Does wishing on the New Moon REALLY work?

Does it really work? Yes, I’m a skeptical astrologer. I see chart readings resonate with people again and again, so I have faith in them. But, wishing on the New Moon? An astrologer friend of mine described it once as “silly.” (But she still does it!)

I bought Jan Spiller’s book, New Moon Astrology: The Secret of Astrological Timing to Make All Your Dreams Come True, last spring and have been making the new moon wishes for a year now.  I faithfully write down my wishes each month, and wrote down even more during my “power period” – last September –  when the sun was transiting my eleventh house. As Jan Spiller writes, “Depending on your individual astrology chart, some days will be extremely potent for you personally, and others will operate to a lesser extent. This is because your specific astrology chart isn’t mathematically duplicated for over twenty-five thousand years, due to the planets traveling at different speeds around the Sun. Sometimes, due to the changing planetary alignments, the monthly Moon cycle will more vigorously trigger your individual wiring than at other times. Therefore, it is critical to use every New Moon, so as not to miss those that are the most powerful for you.”

I have a blank journal, with a photo of a male and female cardinal, which I’ve been using for “free writing” for a few years now. I bought it after my unusual experience with seeing lots of cardinals fly around me, the morning after making a request about meeting my Spirit Guides. I now use this journal for my New Moon wishes, and I just reviewed my entries.

The New Moon in Leo occurred at 11:10pm on the August 9th. I’m usually sound asleep by 10pm, and you’re not supposed to write these wishes before the New Moon. So, I wrote mine when I got up. According to the journal, it was 5:50am on August 10th. Leo rules love and romance, creativity, play and fun. The first two wishes I made were about being in a relationship. (I can’t believe I’ve been single now for over 3 years!) As I wrote down the first wish, I heard, “whip-poor-will, whip-poor-will.” That was odd. I don’t recall hearing a whippoorwill where I live before. As I started to write the second wish, again about relationships, I heard, “whip-poor-will, whip-poor-will.” Didn’t hear the bird’s call for any of the remaining wishes. And, I haven’t heard one since then, either! (Weird looking creatures, aren’t they?!)

Whenever an odd animal event occurs, I always head for my copy of Animal Speak, The Spiritual and Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small, by Ted Andrews. But, he doesn’t have an entry on the whip-poor-will; it’s only mentioned as a footnote. Instead, I read about the bird in various online encyclopedias. It’s referred to as a “night jar” because its call “jars” people in the middle of the night. A surprise. From this, I got that my wish will come true suddenly, and seemingly “out of nowhere.”

A few weeks prior to this, I’d had a Reiki session. My practitioner likes to have her clients pull a divination card, or a rune, at the end of each session. At the end of that session, she asked me to pick a rune.  I pulled, “Uruz”, which can mean “sudden, dramatic change.” Interestingly, it “also indicates the positive aspects of Mars-energy, willpower and determination.” (Remember that Mars rules Aries? And remember all the planets in Aries right now – including Uranus, the planet that rules my sun sign, Aquarius? Plus, in my birthchart, I have Mars in Aries.)

A few weeks after this “whip-poor-will” incident, I had a reading with Sherrie Dillard. One of the things she said was, “You’re quite lucky. Things just happen for you.” The first response I had was, “I’ve got Jupiter conjunct ascendant!” Yes, my brain relates everything to astrology. But, that is supposedly a very “lucky” placement. The issue with things, “just happening,” however, is that I DON’T KNOW WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. My life doesn’t tend to be the result of plans that culminate in an expected positive result. No. Things just happen, but sometimes, there are YEARS in between the “happenings.” Sure, things are happening during these years but I don’t recognize, until much later, how they are related to my wishes.

For instance, it took me three years to get pregnant. I tried the “planning” bit. I read Taking Charge of Your Fertility from cover to cover. I owned a basal body thermometer. I have charts and charts and charts of my temps and ovulations dates. I went through a body of fertility tests when I couldn’t conceive. Everything was fine. And, suddenly, out of nowhere, I was pregnant. Three years after deciding to try.

I’ve frequently talked about North Nodes and how they are the most important part of a person’s chart. My North Node is in Pisces.  In another book, Astrology for the Soul, Jan Spiller writes this about the Pisces North Node, “Theirs is the easiest of all incarnations, if they will only let go of their attachment of making it difficult. If they ‘Let go and let God,’ they can move in the peacefulness of the Infinite itself guiding them.”

This doesn’t mean my wishes won’t come true; it just means that I can control the way, or the time, of their manifestation. To help myself out with this frustration of waiting and not knowing, every New Moon I make wishes about surrendering to the plan the Universe has for me. (As for timing, though, I’m pinning my hopes on all this Aries action!)

When making your own wishes, I recommend you work with your own North Node. You can check your North Node, and get a general feel of it, by reading this post I wrote about New Year’s Resolutions. Also, if you want to write your Node in the comment field below, I’ll provide a suggested wish for you to include on the next New Moon (May 3!). Working with astrology, you can understand how your life works in a profound way.

And, I promise to let you know when the “suddenly unexpected” occurs!