The New Moon in Scorpio Is Bringing Major Life Changes—Here’s How To Navigate It

The second New Moon of fall will take place November 20 (if you’re on Eastern time, November 19 if you’re on Pacific). Entering Scorpio, energies are high and emotions are intense. It follows October’s New Moon in Libra (a time of establishing clarity in relationships and new evolutions in our lives) and November’s Super Moon, the largest and brightest of 2025, which brought its own lunar illuminations on everything from romance to money and life purpose. Safe to say, the celestial movements of 2025 have caused some upheaval. What could be next?

Well, this New Moon in Scorpio is pretty powerful too, bringing with it unexpected turning points and more potentially path-altering changes that could supersede your current sense of reality. This will be a period of accelerated change: certain opportunities could present themselves or close before we even have time to understand what’s really going on. We are invited to let go, to free ourselves from our blockages, and welcome life in a new light. Below, an astrological breakdown by Moon Omens.

Breaking down what the New Moon in Scorpio means

The New Moon brings deep introspection

This New Moon invites us to explore the depths of our psyche, to meet ourselves in unsuspected corners of our minds, and to find comfort in the darkness. It encourages introspection, confronting what we’d rather avoid and letting go of what’s doomed to disappear. In Scorpio, the New Moon reminds us that endings are as important as new beginnings, and that new beginnings are impossible without endings: it invites us to make room for the new by letting go of the past.

We’re entering a lunar cycle conducive to emotional and psychological depth. In the days leading up to this lunation, we’re likely to go through a kind of ‘death-and-rebirth’ process. Ruled by Mars and Pluto, Scorpio is a fixed Water sign associated with processes of transformation and metamorphosis. Scorpio is synonymous with evolution: this sign guides us to fulfill ourselves by questioning our limits and going beyond them. It’s time for liberation: from the attachments that hinder our development, from our need for control, and to make way for renewal by welcoming necessary endings. Radical emotional honesty is in order, as we become aware of what we’ve been avoiding or repressing. The coming lunar month will be devoted to discovering the unconscious needs and fears that drive us, the deepest desires of our soul, the true motivations and intentions that determine our choices. It’s about developing our ability to manage the intensity of our emotions with presence and awareness, learning to welcome what we feel rather than detach from it.

Inevitable change is coming—embrace it

Pluto’s activation favors our readiness to welcome transformation rather than resist it. This configuration supports our ability to be flexible and adaptable, and to approach change with curiosity rather than fear. Pluto’s harmonious alignments with the Sun, Moon, and Mercury help us detach from our existing identities, attachments, and narratives, and invite us to see change as a natural process of evolution rather than a loss of security or control.