Reading the New Moon

The new moon is not a beginning so much as a clearing. Before the light returns, there is a night that asks nothing of you. Sit with it. Notice what rises when there is nothing to perform toward. The practice here is small: a candle, a page, a single honest sentence about what you want to tend in the coming cycle. Not a resolution — an intention you can return to. When the first sliver of light appears, you will already be moving with it.