THE NEW MOON IN LIBRA

October 10, 2026 · A new beginning between love, truth, and inner justice

The upcoming New Moon in Libra on October 10th invites us to look at our relationships from a deeper place: not from what we wish to preserve at any cost, but from what truly deserves to remain in our lives.

This lunation arrives accompanied by a particularly revealing astrological movement: Venus, ruler of Libra, is retrograde in Scorpio. And here begins the real story.

What happens when the planet of love invites us to revisit our feelings while the New Moon asks us to write a new chapter?

It's no longer enough for something to look beautiful on the outside. We need to feel that it's also true on the inside.

Venus retrograde: love that needs to move through the shadows

In astrology, Venus represents love, bonds, pleasure, personal values, and our way of recognizing what we consider valuable. When retrograde, its symbolism invites us to review these matters with a different perspective.

In Scorpio, that review takes on depth. Emotions that remained hidden may demand attention; bonds may reveal their most vulnerable areas, and certain desires may transform when we understand what need lies behind them.

You might discover that you've spent too long trying to be chosen by someone without asking yourself whether you were also choosing that relationship.

You might understand that forgiving doesn't always mean going back, that loving isn't about enduring everything, and that the most important loyalty begins when we stop betraying ourselves to keep the peace.

This energy doesn't necessarily announce breakups or returns. It proposes something more intimate: observing which relationships allow us to be authentic and which ones need an honest conversation.

Because Libra's harmony isn't about avoiding conflicts. It's about learning to resolve them without abandoning our own truth.

A symbolic closing and six months to change the rules

This lunation is spoken of as the closing of a hundred-year cycle and the beginning of another six months. It's best understood as a symbolic interpretation of transformation, not as an astronomical hundred-year cycle that ends exactly with this New Moon.

However, the image it proposes is powerful: closing an old way of relating to love, commitment, and justice to begin building another.

Over the next six months, you can use this intention as a personal compass. It's not about waiting for the heavens to decide for you, but about asking yourself what you want to do differently.

Where are you giving more than you receive?

What conversation have you been putting off?

What boundary do you need to set to regain your peace?

Are you building relationships from the desire to share or from the fear of being alone?

The justice that Libra reminds us of isn't always about courts, agreements, or external decisions. Sometimes it begins in a quiet room, when we recognize that we've been accepting less than we need for far too long.

True inner justice appears when you stop negotiating what allows you to live at peace with yourself.

✧ RITUAL OF THE INVISIBLE SCALE

New Moon in Libra · October 10

There are imbalances that no one sees, but the soul feels. This New Moon invites you to discover where you're giving too much of yourself and what you need to reclaim to feel in harmony again.

You'll need: a small mirror, two different stones, a bowl of water, and a sheet of paper.

1. Look at what the mirror holds.

Place the mirror in front of you and observe your face for a few moments. Don't look for imperfections: look at the person who has held so many things in silence.

Ask yourself: At what point did I start forgetting about myself so that everything else would be okay?

Allow the answer to come without judging yourself.

2. Build your own scale.

Place one stone on each side of the water bowl. The first will represent what you give: your time, your love, your patience, your care. The second will symbolize what you receive: respect, presence, understanding, reciprocity.

Observe both stones and ask yourself if there is balance in your life.

They don't have to be equal. Love isn't accounting, but it shouldn't become a place where one person is always emptying themselves and the other never learns to hold.

3. The secret beneath the water.

Write on a piece of paper a single sentence that represents something you no longer wish to accept in your life. Don't write anyone's name. Write the pattern you want to transform: silencing yourself out of fear, feeling guilty when setting boundaries, or confusing love with sacrifice.

Fold the paper and place it under the bowl, without wetting it.

Then, gaze at the water and say softly:

«I return to my life the balance that begins within me. I don't need to stop loving to learn to choose myself. May what is true remain, may what can grow transform, and may I find the courage to release what dims my light».

4. The commitment for the next six months.

Choose one of the stones and hold it in your hands. It will be your symbol of reciprocity for the next six months.

Keep it in a special place and, each time you need to make an important decision, look at it again. Not to search for magical signs, but to remember the promise you've made to yourself: not to decide solely from the fear of losing, but also from respect for what you need.

When finished, remove the paper and tear it as a symbolic gesture of closure. Pour the water onto the earth or down the drain, and extinguish the candle, if you've used one, safely.

This New Moon's teaching: you cannot control what another person is willing to offer you, but you can learn to recognize what you need to build healthier bonds.

Sometimes, regaining balance doesn't mean getting someone to change their place in your life.

It means changing the place you occupy in yours.

Because this New Moon doesn't come to promise you a perfect story.

It comes to remind you that you can consciously participate in the story you're building.

And perhaps, when six months pass, you'll discover that the most important change wasn't finding a different love, receiving an answer, or getting someone to choose you.

Perhaps it was learning not to leave yourself for last.

May this New Moon find you ready to build a life where love is also fair to you.

What time will the New Moon in Libra occur?

The New Moon will take place on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at 3:50 PM UTC, when the Sun and Moon meet in Libra.

Country or region

Local time

🇪🇸 Peninsular Spain

5:50 PM

🇮🇨 Canary Islands

4:50 PM

🇲🇽 Mexico (Mexico City)

9:50 AM

🇨🇴 Colombia

10:50 AM

🇵🇪 Peru

10:50 AM

🇻🇪 Venezuela

11:50 AM

🇦🇷 Argentina

12:50 PM

🇨🇱 Continental Chile

12:50 PM

🇺🇾 Uruguay

12:50 PM

🇧🇴 Bolivia

11:50 AM

🇵🇾 Paraguay

12:50 PM

🇪🇨 Continental Ecuador

10:50 AM

🇺🇸 New York

11:50 AM

🇺🇸 Los Angeles

8:50 AM

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

4:50 PM

One final astrological key: Venus began its retrograde in Scorpio on October 3rd and will continue retrograde until November 13th, 2026. For this reason, this lunation can serve as a starting point for you to review what it means to you to love, receive, share, and set boundaries.

Mayau Wicca 🌸