Welcome Gemini New Moon, and all your mercurial magic. Part of your job is to help us better understand our ever-changing world, and how that creates change in our communities. Part of your job is to help us function better in it, and in them. Part of your job is to help us become absolute alchemists, so we can have a lot more fun with all of it. So, let’s get to it.
Normally, the earthy, enduring, steadfastness of Taurus season is a period of values-based, results-oriented reflection and re-calibration at a moderate, manageable pace. Taurus is the astrological poster child for the concept of telesis: progress, intelligently planned. And normally, as each sign is a response to the one that came before it, these exalted Taurean traits are exactly what is needed after the feisty, fiery volatility of Aries season. Normally.
Welcome to the Aries New Moon 2026. The Aries New Moon is always a special one because Aries is the first sign of the zodiac. Yes, all New Moons are new beginnings. But Aries placement as the first of the twelve signs of the zodiac makes any Aries New Moon a particularly poignant and powerful new beginning. Especially for those with an Aries Sun or with strong Aries in their birth charts. But this year, with all the other astrological factors adding emphasis (no planets retrograde, the Year of the Fire Horse, the Saturn-Neptune conjunction, the five outer planets shifting from one sign to another), there is a lot more power available to you. Use it.
