While at its darkest, the moon is also at its most mutable—as we enter the new moon in Libra, our head as well as our hearts are infinitely pliable. This lunation in flexible, adaptable, and infinitely patient Libra demands that we relax our spirit, and consider where we may be out of balance. The new moon is the ideal time to reassess opinions or beliefs that you may have long considered fixed, or immovable. What beliefs about yourself is your spirit crying out for you to reconsider? Be like the scales this new moon—weigh your moods and emotions with great care, babe. 

This is a difficult time to be a witch in the world—which is all the more reason to tend to the most sensitive, tender parts of you during this lunation. Libra is an airy, harmonious, and level-headed sign, but it's also the sign of justice—now is the time to assess your inner witch's boundaries and desires, as well as their feelings of resentment and mistrust. Look closely at these emotions if they rear their heads, and tend to them with care. How can you seek justice for yourself this lunation? How can you mend the versions of yourself that feel wronged, overlooked, or undervalued? You deserve it all, babe, and then some. Dole out gentleness with an even hand this new moon, and know that you've more than earned it. 

If this new moon feels especially tender for you, connect back to the physical body; level-headed and observant as Libra may be, the dark moon is a time of reckoning with the rich, albeit confusing internal landscape. Your emotional body may feel more prickly than usual—so remember to ground yourself with gentle, healing touch. Libra is associated with the skin, as well as the veins—spend some time lavishing yourself by tracing the veins that are visible underneath your skin, and connect them back to their source: your heart.