ScorpioThe phase of the Moon on October 31, 2024 was a Waning Crescent.
The Waning Crescent is the low point before the cycle resets. Energy is thin here on purpose, so rest rather than push is the right move. Let the last loose ends fall away quietly. The New Moon brings the next opening soon enough.
Scorpio meets this phase almost naturally, since surrender is a language this sign already half speaks. Whatever secret or grudge has outlived its purpose can finally be released, without ceremony. Solitude now isn't withdrawal, it's the deepest form of rest you get.
Today’s recommendations for haircuts, gardening, and surgery are on the Moon Phase Today page.
These last days before the new moon are the slowest of the whole cycle for regrowth, so a restyle booked now sits half-finished for weeks. Keep it to upkeep: the ends, or a fringe that's reached your eyes. Anyone who wants hair to stay away rather than come back reads the same slowdown as an advantage, and this is the standard window for waxing and shaving for exactly that reason. If you want a real change, find the date of the next new moon and book a few days after it.
Scorpio is the third water sign, and here the lunar calendars disagree with each other. The common reading is that regrowth comes back thick but unruly, so it suits a shave or a very short cut better than a shaped style. Chemical treatments are traditionally avoided on these days.
Haircut Moon Calendar
The garden's quiet stretch. Not much is asked of you and not much should be sown, so clear the spent plants, turn the compost and let a bed or two sit empty for a few days. A bed left alone that long dries out on top and the slugs move somewhere else. Use the rest of the time on the parts of gardening that happen at a desk: what worked this year, and where the shade has crept since spring.
Scorpio is a leaf day with the least trouble attached. It reads as wet without being as soft as Cancer, so leafy crops sown here are said to hold up better afterwards. Good for watering, for the salad bed, and for cuttings that still need to root.
Gardening Moon Calendar
The weakest window in the cycle by the old reckoning, with recovery expected to drag. Almanacs suggest spending these days on preparation, or on recovering from something already done, rather than on starting anything new. Routine check-ups and small adjustments aren't what the phase argues against. Bigger elective procedures are. If a date in here is the one you've been given, keep it: the tradition was built for choosing between dates, not for turning them down.
Scorpio governs the reproductive organs and the bladder. It's the entry the old almanacs treat most seriously and the one repeated most often in later folk calendars. The advice covers elective work in that region and is silent about everything else.
* 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
