New Moon in Gemini

May 21

New Moons teach you about empty space and how to be comfortable with silence. The blessing is: you don’t have to do anything. Let the joy of that sink in. Let your shoulders sink down and your jaw unclench.

For one blessed day, can you just be? Let go of checking in on goals or setting new ones. This is a bit easier this month since the Gemini New Moon falls on a Friday, but you can plan to have a reset day every New Moon if you track the lunar cycle with a Moon Calendar.

Your life will continue to flow, and the gift of this mini-break from goals will be a priority reset. If you’re goal-obsessed, make this a goal: On New Moons I release goal-setting by going with the flow and holding empty presence of what is. I will not solve problems or strategize.

Be the empty, fertile vessel. Listen.

Quiet and drop into the inner knowing. See what is there.

After this period of emptying, then you can cultivate an intention. When you interrupt the flow of regular life, you have the opportunity to drop in below the hustle and clarify your deeper values. Your “why” rises up to meet you.

Set Intentions after the New Moon

The moon shifts night by night, showing that the silence doesn’t have to last long. After a day of listening and hitting the pause button, see what comes in the day or two following the New Moon. Allow anything that came up for you to spur your intention cultivation.

Feeling frustrated about lacking control? Set an intention around that.

Anxious about wanting to do more? Set an intention about that.

Lacking motivation but wanting to build a new business? Set an intention.

Whatever comes up, whether around health, boundaries, money, habits or feelings, you can craft an intention that calls in the end result you want or a sustainable supportive energetic that helps you get there.

If you struggle with writing intentions, take a tip from Tosha Silver and start off by saying “Change me into one who… [finds inspiration in mystery, feels fired up and takes focused action on opportunities, sees opportunity in challenge, feels energized taking small steps towards my dream….]”

Intentions vs. Goals

An intention calls in something on a spiritual level, much like a prayer. Intentions invite transformation. Focus an intention on yourself and how you want to feel. For best effect, write it in present tense as if you already have it. You actually want the result, not the feeling of wanting.

Goals call in things. They are specific. Goals also generate pressure and action items. Goals add to your To Do list. “Goal: Write 4 Blog Posts this Month.”

Intentions drop down a layer and tap into who you are and who you want to be. Intentions call in potential and possibility while working with divine support to figure out how to make it happen. “Intention: Awaken my voice, desire, bravery and supportive habits to teach through writing.”

Goals and intentions can work hand in hand, but for now, create one intention and practice releasing it. Direct your desires through one focused lens.

The moon stays in Gemini for a couple days after the New Moon. Write your intention and perform the Intention Seed Ritual below on either Saturday, May 23 or Sunday, May 24.

Ideas for Intentions from May’s New Moon in Gemini

If nothing came up for you during your New Moon day of listening, you can cultivate an intention based on the energetics of this New Moon in Gemini.

Gemini is a mutable sign, ever changing. The main characteristic is communication. Mercury, the messenger of the gods, rules Gemini. Mercury is also Hermes, though, the father of the Hermetic Arts, otherwise known as magick.

Since Gemini is about communication, consider setting an intention about your voice, speaking, words, expressiveness, or clarity of focus.

Gemini is also known for high energy, but it tends towards distracted energy. If you write an intention about energy, be clear about the type or feel of that energy.

You can write an intention about magick, but I suggest you simply do some magick with this intention (see below). Harness that power and activate it instead of merely calling it in.

Intention Seed Ritual

To harness the energy of Spring, create a seed from your intention.

Write your intention on a strip of paper and roll it up. (If you have seed paper, use that. If not, buy some seed paper on Etsy for future magickal uses. It’s nice to have on hand.)
Cup the seed in your hands and think not of the intention itself but of the results. If you wrote an intention around your voice, play an internal movie of you speaking up, making cold calls, holding your boundaries, communicating confidently and clearly, spreading compliments, writing amazing content, listening and feeling heard. Play movie scenes that work for you and work with your intention.
As this movie plays, ask internally: How am I feeling? In that future rockstar moment. You may feel lighter, free, astonished, confident, happy with yourself, courageous, focused, abundant… Let all the highs and lows flow through you. You don't have to control them.
When your movie and feeling all the feels are complete, take 3 deep cleansing breaths with expressive exhales to move and reset your energy. Let it all go.
Carry your seed outside and bury it in the ground. You can put it in a plant pot with a leafy friend if need be. Dirt not your thing? Light that seed on fire and cackle with glee.
Whether you bury or burn, surrender this intention. Give it wholly to the earth or the fire. Release it with love and gratitude for not needing to carry it alone.
Say some closing words that suit your path:
So mote it be.
Thank you for attending this seed.
Goddess, Shakti, Jesus, God, spirit, divine one, The Universe… I give this up to you.