12/21/2025
🌚 Love me some new moons on winter solstice 🌚❄️ Worth the read
The New Moon peaked a few hours ago at 8:43 PM Eastern Time on Friday 12/19 — while I was working 😞. And when we were forced to work a little later. I knew it was gonna throw my post off… But here it is anyway. Better late than never —
And with a bonus, just to make myself feel better.
FYI, it’s a long but very informative read… enjoy.
New Moon in Sagittarius
Truth, Expansion & Direction
This New Moon marks the beginning of a bold new lunar cycle and unlike heavier moons, Sagittarius doesn’t whisper.
It speaks plainly.
It aims forward.
It asks uncomfortable questions, then waits for honest answers.
Sagittarius energy is about truth over comfort, vision over fear, and growth over staying small.
This moon doesn’t want you shrinking yourself to keep peace.
It wants you asking: Where am I going and why am I still standing still?
This isn’t about perfection.
It’s about direction.
Because awareness shows you the truth… but movement is what changes your life.
And for us Ta**uses?
We’re loyal, grounded, and committed… sometimes too committed.
We stay when it’s familiar.
We hold on because we’ve invested time, energy, and heart.
But Sagittarius energy reminds us:
Comfort without growth eventually becomes confinement.
This moon asks you to get honest about the path you’re on and whether it’s actually taking you where you want to go.
What Ta**uses Should Do
This New Moon isn’t asking you to rush, Ta**us, but it is asking you to realign.
Here’s what to focus on during this cycle:
• Revisit your long-term vision
Not what feels safe but what feels true. Where do you actually want to be in 6 months? A year?
• Release beliefs that keep you playing small
Sagittarius rules belief systems. If you’ve been telling yourself “this is just how it is,” this moon is asking: “for who?”
• Choose honesty over avoidance
With yourself. With others. With your plans. Avoidance delays expansion.
• Say yes to growth. Even if it’s uncomfortable
New environments. New ideas. New conversations. Growth doesn’t always feel calm at first.
• Protect your peace. But don’t cage your potential, Ta**us
There’s a difference between being grounded and being stuck.
This moon supports bold but intentional moves, spiritual clarity, and reclaiming faith in your own direction.
You don’t have to have every step figured out.
You just need to stop pretending you don’t know when it’s time to move.
Sagittarius energy won’t drag you like last month’s New Moon in Scorpio. But it will open the door and say, “Walk when you’re ready.”
Bonus:
Did You Know?
That in many spiritual traditions, the New Moon is considered a kind of monthly holy day? Not “holy” in the religious sense, but sacred in rhythm, purpose, and intention.
Here’s why
In ancient cultures, the New Moon was honored as a sacred pause, a time when the sky went dark so the spirit could speak. It marked a moment of renewal, reflection, and quiet intention. Rather than rushing forward, people used this time to release the old, set gentle intentions, and realign with what truly mattered. The New Moon reminded them that all creation begins in stillness.
Why the New Moon is sacred
The New Moon is the darkest point of the lunar cycle. The moon isn’t visible yet… it’s quiet, hidden, still.
Spiritually, that makes it a threshold moment:
• The old cycle has fully closed
• The new one hasn’t begun moving outward yet
• You’re standing in between
That in-between space has always been considered sacred.
Long before modern calendars, people lived by the moon.
• Ancient Hebrew tradition honored the Rosh Chodesh (New Moon) as a sacred reset day
• African and Indigenous traditions used the New Moon for prayer, cleansing, and vision setting
• Eastern spiritual systems see it as a time to withdraw energy inward before expansion
• Women’s spiritual traditions honored it as a rest-and-intention day tied to the body’s rhythm
The common thread?
Pause before creation.
Silence before movement.
Why some consider the New Moon as a “monthly holy day.”
Because, Holy days are usually about:
• Reflection
• Realignment
• Intention
• Returning to truth
That’s exactly what the New Moon does every single month.
It’s the moment you’re meant to ask:
• What am I carrying that no longer belongs in the next cycle?
• What do I want to grow? Not out of pressure, but out of alignment?
That’s sacred work.
Why it feels especially important to Ta**uses
Ta**us is ruled by Venus and connected to Earth rhythms.
You feel cycles in your body, not just your mind.
For us Ta**uses:
• The New Moon is about grounding intentions into reality
• It’s less about wishing and more about choosing what’s worth tending to
• You don’t plant seeds casually… you plant what you’re willing to commit to
So yes… for us, the New Moon often feels like a personal holy pause.
A simple way to honor the New Moon
(without a ritual)
You don’t need candles, crystals, or long lists.
A Ta**us-aligned New Moon practice can be as simple as:
• Turning down the noise for a night
• Writing one clear intention
• Letting something go quietly
• Resting without guilt
That’s still sacred.
The truth, simply
The New Moon isn’t about doing more.
It’s about choosing again.
And any moment that invites you back into alignment with yourself
is worthy of being called holy.
Ta**us New Moon Affirmation ♉️
“I set my intentions with patience and purpose.
What I commit to now is built to last.
I trust my timing, take steady action, and turn my vision into reality with confidence.
