New Moon November 2023 – Endless Struggle

The New Moon in Scorpio on November 13, 2023, aligns with Mars. So, the meaning of the New Moon November 2023 astrology is harnessing your energy through hard work to achieve your goals.

The November 2023 New Moon is also opposite Uranus. This creates a struggle to control aggressive and impulsive urges. Patience, self-discipline and flexibility will help you avoid reckless behavior, instability and conflict.

New Moon November 2023 Horoscope

The New Moon on Monday, November 13, 2023, is at 20°43′ Scorpio. The horoscope below shows that the New Moon is conjunct Mars and opposite Uranus. The other highlighted aspect is Mercury sextile Venus. But its harmonizing influence is overpowered by the disrupting effect of Mars opposite Uranus.

New Moon in Scorpio November 2023

New Moon November 2023 Astrology

Sun conjunct Moon represents the end of one cycle and the beginning of another new 28-day cycle. It gives a refreshing burst of energy and initiative. But it also brings emotional balance, not irrationally emotional, and not too cold and calculating.

So, the New Moon in November 2023 is excellent for making a fresh start, turning over a new leaf, or starting a new project. You can also question old habits, behaviors, and beliefs while searching for new and inventive ways to progress.

New Moon Aspects

New Moon conjunct Mars gives you the energy, motivation and initiative to work hard and achieve your professional goals. It gives you the courage, assertiveness and passion to play hard and fulfill your private desires.

The Sun, Moon and Mars alignment favors business, sport, exercise and sex. But without a constructive outlet, this hot energy can make you restless, angry, and impulsive. This could lead to conflict, violence, accidents, and injuries. Patience is essential.

New Moon opposite Uranus has an unpredictable and destabilizing influence that brings the risk of tyranny, revolution, chaos and anarchy. It makes the November 2023 New Moon a technically challenging moon phase, even before it unleashes Mars’s more impulsive and aggressive nature.

This aspect can create a need for independence and freedom that causes eccentric, disruptive or rebellious behavior. A sudden, unexpected or unusual change, event, separation or encounter could make you anxious, upset and uncertain. Flexibility is required.

Mars opposite Uranus makes you assert your independence and chase your desires more aggressively and selfishly. It lowers inhibitions and reduces self-control to make you even more impulsive. This can cause explosive outbursts of anger and increase the risk of conflict and violence.

Patience and flexibility will help you moderate this spasmodic energy. Focus on your responsibilities and long-term stability to reduce the risk of reckless, thrill-seeking or provocative actions. Don’t stir up trouble. Radical change will cause chaos and be difficult to undo.

The Constellations

The November 2023 New Moon is in the Sign of Scorpio. But as the image below shows, it is in the Constellation of Libra. The Signs and the Constellations do not match up. Over the last 2000 years, the Constellations have moved nearly 30° out of alignment with the Signs because of the precession of the equinoxes.

The Zodiac was invented only as a measuring device. The ecliptic line in the image below matches the degrees in the horoscope above. Like the original astrologers, I use the Constellations and fixed stars for interpretation, not the Signs.

New Moon November 2023

By degree, the New Moon and Mars sit between two significant fixed stars. They have the same brightness but very different natures. Zubeneschamali has a positive Jupiter influence, while Unukalhai has a negative Mars influence.

19♏41 – β Librae, Zubeneschamali
20♏44 – Sun and Moon
22♏11 – Mars
22♏24 – α Serpentis, Unukalhai

The North Scale of the Balance

Thankfully, Zubeneschamali is the dominant stellar influence. The New Moon is closer to Zubeneschamali than Unukalhai. Plus, the Sun, Moon and Mars have already passed Zubeneschamali. The superior conjunctions unleash this star’s full potential.

Fixed star Zubeneschamali brings ambition, good fortune, happiness, wealth, and honor. ^[1] Spiritual and mental forces. ^[2] Positive aspects give a powerful psychic quality, but challenging aspects (opposite Uranus) could make it psychotic. ^[3]

With Sun: Great good fortune, high position, transitory difficulties eventually proving beneficial. ^[1] Favors civil servants, lawyers and scientists. ^[2] Authority, organizing ability, benefits from associates, success with legal, religious, sporting, martial and public matters. Challenging aspects can cause legal problems and involvement in unusual situations. ^[4]

The Heart of the Snake

Meanwhile, the inferior conjunctions to Unukalhai release only part of its energy. But the opposition to Uranus makes this negative star more effective. So, it will still impact the New Moon astrology, primarily through Mars.

Fixed star Unukalhai gives immorality, accidents, violence and poison. ^[1] Crime, boldness, shamelessness, and a rise followed by a fall. ^[4] Possible chronic disease requiring operations. ^[2]

With Mars: Violence, quarrels, lying and crime. ^[1]Outspoken, pushy, shameless, obnoxious, and family problems that never really surface or explode ^[4](the opposition to Uranus could test that theory.)

New Moon November 2023 Meaning

Mars has a powerful influence on the astrology of the November 2023 New Moon. Its proximity to the Sun and Moon creates energy, initiative, courage and desire. But a polarizing aspect to Uranus makes this hot energy erratic, unpredictable, difficult to control and potentially explosive.

The November 13 New Moon aligns with a Jupiter-like star to bring ambition, good fortune and success with intellectual and spiritual power. But the harsh Uranus aspect could create unusual problems, psychic disturbance or psychotic behavior.

Mars aligns with a Mars-like star associated with criminal and immoral actions. It increases the risk of disputes, violence and conflict.

The Endless Struggle

The recent eclipse themes of polarities and contradictions continue with the November 2023 New Moon. The endless struggle between good and evil is shown at all levels, from the planets to the stars.

The New Moon with Mars gives the energy and initiative to work and achieve things. But the opposition to Uranus brings a struggle against aggression and chaos. The positive star, Zubeneschamali, brings order, hope and generosity, while the negative Unukalhai brings violence, immorality and crime.

Ophiuchus and Serpens

This endless struggle is depicted perfectly with the star Unukalhai. It represents the Serpent, struggling vainly in the powerful grasp of Ophiuchus.

The struggle will last forever, since they wage it on equal terms with equal powers. ^[5]

The influence of the November 13 New Moon lasts four weeks up to the December 12 New Moon. The best time for starting new projects is during the two-week waxing moon phase, from November 13 to the November 27 Full Moon.

If the New Moon November 2023 astrology directly affects your Sign, you can read about it in your free Monthly Horoscope. Finally, see Sun Transits for more details about how it affects your natal chart.