Hi, Reader —

Welcome to Aries season!

Doesn’t it seem like every season there is some end and beginning of a cycle to mark? In summer, the first crescent moon in the first month of the Islamic calendar marks the start of the new year. September brings Jewish new year and the academic cycle begins. In January, our culturally shared Gregorian calendar has us creating resolutions, and the Lunar New Year is celebrated in many eastern cultures. And in spring, with this week’s new moon, it’s the start of the astrological new year!

So really, any time is a good time to begin start something. We are tracing cycles upon cycles!

Leading up to this Saturday, in the early morning, or perhaps very late Friday, the moon wanes until it is nearly nothing: a thin sliver in an expanse of night.

In the dark, we have no past and no future, we can only see so far. And that’s apt for this Aries season new moon. Astrologer Colin Bedell says, “Aries has no past, and what if you didn’t either? It’s the first sign. So Aries Season is reminding us to do everything like it’s the first time. Like we’ve never known failure, disappointment, heartbreak, or loss. It’s a radical reorientation.”

And I love this because it reminds me of what I’ve heard Abbie Galvin say on many occasions: “It doesn’t matter what happened to you. That is not your story. Your story is how you’re taking today into your future.”

Of course, the past is important. It’s our history, it’s our inheritance. In fact in Katonah, we call what is inherited and habitual our “lunar nature,” speaking of the moon. The idea is that we don’t have to be ruled by these tendencies. We can begin again. Always.

And the cycle of the new moon reminds us of this truth.

So come, and plant seeds with me Wednesday, so that we may pluck the deep red strawberries of our ripe desires when the full moon waxes its way here in just two more short weeks. (With thanks to my favourite astrologer Sarah L’Hrar for all the strawberry metaphors! Join us in Costa Rica in 2026!)

Sign up for this free new moon meditation, and receive the replay recording. You can practice again with it on the weekend when the new moon finally arrives.

​→ We meet live on Zoom at 19h00 Wednesday evening.​

Remember — every new moon is an accessible free practice of meditatation and mantra, with journaling and some sharing. Every full moon, we take time for a longer 90 minute practice, workshop style and priced accordingly. Move and breathe with me as we bring seeds to fruition and release.

Add this new moon cycle to your seasonal meditations to try something new.

I’ll see you tomorrow!
Sara

PS: did you miss The Imprint for Spring? You can still receive it on-demand! Write me back and I’ll help you get connected.