​New moon May 19th 2023 at 11:53 a.m.

Moon phases can actually be used/celebrated in a 3-day spread one and a half days before the event and one and a half days after. The small variations in the planetary placements in a 3-day period won't affect the outcome at all. Most witches seem to enjoy being on the exact night or the exact time during their ceremony. Half the time, the exact moment of alignment in your specific part of the world is during the day.  For me, I generally do things in the early evening or even during the day.  I am very comfortable with not needing visual representation of my work so I do my thing when I feel good when I'm awake, after my second cup of coffee or around tea time, before I'm drained from the day. This new moon I got lucky, on my place on the planet it occurred at 11:53 in the morning. Almost like the universe was setting me up for the perfect meditation ceremony.

For me new moons are a time to stop, reflect and make a new 28-day plan. Last moon phase for me was pretty brutal; New businesses and health issues really came together in the crap storm of misery.  This new moon I am refocused. Instead of making goals and striving for them as I have done my entire life I'm going to stop with the goals and start with the processes. If daily life is a routine that gives us joy I need to find out exactly what routine works for me that will give me the most daily Joy. So for the next 28 days I am working on processes and lifestyle and leaving goals on the bottom of the list.  When the goal comes and goes, I should be left with a feeling of "what now" because the processes will be in place for daily routine.  Life should form around the joy of every day.  At least that's the new goal (HA! Joke people).  

On to the magic! I use the same meditation for new moon every month. Witchcraft is a matter of practice and the reason we practice with the same spell especially if the spell is effective or the same meditation is to build a Groove in our minds. A little fold in our brain that the power and the chemistry and the energy runs down. The deeper that Groove the better the energy flow to that purpose; so if we repeat the same spell every single month our brain automatically goes to the groove flows the energy down it and voila your magic gets stronger. This new moon, I made a cup of tea and I rewrote the spell with my new ink pen and then I wrote another piece of paper with my next 28-day statement of my intent for routine building.. I burned the spell in my fireplace when I was done with the plan.