The new moon in 28°of Sagittarius on December 19 (7:43 p.m. CST) opens a sacred gateway that asks us to stretch beyond the familiar and seek fresh horizons. We are invited to take a leap of faith so that we might elevate and expand our awareness and open the doors of our potential.
This lunation carries the frequency of initiation and inspired action. Something new is being seeded within our beliefs, our faith, and our relationship with our future self.
What we value, trust, and act on are coming into alignment.
What truth is our soul ready to live by now—even if it changes everything?
This is the final new moon of the calendar year, guiding us into hope for the path ahead. We now have a better perspective of what we have been moving through and can integrate all we have been learning in order to advance forward.
Trust yourself enough to follow what is calling to you.
Neptune has just ended its yearly retrograde cycle on December 10th and will be exalted until December 29th. Neptune represents a bridge between consciousness, psychic abilities, and spiritual truths. We can tap into our heightened intuition, and access our cosmic heart, compassion, and creative vision for our lives more easily at this time.
This new moon energy plants seeds for expansion over the next 18 months. The intentions we set now will come to fruition around the full moon in Sagittarius on June 19, 2027. We are encouraged to bring our attention to what we wish to create and what helps us to connect to the spark of life. What helps us feel alive? What beginnings are emerging? Where are we being asked to take a quantum leap into the unknown? What must we release to serve our growth?
“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.”
Pema Chödrön
Crossing the Threshold
The chart of this lunation has the sun, moon, Venus, and Juno conjunct the galactic center. The galactic center represents a point of spiritual awareness that is revealing fresh insights on past experiences we never fully understood.
Venus invites us to expand our hearts and hope in relationships. Juno in Sagittarius represents our sacred commitment to our growth, exploration of new paths and partnerships. Juno reminds us of the power that lies within to create what we desire. This is a call to recharge the contracts that we have with ourselves. We are supported in dreaming more boldly, living more honestly and moving toward what feels true.
“What you seek is seeking you.”
Rumi
This new moon also squares Saturn and Neptune in Pisces, reminding us that dreams require structure to be made into reality. It is necessary now to reflect on what it means to commit more fully to the dreams we have been envisioning. While Neptune guides us toward the meaning and heart connection of what we wish to create, Saturn creates the strategy and structure to bring an idea into form. We can’t move forward in our lives without the sense of a solid connection between our dreams and our ability to construct them in a disciplined way. The tension of this square invites us to take responsibility for what we desire and to show up for the real work of becoming emotionally mature enough to build our dreams.
The next big adventure is beckoning us forward. This new moon is a cosmic amplifier meant to guide us into uncharted territory.
Every beginning brings excitement and joy, but there can also be fear. This is a crucial time of recognizing how the next steps of our growth do not always align with our security. We are asked to challenge what feels safe and familiar and has been keeping us from building the life that we want to create. There is a longing for a new journey that is emerging in some area of our lives, and we are being asked to cross the threshold into unknown territory and embrace the unfamiliar.
This past year has been a vital time of recalibrating what is most essential. This cycle brings big shifts and big jumps, along with realizations about what we believe and what it means to commit to our principles more fully. Our priorities are also being reshaped. We are beginning to sense that what once seemed important no longer holds meaning, while discovering that other aspects of our lives are now rising in significance. This new moon illuminates our awareness around this shift in values and calls us to live in alignment with them.
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.”
Joseph Campbell
We Examine Our Beliefs
This cosmic weather drives us to seek beyond our limitations as we cross the threshold of who we are becoming, and to write different narratives of what in our lives is truly possible to build authentically. We hold conditioned beliefs and ancestral patterns in order to break them and to reconnect to our ideals.
This is an important time of restored faith and to calculate the risk of entering new chapters, new dimensions, and new learning. This energy propels us forward in order to honor our goals while also giving us the assurance that the universe is supporting us. We are asked to cultivate our courage and confidence in ourselves and our abilities as we develop new skills and enter new cycles.
“I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.”
Audre Lorde
The Invitation
This is a moment to remember who we were when we trusted life and followed our natural curiosity forward. New ways of being open new doors. We are called to take a leap of faith and venture beyond our comfort zone into fresh ways of learning, teaching, and being in the world.
This new moon reminds us that the future is shaped by our faith, courage, and vision.
This cycle also offers us the ability to tap into the wisdom we have accumulated, clearing the way for a fresh start. We can gain profound insight when we cultivate the ability to lean into the unknown and take inspired action toward our next steps without having to have all the details of how everything will unfold.