New Moon in Libra – War for Peace
The New Moon at 28° Libra marks a pivotal moment in October 2025 — a turning point where peace, balance and justice are challenged by deeper, hidden forces of transformation. While Libra usually promises harmony, this lunation is surrounded by intense squares that stir tension between passion and truth, comfort and authenticity, subjectivity and objectivity, diplomacy and power. In the time around this New Moon the big challenge is to keep your own balance and don’t let yourself be tossed abound by the pressure that you might be facing right now.
It’s a big reminder that balance is not passive — it is forged through courage and confrontation.
New Moon in Libra – a sweet spot in the midst of chaos
On the 21st October, there is a New Moon in the constellation of Libra. New Moons are typically associated with new beginnings. At this time the Moon is directly passing before the sun, or conjunct the Sun, as we call it astrologically, it reflects the Sun’s light and therefore seems invisible, or dark itself. The interpretation is that a New Moon is therefore a time for introspection, for reflection and setting intentions for the new lunar cycle. In the sign of Libra, a new moon usually brings balance and harmony. Libra as a sign is associated with the Planet Venus and stands for relationships, peace, diplomacy and compromise. Where the sign opposite is Aries and stands for the “I”, or the ego, Libra stands for the “you”, or the partnership. Traditionally, a New Moon in Libra brings reconciliation and healing to relationships. Yet this time, harmony does not come easily — it must be earned through awareness, truth, and emotional maturity.
Tense Aspects Around the Libra New Moon
Even though Libra brings balance and harmony, this New Moon in Libra on the 21st October is challenged. A number of different aspects make it harder to get to the positive aspects of it.
New Moon Square Pluto — The Power of Emotional Truth
With the moon in Libra, we long for harmony, mutual understanding and beauty, but Pluto in Aquarius demands radical authenticity and emotional truth beyond social niceties. What begins as a desire to please others will turn into a confrontation with control, power, and hidden power dynamics.
Our emotional balance is challenged by forces that ask for evolution only with the purpose of getting us ready for our next big step. Pluto in Aquarius can expose manipulation, control, or even social unrest. But don’t let yourself be brought down by this. The lesson is not to retreat, but to let go of the fear of rejection, or the urge to maintain peace at all costs.
This square leads to emotional honesty and liberates us from hidden manipulation or people-pleasing. Pluto in Aquarius exposes what is hidden and what feels artificial, pushing the Libra Moon to find balance that is real and authentic.
New Moon Square Jupiter in Cancer — Justice vs. Protection
Here, the Libra Moon’s sense of fairness collides with Jupiter in Cancer’s instinct to protect what feels safe and familiar. Emotionally, this can bring tension between doing what is right and doing what feels comforting. On a global level, Jupiter’s expansion in Cancer may represent nations acting from familial or territorial attachment — even when such expansion challenges justice.
Sun Square Pluto — The Shadow Exposed
With this square there might be a tension between our personal progress and the collective transformation that is happening. The Sun in Scorpio wants depth, intimacy, and emotional truth. The depth of Scorpio, which represents everything hidden and in the dark, is enlightened by the sun. That is why false play, intrigues and sabotage will come to light. Power struggles may arise between individuality and the greater good, between passion and principle, between subjective truth and objectivity. But Scorpio is all about raw truth and authenticity, and with this square of the sun to Pluto, while the moon holds a square to Pluto from Libra as well, show that the truth will lead to justice with this New Moon.
Mars, Mercury & Lilith in Scorpio — The Voice of Raw Truth
When those three planets closely unite in Scorpio, mind, will, and instinct merge into a sharp force that is fearless in its pursuit of truth. While Mars in Scorpio stands for deep transformation, Mercury in Scorpio gives you an instinct to read between the lines, to decode subtexts of every interaction.
Mars here fights for authenticity, cutting through illusions. And this combination also reveals an inner fight, showing us where we have not been honest with ourselves and where we have to step up and fight for ourselves. Mars in Scorpio is like a surgeon and goes where it hurts to help you heal and step into your power.
With the asteroid Lilith here very close, the energy of raw truth and authenticity is even higher. Lilith, is the dark twin of the moon and represents darker aspects, and abandoned feelings. Feelings that are socially unacceptable like envy, anger and hate are more present and come to the surface when dark moon Lilith is in Scorpio. Watch out for holding your own feelings in control and prepare to protect yourself from emotional outbursts of others.
This combination of Mars, Mercury and Lilith in Scorpio will make the new moon a time of facing the truth, speaking the truth, feeling the truth and people acting for the truth. With the Moon in Libra this truth will lead to justice in the midst of challenges.
Chiron in Aries in opposition to the New Moon – Healing the Wound of Social Anxiety
Chiron in Aries reminds us that healing begins with the courage to exist and really show ourselves to others, even when our vulnerability shakes the balance. The wound of self-consciousness, of feeling “too much” or “not enough,” becomes visible. The opposition may bring old stories of rejection and abandonment to the surface, showing where we still have to heal from such a situation.
Yet the key lies in integration: Libra teaches diplomacy and Aries teaches courage to be yourself. Real harmony and balance can only be achieved when the self and the other stand as equals without judgement.
What This Means for Our Lives and the World
The New Moon at 28° Libra in October 2025 is a symbolic battle for peace. It reveals that harmony is not a passive state, but something we must actively defend — in our relationships, communities, and nations. The Libra Moon seeks fairness and unity, yet its squares to Pluto and Jupiter expose where emotional imbalance, manipulation, or idealized protectionism distort the truth.
For individuals, this lunation calls for emotional integrity. It asks us to examine where we hide behind politeness, where we avoid confrontation, or where we sacrifice our truth to maintain appearances. The Mars–Mercury–Lilith alignment in Scorpio gives us the courage to speak with honesty and to face discomfort rather than bypass it.
The opposition to Chiron in Aries adds a deeply human layer to this cosmic equation: the healing of social anxiety and self-consciousness. We are invited to recognize where the fear of being misunderstood or rejected still limits authentic connection. The Libra Moon seeks harmony through understanding, while Chiron in Aries reminds us that healing begins with the courage to exist — to stand as we are, visible and imperfect. True balance is born not from pleasing others, but from the integration of self and other as equals.
On a collective scale, this New Moon mirrors a world in which diplomacy and justice are tested by power dynamics and territorial ambition. Pluto in Aquarius urges transparency and systemic change, even if it shakes what seemed peaceful on the surface. Tensions may rise globally as truth challenges appearances, yet beneath the conflict lies evolution — a collective push toward a more honest and inclusive form of peace.
Ultimately, this New Moon teaches that real peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of truth. Libra’s grace, fused with Scorpio’s depth, Aquarius’s clarity, and Aries’s courage, can restore an authentic harmony — one that arises not from avoidance, but from the willingness to face discomfort, speak truth, and stand in equality. This is a time to commit to peace that is alive, awake, and brave.
