New Moon Ritual: February 2026
I’ve never woken up with my feet actually sore and aching following a dream about hiking. So, that was new. I’m not going to analyze this particular dream for y’all. Instead, I am just going to lay it out for you as I experienced it. Given the energy of it, this seems the appropriate way to relay this message.
New Moon Ritual: January 2026
Happy New Year! Welcome to the first New Moon Dream Divination ritual of 2026. I’m frequently reminded of what my friend Irene Glasse says about spirit communication when I engage in this dream ritual: spirit pulls from images or sensations that make sense to you in order to convey a message, and sometimes that can result in some pretty weird moments. This is why she and I, and lots of other folks really, encourage y’all to read, create art, watch movies, etc. Consider it like expanding your vocabulary and giving the unseen the ability to provide more nuance in their messages.
All of this to say, I really enjoy Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, both the novel and miniseries adaptation, and apparently that was the media spirit was pulling from last night.
New Moon Ritual: November 2025
The important thing about these spaces - the eyewall and moat - is that they are deceptive. When these spaces pass the winds and rain can return quickly, sometimes in a matter of minutes, to continue their devastation.
New Moon Ritual: February 2025
It took a few days for me to figure out how to write about this experience. In some ways, I feel like the message that came through can be construed negatively, especially for those of us currently living in the United States and watching everyone continuously underreacting to the rapid consolidation of Christian Nationalist power under our Mad King. Then again maybe that is the point? We have to be able to accept messages that might cause discomfort and figure out how to process them.
New Moon Ritual: December 2024 Black Moon
We’re ending 2024 with a Black Moon, which somehow seems appropriate. What is a “Black Moon”? Well, you may have heard of its counterpart the Blue Moon. There are a handful of meanings for the term “Blue Moon” but one of the most common is a bit of modern American folklore* - the second full moon in a calendar month. A “Black Moon” then, in this understanding, is the second new moon in a calendar month.
New Moon Ritual: December 2024
It was night. The forest was blanketed in snow. The trees were bare. The air was still and sharp with the cold. There was a pervasive silence, the type of muffled hush you only get after heavy snowfall. The only light came from the stars in the sky, reflecting back from the frost. This was an empty world, devoid of life and motion.
New Moon Ritual: August 2024
Imagine reliving a “greatest hits” of the times in your life when you felt most powerless. Sounds great, right? That is how the message of this ritual started. Admittedly, I was buckling up for a long night.
New Moon Ritual: November 2023
It was a bit of a scattered experience. At one point I woke up because it felt like someone was playing with my hair, which has never happened before in this house. I’m still on the fence if that is related to this ritual or something else entirely.
New Moon Ritual: September 2023
The lesson I took from this ritual is that practicing a liberatory spirituality means we are seeking more than just liberation for ourselves. A true liberatory spirituality also seeks liberation for those we encounter. The liberation we seek for ourselves and others is the freedom to live authentically.
New Moon Ritual: August 2023
The way the moon presented to me was like I was starting into a cup of thick, viscous fluid somewhere between the color of oil and the dark crimson of blood from a deep wound. There was a physicality to this month’s divination ritual that made me think less about what the future holds and grounded me firmly in the present moment.