As mid-December unfolds, the sky gets quieter. The Moon thins to a crescent before disappearing into a New Moon in Sagittarius on Friday, December 19—a reset button disguised as darkness.
This is liminal time: not quite 2026, no longer fully 2025. Our minds are on meaning, future plans, and honest conversations. The tone shifts from “let’s dream about it” to “okay, so what’s the plan?” Vision meets responsibility, and this week asks you to sort what you want from what you’re actually willing to work for.
The invitation: surrender what’s ending, plant seeds for what’s next, and let your courage be quietly practical.
Your Cosmic Toolkit
Moon Phase:
Waning Crescent → New Moon in Sagittarius – Friday, December 19
A week of release, rest, and reorientation. The waning crescent pulls you inward to clear mental clutter; the New Moon in Sagittarius opens a doorway for fresh intentions around purpose, growth, and long-term direction.
Herb of the Week: Rosemary
For clarity, courage, and remembering what actually matters. Brew a simple tea or cook with it as you review the year and choose what comes with you into the next chapter.
Crystal Ally: Labradorite
A stone of thresholds and shimmering possibilities. Hold it while journaling new-moon intentions or when you’re afraid but ready to leap anyway.
Elemental Focus: Fire
Not bonfire-chaos—steady, candle-flame fire. Use heat, movement, and light in small ways: a single candle, a brisk walk, a few sun salutations, a hot shower you treat as a reset. Let warmth remind you that hope is still in the room.
A Closer Look at the Week Ahead
Sunday, December 14 – Relational Recalibration
Notice where you’ve been over-giving or under-sharing. Today is for gentle conversations, editing agreements, and balancing your “yes” and “no.” Curate your connections like you would your closet—only what fits the next version of you.
Monday, December 15 – Desire Meets Discipline
Vague urgency turns into sober determination. Ask: What am I actually willing to commit to? Great day for realistic planning, boundary-setting, and choosing one priority over ten half-hearted ones.
Tuesday, December 16 – Deep-Clean the Psyche
Feelings may run low-key intense. Clear something from your emotional basement—old messages, worn-out stories, a grudge that’s gotten dusty. Shadow work can look as simple as admitting, “Yes, I cared more than I pretended to.”
Wednesday, December 17 – Threshold Day
Don’t force clarity. Let questions hang in the air. Good for quiet study, travel planning, or mapping out 2026 dreams without yet worrying how they’ll happen.
Thursday, December 18 – Eve of the Reset
We’re in the final hours before the New Moon in Sagittarius. In some places it’s already landing; in others, we’re hovering at the threshold. Keep your schedule as spacious as possible. Tie up one lingering task from 2025—not all of them, just one. Let that small completion signal to your nervous system that change is allowed.
Friday, December 19 – New Moon in Sagittarius
Wild hope meets grounded commitment. This is a moment to name what you’re aiming your life at in 2026—no perfection, just honest direction. Think: intention lists, whispered promises to yourself. Ask, “If I trusted my own trajectory, what would I say yes to now?”
Saturday, December 20 – Listening for the Spark
Your energy may dip, but your inner storyteller wakes up. Jot down ideas, titles, keywords, half-formed visions. Think: mood board, not final draft. A lovely night for stargazing, tarot pulls, or rereading old journals to remember how far you’ve come.
Relational Spellwork
1. New Moon Arrow Ritual
Write three things you’re aiming for in love, friendship, or community in 2026—one word or phrase each. Fold the paper into a small “arrow” and place it somewhere elevated (on a shelf, pinned to a vision board, tucked in a book on your nightstand). Let it remind you that your heart is allowed to want more.
2. Promise Letter
Choose one relational behavior you’re ready to practice consistently (texting back within a day, stating your needs, honoring your own time). Write a short “promise letter” to yourself describing how Future You shows up in connection. Sign and date it. This is a pact with yourself, not a punishment.
3. Firelight Release
On an evening between the 18th and 20th, light a candle. Name aloud any relational patterns you’re done animating—chasing, shrinking, staying silent, performing. After each one, gently blow the candle out and relight it, imagining that the flame returns without that old story attached. End by stating one nourishing pattern you will feed instead.
As this dark Moon week carries you toward the Sagittarius New Moon, let yourself live in the blank space between chapters. You don’t have to have the whole plot figured out—only the next true direction your inner compass is pointing.
