All About The New Moon In Sagittarius

There are weeks that feel like they stretch your internal bandwidth, and this one carries that flavor. Mars entered Capricorn yesterday, giving you the impulse to climb, produce, and push through fatigue even when your body and intuition are whispering for rest. As we move through this week, the Sun prepares to square Saturn, and the atmosphere thickens. The Sun is in Sagittarius, Saturn is in Pisces at the twenty fifth degree, and the energetic tension here can feel like taking two steps forward and one step into quicksand.

You may feel yourself working too hard, sleeping too little, and brushing up against criticism that feels personal even when it is simply feedback. Let this be the week where everything rolls off your back like water, and where you treat your own heart with gentleness. There is a New Moon approaching, and your energy is meant to soften, not fracture.

The New Moon in Sagittarius at the twenty eighth degree arrives as a complicated teacher. The twenty eighth degree is a pivot point, the final gate before culmination, the place where old stories are stripped back to their most honest form. Twenty-eight is the acknowledgment of what can no longer continue in its current shape. It is the degree of the final edit, the truth that comes just before the conclusion, the reckoning that precedes the release. When a New Moon lands here, it invites you to begin again by letting go of something you once carried as part of your identity.

The Sun, the New Moon, and Venus are locked in hard conflict with Neptune and Saturn. This combination creates the sensation of being pulled toward your responsibilities while the ground beneath you shifts. There is pressure here, and there is definitely confusion. It may feel like the more you try to get clear, the more fog settles in. When the energy stacks Saturn and Neptune against your personal planets, they push you to pause, reassess, and admit where your current approach is unsustainable. The point is not to overwhelm you, the point is to actually realign your life in a way that actually protects your energy long term.

Jupiter moves into an assisting role with a trine that asks Saturn to restructure your lifestyle. Jupiter brings the insight, Saturn brings the reality check, and together they create the opportunity for meaningful change. This is where you allow help in. If you are wrestling with a decision, this is the moment to see a therapist, get a second opinion, or speak with someone who can help you get perspective. Jupiter never advocates struggling alone, and help will be offered in unlikely places so ask!

And I say this because Uranus also reaches toward Saturn and Neptune, offering a creative, unusual, or offbeat solution. Look for the idea that seems slightly unorthodox but feels strangely correct. Uranus is the planet that shows you the exit door you did not realize was there.

On December 20th, Venus squares Saturn. Venus is in Sagittarius, Saturn is in Pisces at the 26th degree. This can bring a wave of loneliness or isolation, the sense that you are the only one carrying a particular emotional or financial burden. Do not mistake this for truth. It is simply the feeling state of the transit, not the reality of your relationships. Read that again if you need to friend. 

That same day, the Sun squares Neptune. The Sun is in Sagittarius, Neptune is in Pisces at the 29th degree, which is one of the most charged degrees in the zodiac. Twenty-nine is the energetic degree, the place where illusions can distort perception. This is a transit where you must stay grounded, stay rooted in what is real, and listen to all points of view rather than reinforcing your own assumptions. Visual thinking is tempting, but facts will carry you farther, I promise. 

The Sun will enter Capricorn on the 21st, shifting you from fire to earth, from expansion to structure. Although this is a New Moon, it is also a moon of release. You are clearing the path before you begin again. I will have more about this in our next newsletter, along with a specific New Moon ritual, for now here are some key points to remember about the truth behind release as well as some journal prompts to get you tuned in and aligned to the energy coming through. 

10 Key Points About Releasing & Letting Go:

1. Release is not collapse. It is the conscious decision to stop dragging what has already ended.

2. Release is the return of your energy to your own body after months of scattering it.

3. Release is the decision to stop arguing with reality and start moving with it.

4. Release is the emotional exhale that makes space for the next timeline.

5. Release is the refusal to carry responsibility for what someone else refuses to change.

6. Release is the moment you choose rest over punishment.

7. Release is the recognition that confusion is often the sign that something is already dissolving.

8. Release is the softening that happens when you stop bracing for impact.

9. Release is the clarity that arrives when you allow something to leave instead of forcing it to stay.

10. Release is the gateway to the life you have been trying to build for years.

Journal Prompts For Letting Go:

- What has been draining me, and why have I continued to hold it?

- Where am I confusing loyalty with self-abandonment?

- What truth have I been avoiding because I did not want the change it would require?

- What fear is keeping me attached to something that no longer grows me?

- Where have I been waiting for permission to walk away?

- What part of my identity is tied to a story that no longer reflects who I am?

- What becomes possible the moment I stop resisting what is ending?

- Who am I when I am not carrying everyone else’s expectations?

- What support do I need to release this with grace instead of force?

Mantras:

I exhale what exhausts me and I claim what strengthens me.

I let truth guide me and I let confusion fall away.

My life expands the moment I stop holding on to what is already complete.