Folklore #023
Rituals & practice
New moon intentions: ten written lines, present tense, on the night the Moon disappears.
The most common form asks for specifics and a deadline of roughly one lunar cycle. Strip out the Moon and you have a well-supported habit: written goals with a short review interval. Keeping the Moon in gives you a reminder that arrives every 29.5 days whether or not you were thinking about it.
Tradition: Modern Western practice · checked Aug 2026
🔭 Meanwhile, in astronomy: 27.3 days to orbit, 29.5 to repeat a phase