Sagittarius New Moon December 1
My favorite New Moon sign of the year. Sagittarius. Ruled by Jupiter, the Sagittarius vibe reminds us of the big picture, our destiny, our beliefs, our truth, and authenticity - and asks us to expand the current version of ourselves.
We are prompted to take risks and make choices that guide us toward our true north.
Mercury is retrograde now - how does this affect the new moon?
I believe this retrograde is a blessing during the Sagittarius new moon. This is because Sagittarius asks us to have a grand vision, not to get wrapped up in all of the tiny details - not yet.
Now is our time to dare to dream - and Mercury retrograde can’t touch that part of our deep soul. Mercury retrograde affects the details, the logical thinking brain. While we do need this part of our logical mind to put dreams into action, Mercury retrograde here asks us to sit in our dreams for a bit. Send them out into the universe, feel them, believe them. Fantasize. Hope. Grow in faith.
But there’s another retrograde in full swing - and that’s Jupiter itself. Jupiter goes retrograde every year - for four months. Nature has this beautiful balance - 8 months of expansion, and four months of review. This is a powerful time. While Mercury Retrograde brings communication snags, problems with technology and information sharing, Jupiter retrograde does not have the same negative effects. We are given grace and time to make necessary adjustments before the direct period begins again - this time in early February 2025.
Jupiter’s retrograde is Oct 9 to Feb. 4, 2025. During this time, we reflect on our spiritual beliefs, our morals, and personal philosophy - this is ‘going inward’ of Jupiter’s energy. It doesn’t mean we won’t be dreaming and growing, but it does mean we may look deeper into ourselves as we go through that journey. We may feel drawn more to meditation or journaling, or analyzing our childhood - how we were brought up regarding spiritual beliefs and values. How are we different and how are we changing?
This doesn’t mean life stops or that you stop growing and living! Rather we’re granted energetic space to take some pause and check in with ourselves, our beliefs, and our life vision.
Where are you headed?
Is anything going off track that needs adjustment?
How would you like 2025 to feel different?
Can you invest more time now in your spiritual well-being - filling up your energetic tank?
This is a re-fueling time for Jupiter’s forward motion in later winter.
The Sagittarius New Moon is the grand opening to the holiday season, blessing us with some fire energy (a welcome change from the watery, emotional energy of Scorpio) and helps us move forward. Think of the Archer, the symbol and archetype of Sagittarius. Always aiming forward.
Jupiter asks us to expand our curiosity and desire to learn, grow and evolve.
Jupiter can also help expand our waistline! Yes, Jupiter expands everything it touches, and we may tend to overdo, overeat and overspend! Funny how that always hits us during the holiday season! The less we overdo, the less we have to over-correct in Capricorn season, post-Christmas.
Too much growth too fast can exhaust our nervous system. Too much travel, too much eating, too much of anything - is often just - too much! So even though Jupiter is expansive, it can be exhausting if we are un-anchored, un-grounded, or expanding too quickly (relationships, businesses, etc)
The retrograde gives us time to be present, to enjoy what and who is with us now. This New Moon ushers in Sagittarius energy - this is about 3-4 weeks of fun, bigger vision, some bigger spending - (we’re buying gifts right now, hello!)- generosity of spirit and joy. Everything has its season, so revel in the fun, food, and festivities. Just give yourself time to be alone, to be quiet, and to reflect. Maybe it’s time to pay more attention to your spiritual practice and spiritual gifts or to think about what you value most in life, where your time and energy are being spent - and what this holiday season means to you.
In the midst of it all, remember to dream and envision your next chapters. It won’t be long before we’re the New Year and the magic we want to manifest in 2025.
What Moon Phase are You?
- Do You Ever wonder why your friends come to you for advice?
- Or why you love to start new projects, and hate routine?
- Or why you tend to be more spiritual and introverted?
The answer may be found in your moon phase or the phase the moon was in the day you were born. Learning your moon phase adds another layer of insight into your personality - it uncovers your ‘energetic bias’ or how you approach the world, much like your rising sign!
Find your moon phase with this free calculator!-then read the descriptions below for more details!
The moon is one of our most powerful influencers in the sky. Our tides rise and fall by the phases of the moon. Our emotions and energy levels rise and fall according to the signs and phases the moon moves through each month.
The eight phases of the moon are:
New Moon
Waxing Crescent
First Quarter
Waxing Gibbous
Full Moon
Waning Crescent (Disseminating)
Last Quarter
Waning Gibbous (Balsamic)
And back to New Moon!
The New Moon is dark - reflecting no light from the sun. Gradually that reflection increases - or waxes. After the full moon, reflected light decreases, or wanes - until the new moon (or dark moon) arrives again.
Those born from the new moon and in the waxing phases love trends, starting new things, and are curious adventurous explorers. In the zodiac, this energy compares to Aries, Aquarius and Sagittarius.
Those waxing crescent, gibbous and first quarter personalities make great life coaches - especially those who are past the new moon phase. First quarter moon folks are often asked for their advice and insight. They understand that challenges are inherent to any project or relationship, and rise up to meet them. In team environments, these humans come up with amazing ideas and love to start new projects. Best not to throw them into a routine, boring role with no challenges, or they might get antsy! These are the types of individuals who like to morph and grow into different roles.
This is why they do well as coaches or leaders. They inherently seek for change - and working individually with others on their journeys and challenges gives them the variety they crave.
Waxing moon folks may want to learn more listening skills and empathy. While they often have great advice and answers, it’s important to brush up on truly hearing another person’s point of view. Learn to pause, to reflect, to feel into a conversation (even the one you have with yourself!) Exercise and meditation is important - any practice to bring you back to your body and what you feel. Your mind is so progressive and active and ready to “GO!” that sometimes you will benefit from some quiet and learning to be present with yourself and others.
As we approach the full moon in the waxing gibbous phase, these folks are dedicated and ambitious hard workers. They also have a sensitive and creative side.
Let’s dive into the details of the New Moon and Waxing Moon birthdays!
New Moon: Like Aries, they act often without too much thought, and rely solely on gut and intuition. They were born when the moon was reflecting no light - and they are living in this lifetime to learn about themselves. Like Aries, they are often thought of as too-self-involved - but this is their path - to learn more about themselves.
Waxing Crescent: These humans have the challenge of letting go of the past - ideas, securities and their comfort zone. Here they are just getting accustomed to more illumination, and may want to crawl back into the womb! But this crisis of old to new is their point of growth. Once they learn to move through initial fears and first steps, they will gain confidence. Sometimes they may need a bit of a push!
First Quarter: These folks can calmly handle life when the shit hits the fan. Conflict and challenges are what they live for, and they crave excitement and change. Like the sign of Scorpio - they can take the old and transform it into new - over and over again. They aren’t afraid to re-create themselves and their environment. They are alchemists, and have a hard time tolerating boring routine - even in their relationships. Here the moon is half-illuminated - and these folks like to show half of themselves and keep the other half private.
Waxing Gibbous: Here we have the researcher and analyzer that strives to be perfect. Much like a Virgo mixed with a dose of Gemini, the Waxing Gibbous individual loves to learn and ask the question “why?” They strive to become the best at all they undertake.
Full moon: If you were born under a full moon, you’re able to see both sides of an issue. - much like the sign of Libra. And because the sun and moon were opposing each other when you were born, there is often a conflict between your heart and your head - you are always trying to balance the two, and this can lead to indecision. However, you are highly sensitive, and understand how to tap into your intuition - you just have to convince your head to listen!
Because of this innate talent to see both sides of a story, you make a great negotiator and conflict resolution specialist (at home and at work). Your challenge is to learn self-trust and to stick to a decision. It’s ok to be wrong sometimes, it’s ok to not be perfect, and understand that sometimes not making a choice is still making a choice! So why not try to go with your gut?
Also like Libra, full moon individuals like to explore their personality through relationships, and crave friendships and romantic relationships (consciously or subconsciously) as this helps them play out their own evolution.
Waning Phases
The waning phases are on a journey to integrate polarities - dark and light, conscious and subconscious, mind and heart. Closer to the full moon are the communicators and rebels, and as the moon progresses into more darkness, the spiritual gurus and introverts are born.
Waning gibbous (disseminating phase)
These are the communicators who like to bring information into the world. They disseminate it for the masses - often teachers, reporters, or involved in communications in some way. They can be quirky, dancing to the beat of a different drummer - and even if they aren’t creative, they love following or enjoying and appreciating the creative arts.
Last quarter
Last quarter humans need solitude and time to just be alone. They are trying to figure themselves out, their place in the world. The reason being - they are undergoing transformations - letting go of the old, figuring out the new - and enter a ‘gestation’ period to realign with the new self. They may change drastically or seem like a rebel for the sake of being a rebel - but often they are just re-aligning with a new value set. They are empathetic to others, and often make good listeners.
Waning crescent moon or Balsamic
These folks need even more alone time - and because of this can tend to be loners. Deeply intuitive and empathetic, these individuals are often healers or shamans. They’re able to see the wisdom in situations and distill information down to its most meaningful essence.
While we all have unique combinations of introvert and extrovert, struggle between logic and intuition, and live in the conscious as well as subconscious, the moon phases teach us what our default pattern is - how we came into the world - the energetics of the moon that imprinted upon us the day (or night) of our birth.
Our Moon Phase, Natal Moon Sign and our Progressed Moon (Our natal moon changes station in our chart every 2.5 years!) can give us an enormous amount of info about our personalities, and the phase of life we are in.