First Quarter in Scorpio

The Moon squares the Sun at 27°08′ Scorpio on 20 August 2026, 02:48 UTC — ninety degrees of separation, and a half-lit disc in the sky.

The first quarter is the friction point of the waxing half of the cycle. What was begun at the new moon meets its first real resistance here, and the square is the aspect that asks whether you meant it. In Scorpio the resistance tends to arrive as an old feeling attaching itself to a new situation and making it heavier than it is.