The new moon is the second of three full moons that occur each month. It is the smallest and closest to Earth of the three full moons. The new moon is often seen as a time of hope and optimism and is a good time to refresh your altar and make new goals for the coming month. In Hoodoo, the new moon is a good time for setting intentions or making juju related to gaining or increasing one's personal power.
The new moon on January 21st is historic as it will be closer to the Earth than it has been since the Middle Ages. This makes it a powerful time to do ritual. It is also significant because it marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year, a major festival celebrated across Asia, particularly in China. This year is the year of the rabbit.
Examples of affirmations, juju, and rituals you can do over the next three days to take advantage of their new moon/new year energy are the following:
1. Clean your altar by sage-ing all your items and setting new intentions
2. Purge and/or burn a few items from your house that are symbolically aligned with something you don't want to bring into this new moon/new year (e.g. overdue bills, emails/letters from discordant people, objects belonging to an ex-lover, etc)
3. Create a new medicine/juju bag to bring luck, money, spiritual clarity, or love to your life
4. Sweeping the entryways to your home with red brick, florida water, or salt water
5. Visionboard, alone or with friends and family
6. Tear up or burn old lists of to-do's and goals
7. Write out a new list of goals and to-do's for this month/new year
8. Remove all the spider webs and durst from your home and put new pennies in all the corners
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