Midweek Message from the Moon ✨🌙
Waning Crescent x Eight of Swords
Hi angels 💫
We’ve arrived at the waning crescent, the final hush before the new moon. This is a tender, dissolving phase, a moment of surrender, of unclenching, of trusting the dark to hold what we cannot yet name. The waning crescent asks us to rest, to exhale the last of what has outlived its time, and to trust that new beginnings are quietly germinating beneath the surface.
This week, the Eight of Swords joins us in this liminal space. A card of restriction, fog, and feeling bound by circumstance, it mirrors the waning crescent’s shadowy invitation: you don’t have to have all the answers right now. Sometimes we are called to pause inside the unknown, to loosen the struggle, and to notice the ways we may be keeping ourselves confined by fear, doubt, or old stories.
The Eight of Swords often looks like a trap, but it’s one built on perception. The bindings are looser than they appear. The way forward begins with trust, with surrender, with allowing the fog to clear in its own timing. Paired with the waning crescent, this card reminds us that rest, release, and non-action are essential acts of faith.
Reflection Prompts 🌙🖤
Where am I keeping myself small by clinging to an old fear or belief?
What softens when I stop struggling and let things simply be for now?
How can I lean into rest and trust instead of urgency and control?
Ritual 🌹
This week’s ritual is simple but powerful. You’ll need a candle, a piece of paper, and a pen.
Light your candle. Let its glow become your anchor, a reminder that light still shines even in the darkest nights.
Name what binds you. Write down the fears, doubts, or limiting thoughts that feel like they’re tying you up. Don’t edit or judge, my angels, just let them flow onto the page.
Surrender. Fold the paper gently and place it under the candle. Speak these words aloud (or in your heart): “I surrender what I cannot yet see. I release the binds of fear. I trust the cycle to carry me forward.”
Sit in stillness. Let the candle burn for as long as feels safe, breathing deeply, imagining each exhale loosening the cords around you.
Close with gratitude. Thank the darkness for its quiet holding and the light for its gentle guidance.
The waning crescent moon teaches us that release is also freedom. We are not meant to hold it all, fix it all, or push through every uncertainty. Sometimes our greatest magic is in the pause, the surrender, the willingness to rest inside the mystery.
Trust this quiet undoing, my angels. In letting go, you clear the path for your next beginning 🌙🖤✨
With love & magic,
Sarah