June 14th New Moon in Gemini
Say what you mean, write what you need.
This new moon holds a contradiction in its hands. It asks you to see both sides of what you want, to know that this and that can be true at the same time. It reveals that longing and patience can live in the same breath. It shows that you can ask for something, hear no, and still be glad you asked.
The last part is the one I’ve been practicing.
Longing for me right now shows up in connection, in the waiting for things I care about, in the patience that asks something of me every day. And what I’ve started doing, earnestly and with a tiny bit of glee, is asking for what I want anyway, directly and without apology.
Sending the text. Making the request. Not apologizing for the asking.
And if the answer is no, feeling joy anyway because I didn’t silence myself.
Each time, the same small discovery: it was okay to ask. Whatever answer came, it was okay to have asked. That’s the win. That’s what this moon is pointing at.
I’ve also been asking for what I need by telling truths I normally wrestle with on my own. Last week, I was sitting with a friend, and I revealed that sometimes I don’t ask for what I need because I don’t want to take up too much space. Instead, I overcompensate. I shrink, I wait, I make sure everyone else is okay before I let myself be anything else.
My friend looked right at me and said, "You have to tell us how you feel. We have to know.”
I’ve been carrying that ever since. Not because it solved anything, but because it was the permission slip I didn’t know I’d been waiting for.
This moon allows you to open up and say what you mean, ask for what you want, and write what you need.
No guarantee you’ll get what you want. But the freedom to want it out loud will transcend any disappointments you may otherwise have felt by silencing yourself.
If the words aren’t coming, look at where you’re stuck. Then look at where you’re lit up. The distance between those two things will show you exactly what needs your attention right now.
Write toward it. That’s where your center is.
You’ll be happy you did.
Happy writing,
Licia
New Moon Writing Prompt
Write down something you want but haven’t said out loud yet. Not a goal. Not an intention. A want — specific, a little vulnerable, maybe even embarrassing in its honesty.
Then write the sentence you’d say if you knew the answer didn’t matter. If asking itself was enough. After the sentence, write a fictional paragraph about the outcome. Show. Don’t tell.
That’s the voice this moon is asking you to find.
If The Nocturne lights up your writing, you'll love The Margin Notes, a free weekly community for writers who are ready to turn their life experience into real, structured writing. Join us here.