What does a New Moon signify to you? Is it something that you don’t even think about? It is something that is up in the sky, and has little relevance to your life? Or are the cycles of the moon something that you choose to work with in your life? If you choose to do so, you will know that the energy of the new moon is the energy of something new coming in. It is a time to revive what has gone stagnant (unless you choose to release it), to begin new projects, to literally plant the seeds for new things to come into your life.

What are your goals? What are the steps you need to take to reach them? What are your intentions? How are you planning to accomplish your goals? A few days before each new moon, sit down and ask yourself these questions. Your goals may have changed – they may need to be tweaked, or they may need to be released to make room for new goals.

The new moon is the time of the month when we nurture our intentions. To make this nurturing energy part of our psyche, we need to do some type of ceremony. By nature, ceremony is honoring someone or something, it marks the important times in our life so that we have a memory to hold on to.

Ceremony gives you focus, it brings you clarity, and it brings you hope. It opens your heart, as well as your mind, The ceremony that you create will be your ceremony – there are no set rules here. It can be a simple meditation, it can include candles, incense and music – whatever you wish to do is what you do.

Set aside a time for this when you know that you will not be disturbed. Write down your goals/intentions. Be very careful what you write down, because you are placing energy and intent behind this. Make sure that you phrase your intent an goals to reflect exactly what you want in life, because this is what you will be drawing to you.

You can use the new moon to fine tune your goals and intentions, to set new ones, or to reinforce old ones. This is your time, and you are the creator!