If somebody has been taking your time, your money, or your sexual energy without reciprocating in kind, and you’ve been stuck in self-blame for letting them, this New Moon in Scorpio is a good night to quit doing both.
When was the New Moon in Scorpio in November 2026?
The New Moon came in at 2:02 AM Eastern on Monday, November 9, at 16 degrees and 53 minutes of Scorpio. A New Moon is the point when the Moon passes between us and the Sun, so the side facing us is completely dark, and it starts a new lunar cycle. Astrologers read it as a beginning. This one begins with two of the personal planets moving backward, which doesn’t happen every month, and I think that changes what kind of beginning it is.
Let’s start with the sign....
Why does Scorpio matter for this?
In astrology, Scorpio goes with the eighth house of a chart, and the eighth house covers everything that two people share or owe each other. This could be other people’s money, credit, bank loans, inheritances, mortgages, any kind of joint finances, or even divorce settlements. Scorpio energy also covers rebirth, regeneration, and sex.
So under a Scorpio New Moon, you could tend toward noticing the accounting between you and other people. You might start seeing who put in what and who took what, and whether there was reciprocation or whether any of it ever got paid back.
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What does Mercury retrograde have to do with it?
A planet goes retrograde when it looks like it’s moving backward against the stars. This is an illusion. Mercury orbits the Sun faster than Earth does, so every so often it passes us, and from where we’re standing that changes our angle enough that it seems to drift backward for a few weeks.
Mercury exerts its influence on the parts of you that communicate - that think, talk, and take in information. Mercury turned retrograde on October 24 at 21 degrees of Scorpio, and during this Mercury retrograde in Scorpio, it has been backing through the sign ever since. It was at about 7 degrees when the Moon went new early Monday. When Mercury goes back over the same ground, you tend to go back over things too, like an old conversation you replay in the shower or a detail about someone that you finally see for what it was.
Mercury also crossed the exact degree of this New Moon, 17 degrees of Scorpio, going backward on October 31. It’ll cross it again going forward on November 27, the day after Thanksgiving. If something came back to you around Halloween, a message or a memory or a realization about a person, watch for it to come around again that weekend.
And Venus?
Venus is in retrograde too. Venus exerts its influence on what you value and who you let close to you. Venus turned retrograde on October 3 at 8 degrees of Scorpio, backed into Libra on October 25, and during this Venus retrograde in Libra, it has kept backing through that sign since. Libra is the sign of fairness and balance between partners, which, if somebody has been taking more than they give, you’ve probably already noticed is off.
Mercury turns direct this Friday, November 13, at about 10:53 AM Eastern. Venus turns direct the same day, at about 7:27 PM Eastern. So for the first four days of this lunar cycle, the two planets that have the most to do with your communication and your relationships are still moving backward. I’d use those four days for going back over things, and I wouldn’t start anything new until after Friday night.
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What does that look like in your life?
A channeled message I posted in September 2023, “Pour Into Yourself,” put it this way: “You have been feeling fragile because your time and your energy were stolen from you and you were, for a while, beating yourself up over it because you felt like you should have known better or you should have been able to see this deceit coming.”
This part can be obnoxious if you do not see it for what it is and detach from it. The person who deceived you planned it, and you’re the one up at 2 AM replaying every conversation, hunting for the exact moment you should have caught on. Odds are they slept fine.
When you blame yourself, it feels like you’re taking responsibility, but you’re still spending your attention on the person who took from you, and your energy keeps flowing out to them the same way it did before. The same message said: “Every ounce of what you pour into yourself and your projects is what is coming back to you and then some.”
So that’s where I’d suggest putting your intention for this New Moon. You probably can’t get those months back from the person who took them. What you can do is stop giving that person any more of your time, and start putting it into yourself instead.
Your decisions are your own. With a New Moon in Scorpio and Mercury and Venus both in retrograde, I’d expect the next few weeks to be an easier stretch than usual for looking back and doing your accounting, and you get to decide what to do with whatever you find.
How do you start taking it back this week?
Write down what was taken. Quantify it in numbers wherever you can… hours a week, dollars, how many times you canceled your own plans for someone, how often this person left you hanging and didn’t show up for you after you poured your own energy into them. Scorpio rules the house of what’s owed, and a vague feeling of being drained is a lot harder to act on than “I gave this person every Sunday for a year.”
Until Friday, hold your boundaries. Don’t reopen contact, and don’t agree to anything new with the person who drained you. Watch for the thing that message warned about: “Beware of people trying to return to you with small insignificant offers - they are attempting to get into your energy so that they can steal it again.” A “hey stranger” text in the middle of a Mercury retrograde counts.
After Mercury and Venus turn direct on Friday, put one block of time on your calendar that belongs only to you, and keep it the way you kept every appointment you ever made for them.
Mark November 27 and December 4 on your calendar. Mercury crosses this New Moon’s degree on the 27th, and Venus moves back into Scorpio on the 4th. Write down what comes back up on those days.
What are you taking back for yourself this month? Make it count. Put it in the comments, and put a number on it if you can.
Further Reading
Astrology Zone (n.d.). Eighth House. Susan Miller Astrology Zone [online] Available here: https://www.astrologyzone.com/learn-astrology/the-12-sectors/eighth-house/
Cafe Astrology (n.d.). New Moon on November 9, 2026. Cafe Astrology [online] Available here: https://cafeastrology.com/events/new-moon-on-november-9-2026/
Cafe Astrology (n.d.). This Month in Astrology: November 2026. Cafe Astrology [online] Available here: https://cafeastrology.com/this-month-astrology-november-2026/
Howells, K. (2023). What Does “Mercury in Retrograde” Actually Mean? The Planetary Society [online] Available here: https://planetary.org/articles/what-does-mercury-in-retrograde-actually-mean
Lunaf (n.d.). Moon Phase on 9 November 2026. Lunaf [online] Available here: https://lunaf.com/lunar-calendar/2026/11/09/
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (2002). What Does It Mean for Mercury to Be in Retrograde? StarChild Question of the Month, June 2002 [online] Available here: https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question46.html
Pietchell, D. (2023). Pour Into Yourself: Channeled Messages 9-8-2023. The Starfire Codes [online] Available here: https://starfirecodes.com/p/pour-into-yourself-timeless-tarot-reading-runes
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