Scorpio New Moon 2026: The Inner Flame

Sacred Sound & Light Transmission Replay

What is worthy of your devotion—and how will you tend it?

Our Scorpio New Moon ceremony replay is now available. Join us from wherever you are for a Sacred Sound & Light Transmission devoted to inward listening, remembrance, and renewal.

Make yourself comfortable, have drinking water nearby, and give yourself this time to pause. Whether you gathered with us live or are arriving for the first time, you are welcome here.

With Heather & Donny of Black Swan Temple · November 8, 2026

Listening Beneath the Surface

There are moments when a new beginning first appears as a quiet feeling: something needs more care, something has completed its purpose, or a familiar way of living no longer fits.

The Scorpio New Moon offers a contemplative setting for listening to those feelings.

In our astrological practice, Scorpio invites honesty about the attachments, desires, and protective patterns that shape our lives. We may notice where our attention has become scattered, where a boundary needs strengthening, or where we are ready to make room for a different response.

We can meet these discoveries with tenderness. Understanding often becomes possible when we have enough space to listen.

This New Moon occurs at 16°53′ Scorpio, on November 8 at 11:02 PM Pacific Time—November 9 in time zones farther east.

Our theme, The Inner Flame, invites us to reconnect with what remains meaningful beneath the activity of daily life: our love, creativity, integrity, and willingness to care.

A Season of Remembrance

Within our Temple practice, this season holds a particular invitation toward inwardness.

We observe Solar Samhain when the Sun reaches 15 degrees of Scorpio, and Lunar Samhain with the Scorpio New Moon. These are moments for reflecting on what we have gathered, what is ending, and what deserves our devotion as we enter another cycle.

For some of us, this is a time when the veil feels thin. A dream brings a beloved face close again. A familiar fragrance awakens a memory. We find ourselves reaching for a family recipe or remembering the words of a teacher.

A candle, a spoken name, or a story shared with someone younger can give remembrance a place in our lives.

Ancestral reflection can also hold discernment. We may give thanks for courage, resourcefulness, and love while acknowledging patterns we wish to change.

What will we carry forward with love—and what are we ready to stop passing on?

The way we answer becomes part of what future generations inherit.

The Scorpion: Protection & Discernment

Scorpio’s symbol, the scorpion, offers an image through which to contemplate protection.

We all have ways of guarding what is tender. Some boundaries remain necessary and wise. Some protective responses developed in circumstances that have since changed.

We can approach those responses with compassion, recognizing how they have tried to care for us.

There is no need to force an opening or set aside a boundary that supports our well-being. Instead, we can ask where we need a clearer limit, more support, or time to choose a different response.

What boundary would help me tend my inner flame with greater care?

Perhaps the answer is a respectful no. Perhaps it is asking for help, protecting time for rest, or allowing a creative practice to have a place in the week.

Discernment helps us decide what to welcome and where to give our energy.

Devotion in Daily Life

An inner flame needs tending.

A meaningful intention becomes part of our lives through the attention we give it: returning to a practice, keeping a small promise, making an honest request, or setting aside time for something we love.

We can begin with what is possible now.

A few minutes of quiet before reaching for the phone. A page in a journal. A conversation approached with greater care. A moment outdoors in which we remember to breathe and notice the living world.

Like a seed beneath the soil, a new beginning may be taking root before we can see its form.

Ask yourself:

What am I ready to bring to life—and how can I nourish it with patience, love, and practical care?

Preparing to Receive the Replay

Choose a comfortable place where you can rest undisturbed. You may wish to have a blanket, drinking water, and a journal nearby.

If you enjoy working with anointing oils, apply a familiar oil before beginning. A candle can also help mark the time you are setting aside.

Let your experience be your own. You may sit or lie down, keep your eyes open or closed, and adjust your position whenever needed. There is no image you must see or feeling you must produce.

Allow yourself to listen and receive at your own pace.

Anointing Oils for This Lunation

During this lunation and the coming two weeks, let these oils accompany moments of reflection and renewal. Notice which fragrance is calling you; your preference may shift as the days unfold.

Amber — Grounding & Belonging
Let Amber accompany a pause to feel your body and the ground beneath you.

“I am rooted in the present as I honor what has shaped me.”

Rose — Love & Remembrance
Bring Rose into a moment of loving remembrance, allowing gratitude, tenderness, and grief to have room together.

“I give love a place to live through remembrance.”

Myrrh — Devotion & Inner Strength
Let Myrrh mark your intention to gather your attention and choose what deserves your energy.

“I devote my energy to what matters.”

Blue Lotus — Stillness & Inner Listening
Let Blue Lotus accompany meditation, dream journaling, or quiet contemplation.

“I make space for wisdom to unfold.”

Carrying the Experience Forward

After watching, take a few quiet minutes before returning to your day. Feel your feet on the ground, drink some water, and notice what you would like to remember.

In your journal, complete these sentences:

• I am making room for…

• I am devoted to…

• My next small act is…

Choose one action that feels manageable, and consider when you will make room for it.

You may also hold your drinking water between your hands and offer a simple blessing:

May I give my attention to what matters.
May I meet what is changing with compassion.
May my devotion take form in the choices I make.

Take a slow sip, receiving nourishment and remembering your intention.

A Deeper Invitation

If this season has awakened a desire to explore ancestral connection more deeply, our Journey with the Ancestors Mysterium remains available.

Through Egyptian Yoga, sound healing, and contemplative practice, we explore remembrance, restoration, and the wisdom we choose to carry forward.

Explore Journey with the Ancestors Mysterium

For now, we invite you to return to the replay above and give yourself time to listen.

May your inner flame be well tended. May your boundaries protect what is precious. And may the care you cultivate within yourself find expression in the world around you.

With love and devotion,
Heather & Donny
Black Swan Temple