The Moon has returned to the fire temple of Mars, cloaked in shadows, poised for something rare and wild. She is new—hidden—and yet more powerful than she seems.
She stands in Aries, and Aries demands action.
But this isn’t an ordinary New Moon. It’s a Solar Eclipse.
It will look like the Moon has taken a bite out of the Sun. And in a way—she has. Her shadow briefly dims the great light, interrupting the radiant surge of Aries season with a moment of cosmic stillness. The Sun, so confident in his fire, must now reckon with the mystery and magnitude of the Moon.
This isn’t opposition. This is mutual reception.
🔄 The Moon is hosting Mars in her water temple, Cancer, and
🔄 Mars is hosting the Moon in his fire temple, Aries.
The guardian and the nurturer have exchanged temples. Mars, newly softened in Cancer, offers the Moon a protective embrace, while the Moon, holding her ground in Aries, reminds the Sun that courage can be tender, too.
🌒 How to Work With a New Moon During an Eclipse
This is not the time for manifestation rituals.
Eclipses open portals of karmic redirection. They are wild cards, cosmic edits. Creation magic cast during eclipses can scatter, distort, or backfire—because what’s being rewritten is out of your hands.
But that doesn’t mean you’re powerless.
Instead of creating, observe.
Instead of scripting, listen.
Instead of pushing, pause.
This is a moment to acknowledge what’s being eclipsed in your own life. What identity is burning off? What internal spark is flickering into something new?
You don’t need to force clarity.
The Moon will return with more light.
🔥 A Mirror from the Past: Full Moon in Aries, October 17, 2024
To understand what this New Moon is asking of you, reflect back to the Full Moon in Aries on October 17, 2024. That was the last time the Moon stood in full radiance in this temple of fire.
Ask yourself:
What was burning through you then?
What part of your identity was asking to be claimed?
What inner fire were you tending—or ignoring?
Now, with this New Moon, you’re not being asked to ignite something new.
You’re being asked to surrender to what’s already in motion.
To let go of what’s blocking the fire.
To trust what’s transforming, even if you can’t yet name it.
🌓 Reflection Prompts
🌀 What am I releasing around identity, instinct, and action?
🔥 Where am I being reshaped by fire—not to destroy, but to transform?
🌒 What shadow has fallen over my self-expression, and what might emerge when the light returns?
🛡️ Who or what is holding space for my transformation while I move through this eclipse?
Remember:
This is not the end of something.
It’s the opening of something beyond what you could’ve imagined before.
Let the Moon hold the moment.
Let Mars protect it.
Let the fire speak when the time is right.