The New Moon rises at dawn and sets at sunset, which is why you won’t see the moon on the day of the New Moon. Because the moon rises between 15 and 50 minutes later each night, you’ll see a sliver of moon in a day or two, just after sunset, low in the western sky.

The moon travels with the sun, rising and setting as one. At first she’s lost in the bright solar light… bathing there perhaps. It’s how the moon makes herself new. And you? It’s your chance to become new now too. Lose yourself in possibilities. Forget your history: your likes and dislikes… even those goals you say you want but never seem to achieve. Refresh instead your animal nature, senses awake, happily, simply aware of being alive. When the moon starts to gently lag behind the sun, pulling away from her bath; you’ll see a thin crescent in the west, just after sunset. Make a wish. In the days ahead, realize there are invitations all around you, arriving in ways you might mistake if you’re not open. Your task is to say yes to an invitation you’ve never said yes to before. Embark on a big or little adventure. Start something new.