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The First New Moon in Capricorn

Why This New Moon Matters to the Spiritual Animist-(Straight Talk)

The first New Moon in Capricorn of 2026, is not about ritual, manifestation, or intention-setting. It is about orientation. Nevertheless, the Ancient People did practiced a ritual that’s included here for those who are interested…

Capricorn governs time, structure, responsibility, and the slow intelligence of the Earth. In animist understanding, these are not abstract ideas; they are (everything); living forces. Mountains teach patience. Stone teaches endurance. Seasons teach consequence.

This New Moon marks a psychological and spiritual reset where spirit agrees to be shaped by matter. It is the point in the lunar year where inner values must become liveable, sustainable, and real.

The Animist Understanding

Animism does not separate soul from structure. The Earth is not a symbol; it is a participant. Under a Capricorn New Moon, the land responds not to emotion, but to consistency, honesty, and integrity.

This is why ancient cultures treated this period quietly. Not with spectacle, but with attention. What matters now is not what we want, but what we are capable of maintaining over time.

Love, in animist terms, is not intensity; it is continuity.

The Jungian Lens

From a Jungian perspective, Capricorn corresponds to the moment when the ego is asked to mature into inner authority. Carl Jung emphasised that individuation requires responsibility; insight without embodiment leads to inflation and fragmentation of the psyche.

This New Moon exposes where we may be spiritually insightful but structurally misaligned, where we understand, yet do not live by what we understand. This Capricorn Moon corrects this gently but firmly for us whether we like it or not and those of us who choose to journey blind … may your creator be your guide.

It is the archetype/embodiment that asks:

“Can your inner life support your outer one?”

The Ancient Practice: The Stone Oath Rite

A pre-classical, earth-based vow practice found across mountain and agrarian cultures.

Purpose:

To anchor intention into matter, bind psyche to purpose, and align personal will with ancestral and Earth intelligence.

Materials (Minimal. Traditional.)

One stone (from land you have permission to take from)
A dark cloth or bare earthen ground
Salt or soil
One candle (white or earth-toned)

The Rite (Do Not Rush This)

Timing: Night of the New Moon or within 24 hours

Posture: Seated on the ground or floor … no elevation

1. Opening the Field (3 minutes),

Close your 👀, prepare to take two breaths … take a deep breath and a top off with a shorter breath (through your nose), to make one full breath.

Then, through your mouth, exhale very slowly … fully … completely.

Three of these cycle will lower your cortisol levels (stress hormones secreting in the stomach) and balance your parasympathetic nervous system.

Place the stone on the cloth or ground. Touch the earth/salt.

Say plainly:

“I enter the right relationships with what is older, wiser, and more powerful than me, for my greatest good”

This signals consent. Animism begins with respect, not demand.

2. Jungian Grounding (Shadow-Aware)

Place your dominant hand on the stone, the other hand on your heart, or on your chest.

Reflect silently:

What responsibility have I avoided?
Where have I sought freedom without structure?
What part of me fears authority … mine or another’s?

This is shadow material. Do not correct it. Witness it.

(Here, Jung’s psychology is explicit: what we refuse to carry consciously will rule us unconsciously. Capricorn demands conscious load-bearing.)

3. The Oath (Speak Once Only)

Light the candle.

Speak one sentence … not a list.

Example:

“I commit to building what serves life beyond my comfort, with patience, honesty, integrity, and discipline.”

Hold the stone while speaking. Breath steady. No dramatics.

4. Sealing with Earth

Press the stone briefly into the soil/salt.

Say:

“Let this be carried by time, not by force.”

Extinguish the candle with fingers or a snuffer … no blowing it out (traditional containment of energy).

The Descent – Ancient Ritual

Ancient peoples did not “manifest” under Capricorn. They made vows as mentioned…

New Moon: the unseen seed phase, power gathers before form.
Capricorn (Earth, Cardinal): initiation through discipline, boundaries, and legacy.
Animist lens: the land, stones, ancestors, and seasons are active participants. This moon asks: Can you be trusted with what you are asking to build?

Sit on the ground. Place the stone in front of you. Do not light the candle yet.
Place both hands on your thighs. Breathe until your body settles.
Then reflect … without correcting yourself … on this single inquiry:

“Where in my life have I claimed insight without discipline?”

This is shadow work in its purest Jungian form … Not analysis … but Recognition.

When avoidance, fear, or grief arises, do not bypass it. Capricorn does not allow transcendence without contact.

Aftercare (This Is Where Most Fail), according to ancient text…(check out the references)

Keep the stone for 28 days (one lunar cycle).
Place it somewhere visible where work is done … not in the bedroom.
Take one practical action within 72 hours that proves your oath is real.

No action = no ritual. Animism is pragmatic.

Let Love Be Your Guiding Light!

None Ritualistic Practice — This is my preferred approach.

A Simple Grounding Practice (Not a Ritual)

This is not ceremonial. It is reflective and practical.

Sit quietly at some point during the New Moon window.

Ask yourself, honestly and without judgment:

What in my life is no longer structurally aligned with what I love?
Where do I need fewer ideas and more consistency?
What responsibility is asking to be accepted, not avoided?

Example:

“I will align my daily actions, boundaries, and commitments with the love and integrity I teach, even when it requires rest, restraint, or simply saying no.”

Then take one small action within the next few days that supports that sentence.

This is all my Beautiful Souls!!!🪷

In animist and Jungian terms, action is the language the psyche and the Earth, both understand.

Why This Matters

The New Moon in Capricorn reminds us that spirituality is not meant to float above life … it is meant to organise it. When love is given structure, it becomes trustworthy. When meaning is embodied, it becomes stable.

This moon does not rush us.

It asks us to become reliable to our own soul.

Closing Reflection

This New Moon does not ask what you believe. It asks what you are prepared to build slowly, what you will carry without applause, whether your spirituality has bones.

- Capricorn teaches that depth is proven through follow-through … consistency, reliability, and focus

- Capricorn teaches us that love is not intensity. Love is what we are willing to tend consistently.

- That love becomes sacred when it is sustained.

- That wisdom matures when it learns how to live in time in the present moment; the here and now.

This is not about doing more.

It is about standing where you already are, with clarity, moral decency, courage, and strength as we prepare for this new journey of the year 2026, that represents the number one (a restart, a new beginning).

Thank you for visiting, I hope we can learn something that can benefit us here.

This is amongst many ways how soul becomes real.

RozaA—Much Love & Light

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