The Dog That Didn't Bark

Gregory (Scotland Yard detective): Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?
Holmes: To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.
Gregory: The dog did nothing in the night-time.
Holmes: That was the curious incident.
— “The Adventure of Silver Blaze,” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The New Moon in Scorpio speaks of unfinished business – dense with karmic undertones and past wounds. Tonight, the Sun and Moon meet in Scorpio (the detective of the zodiac), joined by Mercury, the planet of communication and information, currently retrograde and digging through the past… including the files.

In 2011, Jeffrey Epstein wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell: “I want you to realize that the dog that hasn’t barked is Trump. [Virginia Giuffre] spent hours at my house with him, he has never once mentioned.”

In the Sherlock Holmes story, the dog that didn’t bark becomes the vital clue to the mystery. As Holmes explains, “I had grasped the significance of the silence of the dog, for one true inference invariably suggests others… Obviously, the midnight visitor was someone whom the dog knew well.”

Yesterday – fittingly, on the eve of this New Moon – both the House and Senate voted to approve the Epstein Files Transparency Act, requiring the Department of Justice to release all unclassified records, documents, and communications related to the investigation and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein.

Astrologically, the stage is set for revelations. The Sun–Moon–Mercury conjunction in Scorpio stands in an intense faceoff with Uranus, the planet of disruption, currently retrograde at the critical 29th degree of Taurus. Mercury retrograde forms a reality-piercing trine with Neptune – also retrograde and at the culminating 29th degree of Pisces – blurring illusion, dissolving façades, and bringing the hidden to light.

And the astral plot thickens: Saturn retrograde in – yes, you guessed it – the 29th degree of Pisces anchors the emotional weight of this lunation, while retrograde Chiron in Aries – keeper of our individual and collective wounds – forms an amplifying alignment with retrograde Jupiter in Cancer (big feelings, anyone?!) and a direct confrontation with the Moon. This is excavation-level work. It’s all about acknowledging and integrating our individual and collective shadow.

Carl Jung described the shadow as “the thing a person has no wish to be.” His concept of shadow work centers on integrating the repressed, unconscious parts of ourselves – both negative and positive – to achieve greater self-knowledge and wholeness. The goal isn’t to eliminate the shadow but to embrace it, transforming its raw material into conscious awareness that loses its ability to ambush us from within.

Meanwhile, the “dog” at the center of the silence continues to bark dismissive insults (“Quiet, Piggy!”) at reporters. But the cracks are showing. In short, it’s the end of an era – and yes, better days are coming.

Protect your energy. Hold the vibration that reflects the humanity you choose to embody.
We’re moving through this shadow work – together.