New Moon in Libra 2019

Art by Element Octothorpe

09/28/2019 2:26 p.m. Eastern Time

Horoscopes for this New Moon are organized by rising sign. If you don’t know your rising sign, feel free to email me to ask.

Aries Rising

In recent weeks you may have been letting go of what no longer serves your mental health. This new moon is a great time for setting intentions around how you’d like to grow your close partnerships with friends and lovers. You should have a better than usual ability to connect with others on a basis of shared enthusiasm around beliefs or learning something new. If you’ve been growing your philosophical or spiritual outlook on life over the past year or so, this could be a great time to set intentions around how you’d like your close companions to gel with your newly expanded perspective. There could be some conflict that arises between your relationships and career. If so, use the friction to inspire your new intentions. If you don't have a partner, try creating one using one of your ribs. This is a classic technique for ruining a perfect garden.

Taurus Rising

Lately you may have been shedding certain aspects of your community that no longer fit you. Now the focus is on how you’d like to realign with your highest intentions for serving others and your own body. There is the opportunity to create more equitable arrangements and contracts around the work you do. It’s also a great time to think about how you can achieve greater equilibrium within the old meat-suit. You might try Qi Gong, Tai Chi or other activities that emphasize a focus on the breath and maximize the harmony your body is capable of experiencing. Look for opportunities to grow with others: perhaps pooling your resources with a close partner can lead to you being able to do more of the work you’d like to do. If you don’t believe you’re worth the effort, your beliefs need some adjusting.

Gemini Rising

These days you may have been busy reforming some aspects of your career. This new moon is an opportunity to turn your attention to what you’d like to create and how you want to have fun. It’s a great time to start a creative project with a friend or a partner. Consider dance classes with your partner or art classes with friends. Reprioritize beauty and harmony and renew your commitment to enjoying delightful things as well as making them. You may need to make some adjustments regarding shared resources to make this happen. Also, if you don’t want to have kids, be extra careful that you don’t accidentally make some around this time.

Cancer Rising

In recent weeks you may have been reworking your beliefs and letting some old ones go. This new moon is your chance to set intentions around how you’d like your home and family life to function. Spend some time dreaming about your perfect place, then take some actions to make it beautiful. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, we shape our environments and they shape us in turn. Make your place lovely and you will love doing things there. Make it a place where you’d be happy to work on your most inspired projects, to cook healthy meals, do yoga, whatever you need to be the healthiest, best version of yourself.

Leo Rising

Lately you may have been focused on those things which you don’t own but share with others. This new moon is your opportunity to set intentions and plant seeds around how you’d like to communicate your ideas with others. Also think about the schedule you’d most like to keep. Focus on balance and harmony, but also go wild with creative pursuits. If you’ve been dreaming of a creative writing project, this could be the perfect time to start. Set your words free and light your art on fire, even if you have to carve out time from work to make it happen.

Virgo Rising

In recent weeks you have likely been focused on letting go of some aspects of relationships that are no longer serving you. This new moon is a great time to set intentions around finances and what you value. Balance your budget, beautify your belongings, and find ways to make your ongoing improvements to your home and family life hum along better all the while. Also clarify what is important to you in life and put your money where your mouth is. You’ve been changing what you create and how you have fun, and you may need to adjust your resources to accommodate those changes.

Libra Rising

Perhaps lately you've been feeling obsolete. Well, even cassette tapes can be cool. Decide that you're vintage and that only corporate idiots would be blind to your gushing loveability. Draw extra lines on your face because old is the new young. Recently you may have lost your voice trying to scream over people who were born feeling entitled to interrupt you. This time, say what you always meant with art. Use thick black lines and get everything wet. This is as an opportunity to break outdated conditioning inherited from your family.

Scorpio Rising

You can never see whatever is there on the back of your head. This new moon would like for you to hold up two mirrors and at least try. You might find a business opportunity back there, or a belief that you didn't realize you don't want. Have a yard sale for your unconscious and get rid of those old dusty dreams. The hardest part might be writing the signs. Be sure to include the date and the times, and when the sale is over, take that shit down. Use the money you make to refurnish your dreamscape with art that reflects your highest intentions.

Sagittarius Rising

For awhile now, you've been raging at work and getting rid of your family baggage. But today is the day for making sure all your friends look good and get along. If they don't, make a vision board and put all the people you want to be friends with on it. You can use Photoshop to give them extra arms with which to hug your image. You might need to resolve a conflict between these people and your own set of values. You’re going to feel like a big deal, so try not to make everyone jealous.

Capricorn Rising

In recent weeks, you've hopefully let go of those parts of your schedule that were taking all your time in unnecessary ways as well as revising your approach to communication. Also, you might have been angry about the ways you believe things should be versus the ways they actually are. Now it's time to shift your focus to your career: is it fair for all involved? Is it making the world more lovely and harmonious? If you're not where you want to be, reorient your life-boat and start sailing in the correct direction. Spend some quality quiet time alone and generate the perfect brainstorm for inspiration.

Aquarius Rising

Lately you realized it was time to release some old values or even physical possessions that had stopped being so great. Now you can shift gears and think about God instead. What do you want her to be? If you think it's your parents, make sure you had good parents. Otherwise, draw a new God in your own image. You may prefer to de-anthropomorphize God into a set of images or laws that balance one another. If you can practice your beliefs with a group, try that. If it gives you a headache to try, keep looking for ways to drain the swamp of your unconscious.

Pisces Rising

You got rid of some old ideas about who you are recently, and it's possible that your partner or friend was driving you nuts. How would you like to have sex though? Can you find a nice way to balance out your love and hate in the bedroom? Think too about other things you share and make moves now to upgrade them in the direction of your highest intentions. This could also be a great time to connect with ancestors or start occult practices. While all of this might seem to be in conflict with your community, it can also be energizing for your career.