Welcome to the dark half of the year, witchy women.
This is the time when the veil thins, the world quiets, and our inner landscape begins to speak more loudly than the one outside of us.
Below you’ll find the teachings we explored together in circle —
the Scorpio Moon wisdom, the retrograde reflections, the numerology of closing out a nine-year cycle —
as well as the journal prompts we used to dive even deeper.
This post is a cave like our gathering.
A remembering.
A place to return to as often as you need.
The Descent Begins: New Moon in Scorpio
The Scorpio New Moon is a sacred invitation into the deep.
This lunation asks us to descend — not to lose ourselves, but to find what we’ve been avoiding.
Scorpio rules the underworld of truth, shadow, release, and rebirth.
The New Moon is the cosmic reset:
a blank slate, a womb-space, the moment before the sprout breaks the soil.
But in Scorpio, rebirth requires a death first —
a shedding, a letting go, a quiet internal surrender.
Under this moon, we ask:
“What truth am I finally ready to name?”
“What version of me has completed her work?”
“What wants to be released so something new can rise?”
The Sabian Symbol: 29° Scorpio
Our New Moon sits at 28°11, which rounds up to 29° Scorpio.
The Sabian symbol for this degree is:
“An Indian woman pleading to the chief for the lives of her children.”
This symbol offers teachings about:
- fierce devotion
- ancestral protection
- using your voice in moments of truth
- standing between what has been and what must be
- choosing courage over silence
It asks:
“What part of my life needs my protection, advocacy, or truth tonight?”
Pluto + Mars: The Scorpio Rulers
Scorpio has two rulers, and both were woven through our ceremony:
♇ Pluto — the planet of transformation
Pluto strips away illusion.
It brings shadow to light.
It reveals what is dying so you can choose what is being born.
✨ Ask: What truth is Pluto revealing to me now?
♂ Mars — the planet of desire, courage, and boundaries
Mars demands honesty about what you truly want.
It invites decisive action and sacred protection of the self.
✨ Ask: Where am I ready to fight for myself again?
Together, Pluto and Mars shape the alchemy of this moon.
Tarot Teaching: Death
The Death card is Scorpio’s archetype.
It reminds us that endings are not failures —
they are transitions, thresholds, and openings.
Death asks you to release with intention.
To bless what is done.
To surrender what is heavy.
To trust that rebirth is already forming in the dark.
Retrograde Gateways — The Inner Review
Five planets are retrograde during this New Moon —
each one an inward-turning key.
These are not obstacles; they are reflection portals:
Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio
What truth am I finally ready to speak?
Uranus Retrograde in Virgo
What pattern breaks open when I stop resisting change?
Jupiter Retrograde in Cancer
What inner wisdom is resurfacing to guide my next chapter?
Saturn Retrograde in Leo
Where have I dimmed my light, and why?
Neptune Retrograde in Aries
What illusion about myself am I finally ready to release?
These questions form the breadcrumb trail for the woman you are becoming.
Closing a Nine-Year Cycle
This New Moon arrives at the very end of a Universal 9 Year —
a cycle of completion, clearing, and karmic graduation.
Nine asks:
- What is done?
- What has been learned?
- What is ready to be forgiven?
- What no longer belongs to the next chapter?
This is the final exhale before the reset.
Preparing for the One-Year Cycle
2026 begins a Universal 1 Year —
the year of beginnings, initiation, identity, and choice.
This New Moon plants the first seed.
Ask yourself:
Who am I becoming?
What new story begins with me?
Scorpio New Moon Journal Prompts
Use these prompts to deepen your descent and prepare your new beginning:
- What truth have I been circling but not naming — and what shifts when I finally write it down?
- What part of my identity or story is ready to be released?
- What (or who) is sacred in my life that I’m ready to protect or prioritize?
- What hidden truth or inner power is rising within me?
- Where do I need boundaries, courage, or clarity to rise in authenticity?
Retrograde Reflections
• Mercury: What conversation with myself needs honesty, not avoidance?
• Uranus: What pattern am I truly ready to break?
• Jupiter: What wisdom is resurfacing to guide my next steps?
• Saturn: Where have I dimmed my light, and what happens when I stop dimming?
• Neptune: What illusion about myself am I finally ready to let dissolve?
- What storyline from the last nine years is complete?
- Who am I becoming as I step into the next nine-year cycle?
- What intention — what soul-seed — am I planting in the dark tonight?
- What breadcrumb or message do I want to leave for my future self?
- How do I choose to rise from this moment with softness, clarity, and devotion?
A Blessing for Your Descent
May the dark hold you gently.
May your release be graceful.
May your rebirth be powerful.
And may the seed you plant tonight
blossom into the life you’ve been waiting to claim.
Witchy Ways 2 Flow 
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