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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Sade Jackson

How to plan your summer according to the New Moon in Cancer

Back when time was measured by tides and not timestamps, rituals weren’t extra they were essential. The moon was the world’s calendar and a compass to navigate our mundane everyday lives. Our ancestors didn’t ask what’s the plan for Monday? They asked what is the moon doing tonight?

Fast forward to now, and with astrology back in the spotlight, many of us are more intrigued by the invisible threads that tug at our lives behind the scenes. Many of us use the new moon to set intentions and the full moon to release what no longer fits. But if you stop there, you’re missing the rest of the story because the moon moves through eight distinct phases in a 29.5-day lunar cycle.

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