New Moon in Scorpio Anointing Oil

New Moon in Scorpio Anointing Oil
Shadow Work, Transformation & Depth | November 2026 | 15ml

Limited edition, created specifically for the November 09, 2026 New Moon in Scorpio.

This oil was made for the New Moon of November 9th, 2026, elected for its quality of depth and the kind of interior reckoning that Scorpio at its best makes possible. Mercury and Venus are both retrograde at this lunation, pulling everything that might otherwise move outward back into the interior. The usual Scorpionic current of transformation and shadow is amplified here by a sky that is simply not interested in anything surface level.

The Sun and Moon sit in the 5th house at 17° and 26° Scorpio. The 5th house is about what we bring forth from the deepest part of ourselves, about creative power and what we are willing to put into the world when we stop performing. Under a Scorpio New Moon with this much retrograde energy in the chart, the question becomes pointed: what needs to be excavated before honest creation is even possible? What is still buried that belongs in the light?

Neptune sits in an almost exact sesquiquadrate to the New Moon, softening the boundary between conscious awareness and the deeper psychic material running beneath it. Pluto sits in the 8th house in Aquarius, in its natural domicile, amplifying every Scorpionic undercurrent in this chart. The way forward and the way down are, under this sky, the same path.

Mars, Jupiter, and the South Node are tightly conjunct in Leo in the 2nd house, pressing against the question of worth and value. What resources, inner and outer, have you been underestimating or leaving untouched? Chiron and Eris are closely conjunct in Aries in the 10th, the Wounded Healer and the Feminine Warrior asking what this month keeps asking: what have you been carrying so long it no longer feels like a wound? What would it actually mean to put it down?

The botanical core of this oil is opoponax, the resin of Commiphora guidottii, carrying the weight of chthonic and underworld work with enough sweetness to keep the blend livable. Mugwort opens the inner eye and supports the liminal awareness this lunation calls for. Wormwood sharpens psychic perception and has been used in workings requiring honest self-examination for a very long time. Damiana anchors the whole blend in the body and in desire, because Scorpio’s depths include intimacy and the full range of embodied feeling, not only its darker face. Jojoba base.

Anoint before meditation, dreamwork, shadow journaling, or any working that asks you to meet yourself honestly in the dark.

Ritual Uses

Shadow work and inner reckoning — Anoint the solar plexus and back of the neck before any practice that asks you to look at what you have been avoiding. The double retrograde of this election makes this oil particularly suited to revisiting old wounds and old patterns that are ready to be seen clearly and released.

Creative excavation — The 5th house placement of this New Moon gives this oil a particular usefulness for practitioners who work at the intersection of magic and creative practice. Anoint before writing, painting, or any creative work that requires pulling something honest up from a deep place rather than producing from the surface.

Dreamwork and psychic opening — Apply to the wrists and third eye before sleep when working with prophetic or processing dreams. Neptune’s placement in this chart makes the boundary between waking and dreaming states unusually thin, and mugwort was already doing that work before the astrology even enters the picture.

Ancestral and chthonic work — Opoponax and wormwood together have deep roots in workings involving contact with the dead and with ancestral lines. Pluto in the 8th house at this election amplifies that current considerably. Anoint candles or use on the body during Dumb Suppers, ancestor altar work, or any practice oriented toward those who have gone before.

Desire and intimacy magic — Damiana is here for a reason. Anoint the wrists and heart center when working magic oriented toward deep intimacy, healing around sexuality, or reclaiming desire that has been shut down by old hurt. The Mars and Jupiter conjunction in this chart lends genuine heat to this use.

Consecration — Use to anoint scrying mirrors, obsidian, pendulums, and other tools kept for shadow or psychic work. Pluto in the 8th at this election lends particular weight to anything consecrated with it for ongoing interior practice.

Volume: 15ml
Shake well before use
Ritual use only
Store in a cool place away from direct sunlight
Made in Salem, Massachusetts