Today’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 opportunist’s 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, 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 shoot arrows into the sky, aiming for the horizon. It’s where you focus beyond what you know – on the future and the possibility of possibility, and it’s where you 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. This New Moon is your reminder to do just that.

New Moons are always opportunities for new starts and setting new intentions and this one can be like a recharge on your faith and excitement switch. So, if life feels a tad so-so, you can do something about it. Notice I said you can do something about it? Yep, as with all new starts, passivity won’t cut it.

It doesn’t need to be complicated – 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.

Jupiter rules the Sagittarius New Moon, so it’s worth looking at his condition while we’re here. Still retrograde, Jupiter is in Gemini – a sign where he’s not operating at his best. However, another couple of factors are in play with this New Moon. The first is that Mercury is now retrograde in Sagittarius, and the second is that Mars, which is (widely) trine this New Moon is about to turn retrograde. For this reason it feels very much like those arrows you’re firing into the sky are exploratory only at this stage.  And that’s absolutely okay.

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 9 Sagittarius 32’, 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.

My latest Christmas novel, Christmas at Fountains Hall, was released last week and – 13 books in – I attended my first market as an author. It’s something I’ll seek to do more of next year as I look for additional ways of selling books.

Over the next couple of days I’ll be figuratively sending some questing arrows into the sky – in other words, I’ll be brainstorming ideas for next year and setting intentions around them. 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.

As for you? Find where 9/10 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.