If you’ve been hesitating to take action or waiting for a cosmic green light, this First Quarter Moon in Scorpio is it. The energy of August 1st, 2025, is here to remind you: if you really want it—show it. Ask for what you want, clearly and intentionally.

This lunar phase brings us back to the energetic groundwork laid in early November 2024, when a New Moon in Scorpio opened the door to desire, intensity, and transformation. Now, nine months later, the Moon is asking us to act. First Quarter Moons are action points in the lunar cycle, and this one carries the theme of empowerment with positive intent.

Step One: Revisit the Scorpio New Moon and Get Your Bearings

To ask for what you want now, look back to what was stirred in early November 2024. What did you desire? What intentions were seeded? This Scorpio First Quarter is a direct follow-up to that New Moon and gives you the opportunity to evaluate how you’ve been tracking against those original goals.

Now is the time to course-correct if needed. If your energy at the time wasn’t aligned—if you were feeling discouraged, unmotivated, or disconnected—use this phase to shift the momentum. The Moon wants action, not perfection. Use this moment to show the universe you’re serious.

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Step Two: Ask for What You Want—With Clarity and Integrity

Mars, the planet of action, is in detail-oriented Virgo during this First Quarter. That’s your cue to plan thoroughly and act with integrity. Don’t just want something—be prepared to articulate it. Clean up your motivations, anticipate objections, and craft your message. Make it easy for the people (or forces) you’re asking to say yes.

This is how you ask for what you want from a place of empowerment—not entitlement.

Also, Mercury is retrograde right now, so while you’re being called to act, remember that not all answers will be final. Expect some delay, and be willing to revisit conversations in the weeks to come.

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Step Three: Make the Ask and Trust the Timing

You’ve revisited your desires, aligned your motivations, and prepared your message. Now it’s time to take the step—ask for what you want. This is your moment to fertilize the seed you planted nine months ago. Even if Mercury retrograde makes the outcome unclear, you’re showing up and signaling to the universe that you’re serious.

That’s what First Quarter energy is all about—taking real-world steps that align with your New Moon intentions. Trust that your aligned actions now will pay off in the months to come, especially when the Full Moon phase of this cycle arrives.

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Final Thoughts

When the Moon says ask for what you want, it’s not just encouraging boldness—it’s calling for alignment. Scorpio teaches us that power isn’t about forcing outcomes but owning our inner clarity and acting from truth. You’ve done the inner work. Now show it.

Your next step? Ask for what you want. The Moon is listening.