New Moon in Capricorn Magic: Planting Roots for 2026
- Scarly

- 2 days ago
- 3 min read
The New Moon in Capricorn arrives like a cool mountain wind, quiet, steady, and deeply serious in the best way. This lunation isn’t here for drama or chaos. It’s here to help lay foundations, claim discipline, and call in the long-term blessings that grow slowly, steadily, and with purpose.
In brujería and Mexican folk practice, winter is a season of bones, roots, and ancestors. It’s a time when the veil is thin in a different way: not ghost-thin like October, but silence-thin. Wisdom-thin. This New Moon is where practicality meets magic, and where intention becomes a blueprint for the coming year.

Why Capricorn Energy Matters
Capricorn is ruled by Saturn, the grandfather planet. Stern, wise, patient, and a little bit grumpy, Saturn asks for commitment. Capricorn magic isn’t about quick fixes; it’s about building something that will outlive fear, chaos, and distractions.
This lunation is perfect for:
Long-term prosperity magic
Career and legacy work
Starting businesses or refining them (hello, Corazón de Copal energy)
Cleansing away inconsistency
Strengthening spiritual boundaries
Ancestral devotion with structure and routine
Capricorn teaches that discipline is a spell. Consistency is a talisman. Structure is a sacred tool.
Magical Correspondences
Element: Earth
Herbs: romero, laurel, hierbabuena, tobacco, cedar
Crystals: obsidian, onyx, smoky quartz
Colors: deep brown, black, dark green, bone-white
Planet: Saturn
Spirit Allies: ancestors who were builders, workers, protectors, and providers
This moon favors any magic rooted in effort, patience, and responsibility.
A Simple New Moon in Capricorn Ritual: Laying the 2026 Foundation
This ritual works beautifully when done before sunrise or just after sunset, when the day is shifting but still quiet.
You’ll Need:
A black or dark green candle
Copal or palo santo (or a simple cinnamon stick if that’s what you prefer)
A small bowl of soil (from your home, garden, or a potted plant)
Laurel leaves
A pen and a piece of paper
Optional: a stone like obsidian or smoky quartz
Steps
1. Cleanse and Ground
Light your copal or incense and pass it around your body.
Whisper:
"I let it go. I bury it. I set it free.”
Let the smoke carry away pressures, fears, or scattered energy.
Place your hands on the soil and breathe deeply. This grounds your spirit into Capricorn’s steady earth.
2. Write Your Foundations
On the paper, write three things you want to build in 2026.
Not vague wishes, things worth committing to.
Capricorn loves specifics like:
“A consistent spiritual practice”
“A stable business plan”
“Healthy boundaries with clients, family, or energy vampires”
“Financial structure and long-term savings”
Fold the paper toward you, sealing the intention.
3. Seal with Saturn’s Discipline
Place the folded paper under the bowl of soil.
Hold the candle and say:
“Let it become firm. Let it become real. Let it become mine.”
Light the candle and imagine the flame hardening your intention like cured wood or sun-baked clay.
4. Offer the Laurel
Take three laurel leaves and whisper one intention into each.
Burn them in the candle flame (carefully) or place them in the soil as offerings.
Laurel strengthens success, discipline, and long-term blessings, all Capricorn themes.
5. Close with Gratitude
Thank your ancestors, especially the ones who were:
laborers
builders
homemakers
protectors
providers
Their energy flows directly into Capricorn magic.
Let the candle burn safely down or extinguish it and relight it each morning until finished.

How This Magic Unfolds
Capricorn energy doesn’t manifest in 24 hours.
It doesn’t rush.
It doesn’t bend to impatience.
Instead, this moon plants roots.
Over the next six months, you will see:
clearer boundaries
steadier money flow
more disciplined spiritual work
stronger connections to ancestors
long-term stability where there was chaos
This is magic for those who are ready to build not just the year ahead, but the version of themself meant to rise from these foundations.



Thank you so much Scarly! Would you please keep writing these rituals? I really appreciate it because we never stop learning and I just learned a new ritual. Love, Rindy
Thank you Scarly! This is very helpful.