The Value of Dark Moon

Dark Moon is a fascinating, powerful aspect of the moon’s cycle, when there is no light from
the moon at all for a night or two. Dark Moon does not get a lot of attention, since we can’t see it! While Full Moon is the night with most light, Dark Moon is the night with no light. It is the end of the cycle, before the New Moon emerges into the night sky again.

While New Moon is the beginning of the new cycle, and a powerful time to make wishes for the coming month, Dark Moon is the completion of the previous cycle. It is a time of release, letting go, and going deep into the unseen, for a perspective and wisdom that is most accessible at this introspective time.

This time of “winding down” the cycle has always been intriguing to me. In our fast-paced culture we are driven to get on to the next thing, and always be accomplishing something. Dark Moon invites us to do the opposite - to sit still or move slowly, to look within, to engage with discomfort, to hold the space for questions without answers.
Possibly to even be untamed or unattractive!
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