Tomorrow’s New Moon in Sagittarius is about hope, spontaneity, optimism, faith and adventure. Wherever it falls in your chart is where you need an injection of these things. For that reason, this is one of my favourite New Moons of the year. It’s the opportunists New Moon. It’s not so much glass half full or half empty, it’s, ‘wow that half was great and now there’s room for more, so fill me up!’

Sagittarius is the Seeker, the Optimist, the Gypsy, the Student of Life and the Preacher of Faith. It follows that wherever Sagittarius falls in your chart is where you are being asked to actively seek out people and experiences to help you expand beyond your comfort zone on this great adventure we call Life. It’s where you aim for the horizon, focus on the future and the possibility of possibility, and ask the bigger questions.

Every so often we need to re-discover this part of ourselves – the part that will take a little (measured) risk, the part that wants to be excited by what’s next, the part that wants your heart to race (even just a little) at what you have just (or soon will) experienced.

The New Moon is your reminder to do just that. It can be like a recharge on your faith and excitement switch so if life is feeling a tad so-so, you have the opportunity to do something about it. Notice I said you have the opportunity to do something about it? Yep, as with all new starts, passivity simply won’t cut it.

It doesn’t need to be difficult – it could be as simple as trying a new cuisine next time you eat out or picking up a book on something you’ve always wanted to learn about.

The other thing with the New Moon in Sagittarius is that you might be less afraid to look up and out, to take that leap of faith. Maybe you feel you have outgrown your present situation? Maybe it’s time to take the reins into your hands and gallop off into the sunset? Maybe it’s time to be honest with yourself and those around you? Maybe it’s time to reach for the Moon? Take a magic carpet ride? Dream big? There is no limit to the possibilities.

The Sagittarius New Moon is ruled by Jupiter, so it’s worth having a little look at his condition while we’re here. Still retrograde in Taurus, he’s on the go slow. What does this mean? Taurus is a fixed sign and can sometimes use a little convincing to change course, do if your big plans seem to be taking a tad longer than you’d like to get moving, that’s absolutely okay. Besides, Mercury has stationed and will be retrograde a few hours after this New Moon – more on that tomorrow.

Doing it for yourself…

As you probably know by now, this site isn’t about telling you what will happen, but rather giving you the tools to attempt to identify the themes for yourself. That’s the DIY part of the tagline. If you’ve been reading along, you should know how to find where the New Moon is happening in your chart. If you’re new to this site (welcome), duck across and check out this post before you go any further.

The position you’re looking for is 20 Sagittarius 40’, or thereabouts. This is the area of life that you’re being asked to expand, learn and grow through experience. It’s where you can push some personal boundaries.

This is the 10^th house for me so this is my annual career wake-up call. At 20 Sagittarius it’s also square my Pisces Sun. The square brings tension and challenge – and that’s not a bad thing. In fact, it’s often the opposite in that the tension of the square can provide the tipping point you need to initiate action and push at some boundaries.

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about the things that make my heart sing professionally and creatively. I’ve been enrolling in some on-line courses to learn about book marketing and the business of self-publishing. It’s those things I’ll be setting intentions around this month. I’ll be writing them down with the Sagittarian spark of freedom and soaring dreams in mind. The sky is not the limit and boundaries are there to be leapt over.

The Moon is natally in my 1^st house and rules my 5^th, so as always my New Moon story will have an outcome in the 5^th In order to be true to my Moon, the goals I’ll set for my career will have 5^th house creativity in mind.

As for you? Find where 20/21 Sagittarius is in your chart.

How do the concerns of this house make you feel?

How would you like to feel about them?

What positive steps can you take over the next four weeks to minimise the gap between how you feel about this are and how you’d like to feel?

Now, let’s set our intentions. Think about the area of life you’re focusing on and set small achievable targets. Make sure that you do at least one thing towards this goal this month. Because we’re talking about Sagittarius, think about the big picture and pretend there are no fences in the way. You can plan the steps out next month when Capricorn hosts the New Moon.

*****Write it down!!!!!!!!!!******

If you don’t have any idea about your birth time, or can’t be faffed working it out, you can follow the solar guide:

• If your Sun or Ascendant is in Sagittarius, this New Moon will be in your 1st house.
• If your Sun or Ascendant is in Capricorn, this New Moon will be in your 12th house.
• If your Sun or Ascendant is in Aquarius, this New Moon will be in your 11th house.
• If your Sun or Ascendant is in Pisces, this New Moon will be in your 10th house.
• If your Sun or Ascendant is in Aries, this New Moon will be in your 9th house.
• If your Sun or Ascendant is in Taurus, this New Moon will be in your 8th house.
• If your Sun or Ascendant is in Gemini, this New Moon will be in your 7th house.
• If your Sun or Ascendant is in Cancer, this New Moon will be in your 6th house.
• If your Sun or Ascendant is in Leo, this New Moon will be in your 5th house.
• If your Sun or Ascendant is in Virgo, this New Moon will be in your 4th house.
• If your Sun or Ascendant is in Libra, this New Moon will be in your 3rd house.
• If your Sun or Ascendant is in Scorpio this New Moon will be in your 2nd house.

New Moon 20 Sagittarius 40’, 13 December 2023 at around 9.33am AEST