You Are Not Late: A Mother’s Invitation to the 13 Moons
Dear Mother,
There is a rhythm beneath the noise.
A quiet pulse beneath the piles of laundry, the meal planning, the sleepless nights, and the endless to-do lists.
It whispers not in demands, but in invitation:
You are not lost. You are simply between.
In the shifting seasons of motherhood — from the intensity of newborn days to the untethering of children growing older, from matrescence to menopause, we can lose sight of ourselves. Not because we’ve failed, but because we’ve given so much. And still, something inside aches to be known.
This is where the 13 Moons begin.
This is not a program to fix or perfect you.
It is a gentle rhythm. A lunar map. A remembering.
Each new moon of the year brings with it a unique flavor, a mood, an archetypal energy. We follow 13 of them, including the occasional “blue moon”, not as a rigid path, but as a way to root deeper into presence. We use these moon cycles not to do more, but to be more with what is already stirring in our hearts.
Every moon is an invitation to pause.
To come back to yourself, not the version the world asks for, but the one your soul longs to be.
You don’t need to start at the “beginning.”
There is no perfect place to begin. There is only here.
Wherever you find this is the right moment.
Whatever moon it is now, whatever season you’re in, that’s your starting point. That’s the thread to follow.
Because this isn’t about completing a circle. It’s about entering the spiral. Letting each moon meet you where you are. Letting the medicine of the archetypes, The Radiant One, The Tending One, The Still One, The Shadow Keeper, offer reflections and rituals to weave you home to yourself.
For each cycle I have created:
A story or archetypal reflection that speaks to the energy of the moon
A gentle ritual to bring into your daily life (no extra supplies or perfect conditions required)
Questions for journaling or conversation to listen deeply to your inner knowing
And the quiet reminder that becoming is not something you rush.
We live in a culture that rewards speed, productivity, and certainty. But you are a mother. You know in your bones the value of slow growth, messy progress, and sacred mystery.
These 13 Moons are for the you underneath the roles. The you who wants to feel magic in the mundane. The you who is curious about astrology, about cycles, about rhythm, not as another thing to master, but as a way to come home.
Let this be your practice.
Not one more task, but a breath. A permission slip. A moment each month to listen inward, to remember your own becoming.
The moon is not asking you to be more. She is only asking you to come closer.
Welcome to the 13 Moons.
Welcome back to yourself.
With love,
Jema
