New Moon of December 9, 2026

What this lunation colors

The bow is drawn at the hollow of December, when the nights are at their longest: the new moon in Sagittarius has something of a campfire in midwinter, a flame that tells stories of departure. Mutable fire, the sign of the ninth house: travel, studies that widen you, the philosophy you build for yourself, the meaning you give to everything else. To sow in Sagittarius is to plant a direction more than a goal: the exact destination matters less than the angle of the launch. A Sagittarian seed looks like a plane ticket not yet bought, a course you’ve spotted, a fundamental question finally asked (“where am I going, exactly?”), a faith to rekindle, whatever its form. The mood of the lunation is optimistic, expansive, slightly over the top: everything seems possible, and that’s both its magic and its trap. Mutable fire catches enthusiasm fast and happily changes targets; so tradition recommends sowing a vision here, and leaving the steps to the earth lunations that follow. Jan Spiller links this new moon to adventure and the search for truth: seeing past the backdrop of your own life. Use the altitude of these few days to look at your year like a map unfolded: where is north? Which direction, if you took it now, would lend meaning even to the detours? That’s the arrow to nock.

The full portrait of this lunation, to read before the day: new moon in Sagittarius.