed from NASA JPL DE442 and the Yale Bright Star Catalogue by Shymea.
Before you go
Save your card.
Your sign’s line for today, set as a square for a story or a DM. Each sign gets its own card.
Send this to the friend avoiding the bill. Pick their sign.
Everyone else today One line for each sign, for the friend you send this to.
- AriesStart the debt plan today, even if step one is a spreadsheet.
- TaurusBegin again with your person: one honest talk, no history lessons.
- GeminiStart one new habit so small it is almost embarrassing.
- CancerStart the creative thing badly. Beginners are allowed to be bad.
- LeoFix the corner of home that keeps picking fights.
- VirgoSay the small true thing on the short walk.
- LibraSet a savings goal you would actually be proud to hit.
- ScorpioToday is your private New Year’s Day. Make one quiet resolution.
- SagittariusLet something end quietly. Not every goodbye needs an announcement.
- CapricornAsk a friend to hold you to one goal this month.
- AquariusYour name is in the room. Stand behind it.
- PiscesSign up for the course before you talk yourself out of it.
Monday 9 Nov · New Moon in Scorpio
The real number is almost always smaller.
from your
Come back tomorrow at midnight ET.
Next in the sky: Venus sextile Mars Tue 10 Nov 1:48 a.m. EST · Mercury stations direct 5°02′ Scorpio Fri 13 Nov 10:54 a.m. EST.
Timing
Every exact moment on 9 November
Void-of-course Moon: 6:25 p.m.–3:36 a.m. EST.
- New Moon16°53′ Scorpio
- Moon square Mars22°55′ Scorpio / Leo
- Moon square Jupiter25°19′ Scorpio / Leo
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Quick answers
When is the new moon in November 2026?
The new moon is exact on Monday 9 November 2026 at 2:02 a.m. EST (11:02 p.m. PST on Sunday 8 November; 07:02 UTC).
What sign is the November 2026 new moon in?
Scorpio, at 16°53′. The Sun is at the same degree of Scorpio.
When is the next full moon?
Tuesday 24 November at 9:54 a.m. EST, at 2°20′ Gemini.
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