Lunar calendar · Sagittarius · fire
New Moon in Sagittarius.
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A new moon in Sagittarius happens when the Sun and Moon meet in the sign of Sagittarius, about once a year. The next one falls on December 9, 2026. Tradition reads it as a moment of sowing in the register of the sign: at the darkest point of the year, a direction is planted, something wide, something meaningful, a horizon of one’s own.
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.
A ritual to welcome it
Unfold a map, real or imagined: of the world, of your region, or of your life five years out. Set your finger on a point that calls to you without your knowing quite why, and write ten lines about what that point represents: a place, but above all a version of you. Then phrase your intention as a direction (“I’m heading toward…”), never as a box to tick. Then go walk farther than usual, to a spot where the view carries: a hill, a bridge, the end of an open street. Look into the distance for a full minute. Sagittarius sows with its eyes on the horizon.
Three questions for your journal
- If my life kept going exactly on its current trajectory for five years, would I arrive somewhere I actually want to arrive?
- Which inherited belief (family, background, era) did I adopt without ever testing it for myself?
- What would widen my world in the next six months: a place, a book, a language, an encounter?
More questions are waiting on the new moon writing page.
And the full moon in the same sign: full moon in Sagittarius, or the whole full moon calendar.