New Moon in Scorpio November 9th 2026

Overview

Astrologer Pam Gregory reviews the Taurus full moon at the end of October, then interprets the November 9 Scorpio new moon and other astrological patterns in the first half of November. She connects these patterns to social unrest, political and financial leadership, technological and legal developments, and the exposure of secrets. She also offers personal practices for staying grounded and contributing positively during what she describes as a period of rapid collective change.

These are Gregory’s astrological interpretations and forecasts, rather than independently established causal explanations.

Main Ideas and Astrological Themes

• Pressure for change: Gregory highlights a full-moon T-square involving the Sun, Moon, and Pluto, along with several planets in fixed signs. She interprets this as a tense “pressure point” that could force changes to established systems and values.
• Protests and inequality: She links Pluto in Aquarius and other astrological patterns to public demonstrations and demands for greater fairness, representation, and a stronger public voice. She says local causes differ, but sees a shared theme of people feeling unheard and dissatisfied with top-down structures.
• Changing values: The Taurus full moon, ruled by Venus, is presented as a prompt to reconsider what matters. Gregory suggests that material concerns may become less important than nature, community, collaboration, and human connection.
• Technology, law, and leadership: She points to a software vulnerability affecting many websites as an example of technology-related crises, and discusses legal developments in the Netherlands in connection with Venus at the end of Libra. She also interprets the full moon’s alignment with the EU chart’s midheaven as putting European leadership under scrutiny.
• Power, money, and the euro: Gregory emphasizes a mid-November Mars–Jupiter–South Node conjunction in Leo. She associates it with questions about the use of power, leadership, and the future of the EU and euro, and sees the possibility of a shift toward more “heart-centered” leadership. In her view, the conjunction may be constructive for people who have used their influence altruistically, but more difficult for those who have used it selfishly or excessively.
• Elections and the past: With Mercury retrograde during the U.S. voting period, she predicts that voting-related information or results may be unclear, contested, or revisited. She compares the setup with the 2000 U.S. presidential election. She also notes Mars’s position at the degree of the August solar eclipse and suggests that earlier issues may be reactivated, with some matters taking months to resolve.
• Secrets and revelations: Gregory treats Mercury retrograde in Scorpio, its square to Pluto, and its aspect to Uranus as signatures for disclosures—potentially involving deception, crime, betrayal, financial matters, or hidden information. She expects these themes to intensify particularly around November 10–16.
• Neptune and public issues: Neptune’s return to the beginning of Aries is associated in her reading with public revelations or confusion concerning deception, media, pharmaceuticals, water, and flooding.
• Purging and transformation: She describes November as a period of “intensity, revelations, awakening and purging,” with the second half of the month potentially stronger than the first. She frames the exposure of harmful or outdated patterns as a necessary clearing process before building a more compassionate society.
• The Scorpio new moon: The new moon occurs at 16°53′ Scorpio on November 9. Gregory recommends finding that degree in one’s birth chart and setting an intention for the relevant area of life. She notes that it squares Mars and is associated with forceful leadership and further revelations.
• Autonomy and sovereignty: The new moon’s Sabian symbol—“a woman filled with her own spirit is the father of her own child”—is interpreted as self-reliance, self-determination, and wholeness independent of conventional structures.
• Evolution through disruption: Gregory uses images such as the caterpillar becoming a butterfly and the water nymph becoming a dragonfly to describe an accelerated evolutionary process. She presents social breakdown and disorder as a potential transition to a more complex, interconnected state.

Practical Guidance

Gregory’s central personal lesson is to respond to external upheaval by developing a steadier inner state rather than being consumed by fear or reactive attention.

• Notice where attention goes. She warns that continually focusing on alarming events can increase fear, anxiety, and a sense of helplessness.
• Pause and return to the body. Close the eyes if appropriate and bring attention back to the breath, even briefly while travelling or at home.
• Use simple calming practices. Examples she gives include:
  • Yogic belly breathing
  • Meditation or breath-watching
  • Candle-gazing
  • Humming or chanting
  • Yoga
  • Hugging a tree
• Cultivate constructive emotions. She recommends orienting toward peace, calm, love, and gratitude. She argues that repeated emotional habits shape how people interpret events and affect their responses.
• Do personal “shadow work.” She encourages processing past trauma and emotional baggage rather than carrying it forward unexamined.
• Use influence consciously. Ask whether personal power is being given away or used responsibly, and avoid repeating harmful patterns of the past.
• Contribute to collective calm. Gregory describes individuals as “islands of coherence” whose steadiness can influence those around them and, more broadly, the collective. Her practical conclusion is that each person can help meet social chaos with greater care and coherence.

People and Sources Mentioned

• Pam Gregory — The speaker and astrologer presenting the interpretations.
• Dr. David Clements — Cited for describing an evolutionary wave and the need to clear away “the dross.”
• Rosie Finn — Credited with historical research concerning Pluto moving out of bounds and population patterns.
• Candace Pert — Cited for Molecules of Emotion and research on emotions and neuropeptides.
• Richard Rudd — Referenced for the Gene Keys, especially Gene Key 55 and the water-nymph-to-dragonfly image.
• James Burgess — Cited in interpreting the Scorpio new moon’s Sabian symbol.
• Ilya Prigogine — Cited for the theory of dissipative structures and the idea that systems far from equilibrium can reorganize into greater complexity.
• An unnamed source — Credited with the saying that people do not see the world as it is, but as they are.