Bustle reports that the past month of astrology has been a grind, with Venus retrograde and Mercury retrograde running simultaneously and stirring up challenges on both relational and logistical levels. Relief is now in sight: a new moon lands on Nov.

8 PT / Nov. 9 ET, and Bustle frames it as a cosmic threshold into a more auspicious period of forward motion.

Because the lunation falls in Scorpio — the fixed water sign of deep intimacy and emotional complexity — it carries a raw, moody edge, yet Bustle says the signs least affected by it may find it surprisingly easy to work with. The retrogrades end on Nov.

13, leaving less than a week of wonky activity once the new moon hits.

According to Bustle, Gemini (May 20 - June 19) can use this new moon to identify mental, emotional or energetic blockages that have kept them from prioritizing health and productivity, then transmute them into self-care and self-respect.

The outlet suggests starting with one simple goal — more water, more sleep — so momentum builds on itself. Sagittarius (Nov.

21 - Dec. 20) gets the opposite prescription: Bustle says the sign is better off sitting back and letting fate take the wheel after a month of subconscious spiritual detangling, whether through prayer, meditation, a candle-lit lunar ritual or a long reflective walk in nature.

Bustle's reasoning rests on specific placements: the sun and moon join forces in Scorpio for this lunation, and both Mercury and Venus have been reversing course through Scorpio — Venus for the first half of its backspin, Mercury for its full duration.

The outlet argues the new moon functions as a pregame to the post-retrograde momentum arriving by the end of the week, turning an emotional purge into a framework for what comes next.

It is a contrast to earlier cosmic drama: Tyla's astrologer Inbaal Honigman said the August total solar eclipse in Leo — when Saturn and Neptune were retrograde in Aries — brought delays and setbacks that were only temporary.

The payoff, as Bustle describes it, is moving forward with less baggage, more clarity and full empowerment once the double retrograde finally lifts on Nov. 13.

Readers devoted to tracking the sky will want to mark two dates: the new moon itself on Nov. 8 PT / Nov.

9 ET, and the retrograde endings on Nov. 13, when forward momentum is said to arrive in earnest.

Bustle's advice for the window in between is to use the Scorpio energy for radical honesty, strategic planning and self-reflection — learning from the past to manifest the future you actually want — before the cosmic weather turns favorable again.