October 21, 2025, 8:24 AM ETNew Moon at 28°21' Libra This New Moon doesn't happen in isolation. It happens in the middle of the Mercury-Mars-Lilith conjunction in Scorpio (Oct 20-26). That timing matters more than the transit itself. Here's where you are in October: October 6: Aries Full Moon showed you the pattern of self-abandonmentOctober 20-26: Mercury-Mars-Lilith gives you language for what you sawOctober 21: This New Moon asks what you're going to do about it. This

Mercury slides into Scorpio on October 6th, and within hours, the Full Moon in Aries lights up at 14 degrees. You've been calling your anger "toxicity." You've been pathologizing your gut reactions. You've been told that if you were truly evolved, you'd be unbothered—calm, collected, above it all. What's a