New Moon in Krittika - May 16, 2026 at 4:01pm ET: How’s your fire? Is it burning bright or burning out?
The New Moon in Krittika “the cutter” in the early degrees of sidereal Taurus, is bringing us back to basics, giving us a chance to get grounded and reignite our fires and desires. This is a welcome focus as we’ve just emerged from a tricky transit where Mars was sitting with Saturn for the last 6 weeks (remember that “one foot on the gas, one foot on the break” energy previously discussed). Now Mars is traveling alone in its own sign of sidereal Aries (May 11-June 20) where it’s happiest and finally able to take action and move forward. Definitely take advantage of this! But not so fast. This New Moon is asking us to take a minute to first do an internal assessment of how we’re managing “all of the things” because it’s been a lot lately. And chances are, your fire has dampened and is in need of some good tending to.
Krittika’s symbol of the razor and its deity Agni are now in focus, encouraging us to cut things out of away that no longer serve us or may be dragging us down. As a sign of purification, removing or releasing things that are burdensome, misaligned or simply karmically complete may be all we need to reignite our internal fires. If not, this is an excellent time for a cleanse or a refresh, and bring the focus back to our inner fires that helps us process all that is on “our plate.” While “agni” is the digestive fire that helps us to break down and integrate the nutrition from the food we eat, it also supports us in digesting everything we experience in our lives: the mental, emotional and societal stuff we take in. The planetary pile up of the last few months has definitely overloaded our plates. This New Moon is giving us a moment to reflect on how we’re doing, what needs to be released, and what needs igniting.
🔥Where do you have the fire and desire to keep moving forward?
🔥Are you burned out in some areas of life and need a moment to recalibrate?
🔥Where is your attention going naturally? What feels exciting for you?
🔥What in your life needs to be cleaned up or cut out?
🔥How can you honor your inner fire without letting it consume you?
☀️Going back to basics can help. Give yourself space and grace to take stock now and make some simple efforts to kindle that internal fire. Scroll down for Ayurvedic tips on Agni that can be helpful: https://www.lexneon.com/resources. Eating kitchari (also linked) or fasting can also be helpful as these give our internal fires a healthy break. As one of my mentors said: when life gets hectic, go simple.
:::PEACE:::
