New Moon in Libra
The New Moon in Libra arrives with an invitation to revolutionise our relationships and step onto a new path. Yet there is a subtle catch: this journey cannot be forced by will, control, or old conditioning. Instead, it calls you to enter the wilderness of your heart — to let feeling, not habit, be your compass as you find your way forward.
To Thine own Self be true.
The October New Moon in Libra brings a welcome opportunity to remember a timeless truth: we cannot form healthy relationships with others until we have established a loving and honest relationship with ourselves.
This lunation carries the potential for a dramatic shift in our patterns of relating — and in our awareness of the deeper dynamics that shape them. It may draw unresolved emotions to the surface, awakening memories of the past or exposing wounds that are ready to be healed. In this way, the New Moon becomes a mirror, reflecting what still seeks release and offering us the chance to begin anew.
In the weeks ahead, we may come to see how easily misunderstandings, assumptions, and unclear communication can distort connection. We are invited to notice how our emotional state colours our thoughts and words — and to cultivate greater awareness in how we speak, listen, and share our truth.
Balancing the Scales
The Libra archetype is the Goddess who comes to restore balance to the scales. Connected to Venus, the planet of Love and Beauty, everything she does is an act of devotion — always in the name of Love.
During the October New Moon, her teaching resounds clearly: it is impossible to form authentic, healthy, and nourishing relationships with others if we do not first love ourselves. If we feel unworthy of existing, desiring, or taking up space — if we lack a sense of our own sacred individuality, remain disconnected from our true needs and longings, or are afraid to invest in our growth and self-realisation — we cannot meet another from a place of wholeness.
The October New Moon opens a new lunar chapter, inviting us to become more aware of the subconscious patterns, needs, fears, and beliefs that shape our relationships. In the weeks and months ahead, we are offered insight into the hidden mechanics of attachment — and the chance to re-write our inner story of love.
Practice Emotional Diplomacy
The next moon cycle is the perfect class room to practise your communication skills. The New Moon in Libra offers the perfect learning ground for finding balance between thinking and feeling as you refine your personal responses.
Consider this a crash course in mastering emotional diplomacy. Ask yourself:
How can I contribute to the collective without compromising myself?
How can I practise active listening without losing touch with my own truth?
Set Out on a New Path
When we venture into uncharted territory or take our first steps into the unknown, it is only natural to feel cautious — to scan for danger or hidden pitfalls. Our mind warns us, our body tenses; we are wired to fear what we cannot predict. And as we grow older, we carry a heavy backpack of experience: we have been betrayed, we have been hurt, we have been disappointed — and so we have learned to protect ourselves.
Yet sometimes, the very precautions we take to stay safe become the walls that keep us from what we truly long for.
The Libra New Moon arrives as a tender companion of wanderlust, ready to walk beside you as you take your first baby steps into the wilderness of your own heart. She will ask something both brave and beautiful of you — something that lies beyond your familiar path and past experiences.
Like a gentle nurse, she will first soothe your sorrows and tend to your wounds. Then, with a loving whisper, she will give you a soft, encouraging push. She will ask you to surrender — to meet your most vulnerable self, to let go of control, and to allow whatever chaos arises to simply be.
The Art of Surrender
The New Moon in Libra arrives to teach you the sacred art of seeing your life through the tender eyes of a Mother gazing upon her child. She whispers: Lay down your weapons for now. You don’t need to fight or fix anything. You don’t need to correct, improve, or make sense of it all. You only need to surrender to the truth that you are loved — exactly as you are, in this very moment in time — and feel your way forward from there.
Be as gentle with yourself, and with the full spectrum of your emotions, as you would be with a newborn child. Love yourself through the beautiful mess we call Life.
Then, turn inward and see if you can sense a small twinkle in the corner of your soul. If you find it, ask softly: Where would you like to go from here?
Remember, even the stars need a touch of darkness to find their spark. And the Moon — cloaked in her New Moon robe — stands beside you now, offering her love and silent support, holding space for you to rise and shine anew.
New Moon Blessings,
Sidsel Solmer Eriksen, Founding Editor
October New Moon Practices
Balance Giving & Receiving
This New Moon is a beautiful time to open your heart and find balance between giving and receiving in your life.
Over the next two weeks, become an observer of your energy in your interactions with others. Notice how your heart responds — does it feel nourished or depleted? Are you setting healthy boundaries and expressing your needs with honesty and care?
Ask yourself gently: Is this mine to carry — or not?
Trust
Change is as uncomfortable as it is powerful. When life feels overwhelming, this is the perfect time to exercise your trust muscles.
Trust that what is unfolding — every change, every shift — is for the greater good, and for your highest good. Trust that any change of plan or relationship occurring during Libra season is happening in the name of Love.
This is the moment to practise your inner Faithkeeper, to strengthen your trust in the Universe, and to remember that even in uncertainty, you are held.
Walk Your Own Path
More than ever, this is the time to find the courage to walk your own path. Every life journey is unique, and many of the challenges that arise in our lives and relationships stem from living someone else’s dream or reality.
Over the next two weeks, set aside time each day to reflect on your personal life path. Silence the outside voices, turn off the media, and listen inward. What are your true longings and dreams? What have you forgotten, overridden, or neglected? And where, honestly, are you living someone else’s vision instead of your own?