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The new moon is a powerful moment in the lunar cycle. It marks the beginning of a fresh cycle, and it’s always in the same sign as the current astrological season. The new moon provides us an opportunity to align ourselves with the energy of the universe, set intentions, reflect on our journey, and take some time to rest. In this post, we’ll walk through how to do a New Moon Life Check-In to help you attune yourself to the new moon and the upcoming lunar cycle.
If you’d like to go even deeper learning about how to align your life with the moon, check out our Moon Magic 101 workbook on Etsy.
The Energy of the New Moon:
The beginning of the moon cycle. The new moon signifies fresh starts and a time to rest and plan. To give you some references of how you can view the energy of the new moon, here are a few examples:
- seasonal correspondence: winter energy
- generational correspondence: crone energy
- cycle correspondence: period energy
- tarot correspondence: the fool
- associated activities and feelings:
- creating wishes and intentions for the new cycle
- self-care and filling your own cup
- rest and dream
- new beginnings
- initiation
- planting seeds
- realizing your potential
- manifestation themes: big ideas and dreams
Timing of the New Moon:
The new moon technically only occurs during a moment during the lunar cycle, but we can tap into the energy of the new moon in several different ways:
- Only on the day of the new moon
- A day or so before AND after the actual new moon
- Begin with the new moon and use the energy of the new moon for ~7 days. <This is the way I think is best when you’re starting to track the moon and work with the lunar cycle.
- ~3.5 days before the new moon and ~3.5 days after the new moon. <This might be a little more aligned to how the energy naturally lines up for you, but takes a little more effort to track and could make tracking confusing at first.
In this post I’m going to use the 3rd way to track since I find it is easiest to follow and also gives you time to really dig into the new moon’s energy without feeling rushed.
New Moon Reset Checklist:
Starting on the day of the new moon and throughout the next 7 days use this list to really work with the moon.
1. Wrap up projects from the previous lunar cycle
Is there something you were sooooo close on finishing during the Last Quarter Moon week and it’s still clogging up your brain space? If there’s anything you want to complete, use the first day or so during the week of the New Moon to complete it so that you feel like you can focus on what’s coming next. This could be things like house projects you need to wrap up, grocery shopping, work emails that you’re stressed out. Get it wrapped up and out of your mental space. (And if it’s something that will need longer than a day or so to do and you know you want to continue with it, let’s pause it for a minute and include it in our plan for this new lunar cycle).
2. Refill your cup
Carve out time to do something to refill your cup (for me, that’s starting the cycle fresh with a clean house and going through my finances; for you it might be giving yourself permission to take a nap, reading a book during the day, catching up on a netflix night, etc.).
3. Start Dreaming
Allow yourself to dream about the next month. What do you want to do? What is calling to you right now? What goals do you want to continue to walk towards? Hop on pinterest or watch a dreamy youtube video to get inspired. Sit in a quiet room with your tarot/oracle cards and do a few pulls to see what comes up for inspiration. Hang out in your heart space and see where you’re led.
4. Be open to receive inspiration
Open yourself up to be inspired and led. You might not get a bolt of lightning of inspiration right at the beginning of the lunar cycle, but don’t be discouraged. You probably know at least the next best step for you, so go with that and open yourself to be led to the step after that. You’ll be surprised how much comes up for you if you just open yourself up to receive.
5. Tune into the energy of this cycle
Look for clues about this next cycle by checking out which astrological season we’re in (hint: the new moon will be in the same sign as the current zodiac season). You can also check out which house that sign is in in your chart. So if Aries is your first house in your natal/birth chart, then when the new moon is in cancer would be in your 4th house. You can use themes from that house to understand what things might come up for you this month.
6. Set intentions
Now that you have some ideas of what this lunar cycle will look like, spend a little time creating 1-2 intentions that you think you can work on this month. If you have a bigger goal, how can you break it down into something smaller that you can really focus on creating this month? If you want to call in 100k, can you focus on calling in an amount that feels exciting and manageable to you? Can you set up a system that might help you call that money in?
7. Write down some goals for each week of the lunar cycle
Write out some ideas based on the phase of the moon for each week and what you can do to move towards bringing those intentions into reality. These don’t have to be crazy detailed or difficult to achieve, but if you have an idea of how you can use each week’s energy for the cycle it can help you determine what things might be best to do. If you need help figuring out the energy of each week check out this Moon Magic post for more help.
Now that you have your action plan and you have dug into the energy of this lunar cycle, now it’s the time to go out and actually do it in the next three weeks. As you go through the lunar cycle, remember to check in with yourself regularly and adjust your plans as needed. You’re going to great and remember, if this cycle didn’t work out how you expected, you’ll get another chance to practice more every 28 days. You can also hop into the cycle no matter where we are in it, so don’t be discouraged if you missed the new moon week, you can always jump in and get to work during the first quarter, or celebrate yourself during the full moon, or reflect during the last quarter moon.
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