The New Moon: Nov. 20, 2025

Written by The Coven. Photography by Niklas Ohlrogge (niamoh.de)

The sky goes quiet now.
No light. No reflection. Just shadow and possibility.

The New Moon is not empty — she’s sacredly full of what hasn’t yet been born. This is the womb of the lunar cycle, the space where we plant what cannot yet be seen. It’s the beginning before the beginning.

In ancient times, witches and healers saw the New Moon not as absence but as potential. It was a night for closing doors softly, setting intentions in whisper form, and letting the unseen world rearrange itself on your behalf.

This is your night to pause. To feel. To listen for what is still becoming.

✦ The Energy of This Moon

Each New Moon carries its own signature depending on the season and sign, but every one of them asks the same thing: What will you become if you stop fearing the dark?

This is a moon for silence, reflection, and vision-work.
It’s a time to slow down your outward striving and come home to your intuition.
Before you light a candle or craft a spell, breathe. Feel where your spirit wants space.

Let your desires move from thought to pulse — from wish to promise.

✦ Ritual for Renewal

1. Clear the Old Energy
   Cleanse your space — sweep, smoke, or simply open a window. Physical clearing invites energetic clearing.

2. Write Your Intention
   On paper, write what you are calling in for this next cycle.
   Keep it simple: one sentence that starts with “I am ready to…”

3. Anoint & Charge
   Place a drop of oil or water over your paper.
   Hold it to your chest, breathe three times, and imagine moonlight already bathing it — even if you cannot see her.

4. Seal It
   Fold the paper and tuck it somewhere sacred — under a candle, near your bed, inside a journal.
   Revisit it when the moon is full and see how your seed has grown.

✦ For the Creative Witch

The New Moon is the artist’s muse in her purest form. She invites you to imagine before form exists, to dream before proof appears.
Sketch. Write. Stir. Craft. Don’t worry if it’s perfect — this moon loves what is unfinished.

In Bruja Magazine, we believe creation itself is spellcraft. Every word, every brushstroke, every recipe stirred with intention is a spell that says, “I am here. I am becoming.”

✦ Closing Blessing

Light a single flame in the darkness and whisper:

I honor what I cannot see.
I trust what I am growing.
I move with the moon, and she moves with me.

Let the light burn as long as you need. When you blow it out, say thank you — to the darkness, to the moon, to yourself.

✦ Reflection Prompts

• What am I ready to call in this cycle?

• What part of me is asking for renewal?

• How can I make space for quiet before creation?