AriesThe phase of the Moon on March 19, 2026 was a New Moon.
The New Moon opens a new lunar cycle. The sky is dark and the pull is inward. Decide what you actually want next instead of reacting to what's already in motion, and set the intention quietly. The follow-through comes later.
A New Moon in Aries opens a window for bold starts. Aries runs on courage and instinct, so this is a good moment to act on what you've been putting off rather than overthink it. Trust your gut and take the first concrete step toward something you actually want.
Today’s recommendations for haircuts, gardening, and surgery are on the Moon Phase Today page.
Growth sits at its lowest point of the cycle, so today is for housekeeping. Trim split ends or tidy the outline of a style you already like. What you don't want is a big restructure booked for today, because the shape you leave the chair with is roughly the shape you'll live with for the next couple of weeks. Anyone who shaves or waxes and wants the regrowth to stay away longer picks these days for the same reason.
Aries rules the head in the old almanacs. Regrowth is quick but comes back on the wiry side, and sensitive scalps flare up more easily than usual, which is why these days get handled carefully. A short trim is fine. Save bleach or a perm for another sign.
Haircut Moon Calendar
Root crops go in now: carrots, beets, anything you are growing below the soil line. The reasoning in lunar calendars is that with the light at its lowest the plant spends what it has below the surface. It's also the point in the month worth spending on the soil itself, opening new beds and working compost in before anything is sown. If you prune today, expect the plant to answer below ground instead of pushing new shoots, which is what you want from a fruit tree you're trying to keep in bounds.
Fire signs make fruit days in the biodynamic calendar, and Aries is the one usually given over to seed. Sow whatever you're growing for the seed itself, and bring in fruit you mean to keep, which is said to store better cut on these days.
Gardening Moon Calendar
The quiet end of the cycle, and the almanacs treat it accordingly: a slot for routine work and not for anything demanding. The reasoning they offer is that recovery here is slow and gradual, so minor and elective procedures get placed in this window while the heavier ones wait for a waxing phase. Worth saying plainly that this is folk timing and nothing more. If a date has already been offered to you, your surgeon's reasoning about your case outranks the moon's position every time.
In the Zodiac Man diagram, Aries governs the head, the face and the eyes. The old rule follows straight from that: while the moon sits here, the almanacs steer elective work above the neck to another week and leave the rest of the body alone.
* Lunar timing is folk tradition, not medical advice. No research supports scheduling surgery by moon phase. Always follow your surgeon's recommendation on when to operate.
Surgery Moon Calendar
