There are moments in the great turning of time when the veils between worlds feel not so much thin as dissolved entirely. This is one of those moments. December’s New Moon in Sagittarius arrives just hours before the Solstice and carries within it a staggering confluence of celestial power: a rare galactic alignment, a stellium of planets in Sagittarius, the closest approach of the interstellar object 3I/Atlas to Earth, and the final transformative gasp of the Yin Wood Snake as the Fire Horse of 2026 begins to impatiently paw at the gates of the future.
Sagittarius New Moon and Solstice 2025: A Galactic Reset at the Gateway of 3I Atlas
The New Moon itself is exact at 28°24’ Sagittarius in the early hours of 20 December at 01:43 GMT. The Sun and Moon are perfectly conjunct in the late degrees of the archer, dancing in unison with Venus and Mars, both also in Sagittarius. This Moon blazes with visionary fire. And it speaks not only to the personal themes of storytelling, liberation, and belief, but to humanity’s readiness for a radical new orientation to truth. This is an initiatory gateway, a galactic activation, and the closing act of one evolutionary narrative as the next begins to rise.
A rare cosmic convergence invites you to rewrite your story from the stars, not the scars.
Sagittarius is never content with surface answers. It wants to ride out into the great beyond and discover what lies at the edge of the known world. And at 28 degrees, this New Moon is conjunct our Galactic Centre, the pulsing heart of our Milky Way, considered by many wisdom traditions to be the cosmic womb of creation and higher intelligence. This alone marks it as a rare and profoundly spiritual portal. But this year, the energy is amplified further by 3I/Atlas, the interstellar visitor hurtling past Earth at its closest approach on 19 December. In many ways, 3I/Atlas functions like a mythic emissary, activating our collective DNA with codes from deep time, stirring memories of who we once were and who we may yet become.
So, what does it mean to have this level of cosmic activation at the exact turning point of the solar year? The December Solstice occurs just hours later at 09:21 GMT on 21 December, as the Sun slips into Capricorn and we begin the gradual return of light in the Northern Hemisphere. With the New Moon still fresh, the chart of the Solstice retains the intensity of the Sagittarian stellium, still resonating with the Galactic Centre and still in orb of Neptune and Saturn in Pisces.
This is the kind of alignment and seasonal pivot that myth is made from. The archetypal potency here is vast. Neptune brings the mystic’s lens, the longing for transcendence, the great dissolver of ego-bound certainty. Saturn offers the architect’s hand, building new scaffolding for the sacred. And together, square to the luminaries, they caution us not to lose ourselves in escapist fantasy. We are being invited, urgently, to birth new forms of wisdom that can hold the weight of this moment. Not just belief, but embodied, integrated truth.
Mercury, in Sagittarius squares the Nodes of Destiny in Pisces and Virgo. This is a karmic crossroad. It asks us to revise the storylines we’ve inherited about what is valuable and what is real. It urges us to pause, recalibrate, and align our inner compass with a deeper, more intuitive intelligence. The voice of the Earth. The pulse of the stars. The song we almost forgot we were singing.
The chart speaks, too, of emotional vulnerability and psychic overwhelm. The Moon is out of bounds. Mars is out of bounds. We may feel untethered, raw, like we’re standing at the edge of something vast and not entirely knowable. Squares to Neptune can muddy our clarity, while Saturn insists on structure. That paradox is part of the spiritual teaching of this New Moon. We are standing inside a paradox. The new world is not built on certainty. It is birthed through faith.
And faith, in the deepest sense, is what Sagittarius offers, not blind optimism, but the unshakeable trust that life is meaningful, that cycles turn, and that the cosmos is conspiring, always, to wake us up to love.
In Chinese metaphysics, this point also marks the subtle energetic shift into the new Feng Shui solar year, as the Earth’s qi begins to slowly turn toward the rising yang of spring, an invisible but potent moment when the tide of yin has reached its maximum, and the fire of renewal begins to stir beneath the surface.
And what fire it is. The Year of the Fire Horse (Bing Wu) begins in February, but its hoofbeats are already rumbling across the psychic field. The Fire Horse is a creature of wild spirit and ungovernable will. In Eastern mythologies, she is brilliant, uncontainable, and often feared, not for malice, but for the pure disruptive force of her sovereign vitality. She answers to no master. She creates her own path. And she burns away the inauthentic with unrelenting intensity.
This New Moon feels like the crack of the Fire Horse’s whip, the signal that the next cycle is not about subtle shifts or cautious navigation. It is about full-hearted movement toward truth. It is the moment before the gallop. The inhalation before the leap.
Everything about this chart whispers: prepare.
And what are we preparing for?
To live more truthfully. To move with purpose. To remember who we are.
3I/Atlas, the intergalactic visitor, is not here to merely dazzle our telescopes. It reminds us that we are not alone in the vastness. It calls us to intergalactic coherence, to a re-weaving of the mythos of humanity that includes the more-than-human, the unseen, the stellar. This is a cosmic renaissance in motion. And at its heart is the simplest, most courageous act of all: to feel your feelings fully. To name your need. To admit your longing. And to say yes to the life that wants to move through you.
Its name, Atlas, evokes the Titan who held up the heavens, and here we find ourselves standing under that celestial dome, being asked to hold more: more vision, more truth, more consciousness, than we ever have before.
We could call this a super-cosmic solstice, one in which multiple mythic cycles converge: the lunar, solar, galactic, and stellar. The Great Central Sun of the Milky Way beams its frequency through this New Moon, offering us direct communion with source code. And the Solstice, always a time of symbolic death and rebirth, becomes magnified, intensified, and reenchanted.
So, under this dark moon, as you sit in reflection, dare to ask the questions that scare you.
What am I addicted to that stops me being fully alive?
What stories do I keep telling that no longer serve?
What part of me is dying to be reborn?
The answers may not come in words. They may arrive in dreams, in synchronicity, in a sudden flush of emotion or a chill down your spine. Trust them. The stars are speaking. And you are part of the story.
In the North, the Winter Solstice is the darkest night, the longest shadow. It is the womb of renewal, where new light is conceived. In the old ways, this was the night the Sun was reborn, a fire rekindled in the belly of the earth. This year, with the New Moon and the planetary chorus harmonising near the Galactic Centre, that solar rebirth carries a cosmic resonance. We are not just planting intentions. We are re-seeding the species.
The square from Saturn and Neptune in Pisces to the Sagittarius stellium (Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars) is deeply significant. Neptune, ruler of myth, fog, mysticism and divine longing, clouds what’s known and forces us to feel rather than analyse. Saturn, the architect of time and karma, insists on structure, grounding and integrity. The tension between these two elder planets and the fiery expansion of Sagittarius can feel confusing, like trying to run with your feet still chained to the past. But the lesson here is integration. It’s neither about blind expansion or rigid control. It’s about walking forward with vision and discipline, imagination and discernment.
This Moon is a gift to the seeker, the mystic, the visionary, the wanderer. It’s a frequency upgrade from the heart of the galaxy. We are being asked not only to dream of a better world, but to embody it, to act from that dream with clarity, courage and grace.
Let this New Moon be your mythic threshold. A moment to stand still, eyes turned to the stars, heart open to guidance beyond this world. Breathe it in. Let it rewrite you. Let it remind you why you came.
Because from this point forward, we’re riding with the Fire Horse.
And it’s likely to be a wild ride. Wishing you all infinite new moon love and blessings.
Sagittarius New Moon Ritual
Suggested Time: Night of December 19th or early morning December 20th
You will need:
- A purple or dark blue candle
- A small bowl of water
- A journal or paper and pen
- A stone or talisman you can carry for the next lunar cycle
- Optional: star anise, frankincense, or palo santo to burn
Opening Sacred Space (general version)
Take a moment to ground. Close your eyes. Feel your body held by the Earth beneath you. Call in the benevolent energies of the four directions, the wisdom of the elements, and the guiding spirits who walk with you in unseen realms. You might say:
“I call to the sacred circle of life, to the east, west, north and south. I honour the air, fire, water and earth. I welcome the stars, the ancestors, and the highest version of myself. May this space be held in truth and love.”
Ritual Practice
- Light the candle and take a few breaths.
- Gaze into the bowl of water and imagine it reflecting the great cosmic sea—Neptune’s ocean, the Galactic Centre’s light, and the interstellar messages from 3I/Atlas.
- Ask yourself: What truth wants to be known? Free write in your journal for 10–15 minutes. Let it be raw and unfiltered.
- Choose one sentence or intention that arises. Whisper it into the stone or talisman. This will become your anchor for the month ahead.
- When ready, pour the water into the earth with gratitude and blow out the candle.
Closing
Thank the energies you invoked. You might say:
“I release what has been, I honour what is becoming, and I walk forward with trust.”
