Waxing gibbous in Pisces

The eight phases

• New moon

  Nothing to see. That is the point.

  The Moon is between you and the Sun and shows you its dark side, which is the honest one. New Moons are for beginning things quietly - a note, a seed, a decision you do not announce. The frog does not plant in the dark. She decides what to plant.

• Waxing crescent

  A thin edge of light, and the first excuse to stay up.

  The sliver after the dark. Intentions from the New Moon start to look like plans. This is the week to take the first small step and not the second one yet. The frog adds one thing to the pond and watches.

• First quarter

  Half lit, half not. The sky has not decided either.

  A square between Sun and Moon: the first friction. Whatever you began two weeks ago meets its first obstacle now, and the obstacle is usually a person. Push a little. Not through them - past them.

• Waxing gibbous

  Almost full, and everyone can feel it.

  The days before the Full Moon are loud. More light, more sleep lost, more opinions. Adjust, refine, finish the parts that can be finished. The frog checks her work twice in this phase and still finds something.

• Full moon

  Everything is visible. Not everything should be.

  Sun and Moon face each other across the sky and the whole pond is lit. Full Moons bring things to a head: the conversation, the result, the feeling you were managing. Let it be seen. Do not sign anything until it sets.

• Waning gibbous

  The light is leaving, and so is the pressure.

  The week after the peak. What the Full Moon showed you now needs digesting. Share what you learned, thank who helped, and stop adding. The frog sits on the warm stone and does not explain herself.

• Last quarter

  Half gone. Time to put things down.

  The second square, the one that asks what you are still carrying from the last cycle. Release is the task: a habit, a grudge, a half-finished thing that will never be finished. Clear the shelf before the dark.

• Waning crescent

  The last sliver. Rest is not optional.

  The Moon is almost gone and the frog is almost asleep. The days before a New Moon are for tying off, not starting. Sleep more. Say less. What you do not finish now, you were not meant to.