The Libra New Moon Eclipse presents a rare and potent opportunity for spiritual growth and alignment. This isn’t just any New Moon — it’s an eclipse, supercharging the lunar energy and making it ideal for clearing old patterns and setting intentions for powerful transformation. Since Libra rules over relationships, balance, harmony, and fairness, this ritual is designed to help you release past relational imbalances and create a fresh foundation for future connections, both with others and within yourself.

What You’ll Need:

• Two candles: One black (for release) and one white (for new beginnings)
• Rose petals or flowers: Symbolizing beauty, love, and Venus (Libra’s ruling planet)
• Crystals: Use Selenite, Rose Quartz, or Aventurine to amplify the energy of harmony, love, and emotional healing​​.
• Paper and pen: For writing your release intentions and new moon wishes
• A fire-safe bowl: To burn the release intentions
• Incense or smoke cleansing tools: Sage, palo santo, or incense to clear the energy

Step 1: Preparing Your Sacred Space

Before beginning any ritual, it’s essential to set the tone and energy of the space you will be working in. This step allows you to bring in clarity, remove negative energy, and establish a sense of peace and protection for the transformative work you’re about to do.

• Cleansing the Space: Use your chosen cleansing method (sage, palo santo, or incense) and move around the room, calling in peace and balance. As you cleanse, envision any negativity or stagnant energy dissipating, leaving the space pure and open for healing.
• Setting Up the Altar: On a small table or surface, arrange your tools. Place the black candle on your left (symbolizing what you wish to release) and the white candle on your right (for your intentions and new beginnings). Add rose petals or any other flowers to bring Venusian energy into your space, and arrange your crystals around the candles to amplify their energy. Selenite is particularly powerful for clearing and balancing the energy of other crystals​.

Step 2: Grounding and Centering

Sit comfortably in front of your altar, take a few deep breaths, and focus on grounding yourself. Visualize roots extending from your body into the earth, stabilizing and centering you. This grounding is essential during eclipses, as they can stir intense energies and emotions.

• Visualization: Close your eyes and visualize the New Moon in Libra shining down upon you, radiating peace and balance. Picture yourself enveloped in a soft light that brings harmony to every area of your life.

Step 3: Write Your Release Intentions

With the New Moon Eclipse, the focus is not only on manifesting new desires but also on letting go of the patterns and energies that no longer serve you. Eclipses magnify this process of clearing and transformation.

• Releasing the Old: On a sheet of paper, write down the relational imbalances, fears, or blockages you want to release. Be honest and specific. You might write things like, “I release fear of vulnerability,” or “I release old patterns of people-pleasing.” These can relate to romantic relationships, friendships, or even your relationship with yourself.
• Burn & Release: Light the black candle. Hold the paper with your release intentions over a fire-safe bowl and carefully burn it, symbolizing the act of letting go. As the smoke rises, visualize these old patterns dissolving. Say aloud, “I release what no longer serves me. I make space for balance and harmony.”

Step 4: Set New Intentions

Now that you’ve cleared old energies, you’re ready to focus on the new. The New Moon Eclipse energy is perfect for setting intentions related to relationships, self-love, and inner peace. With Libra’s influence, focus on balance, fairness, and mutual growth.

• Writing New Intentions: On a new sheet of paper, write down your New Moon intentions. These can relate to manifesting new harmonious relationships, cultivating inner balance, or deepening existing partnerships. Example intentions might include, “I invite balanced, loving relationships into my life,” or “I embody harmony and fairness in all my interactions.”
• Infusing with Energy: Light the white candle and place your written intentions underneath your crystals on the altar. Take a few deep breaths and hold your hands over the paper, visualizing your desires already manifesting in your life. Feel the energy of love, peace, and balance filling your space and your heart.

Step 5: Meditate on Balance and Harmony

Spend a few minutes in meditation, focusing on Libra’s themes of balance and harmony. Visualize a set of scales, perfectly balanced. On one side of the scales, see your personal goals, desires, and individuality (Aries energy), and on the other side, visualize your relationships and connections with others (Libra energy).

• Integration Meditation: Allow the scales to balance evenly, symbolizing harmony between self and others. Let go of any tension or imbalance. Breathe deeply, allowing the energy of peace to flow through you.

Step 6: Close the Ritual with Gratitude

Gratitude seals the energy of the ritual and strengthens your connection to the universe.

• Express Gratitude: Thank the Universe, the Moon, and any spiritual guides or energies you work with. Acknowledge the transformative power of the New Moon Eclipse. Say aloud, “I am grateful for the balance and harmony now flowing into my life.”
• Extinguish the Candles: Snuff out both candles, symbolizing the end of the ritual, but keep the energy of your intentions active. Leave your intention paper and crystals on your altar for the rest of the lunar cycle.

Additional Tips for Working with the Libra New Moon Eclipse:

• Affirmations: Repeat affirmations during the day such as, “I attract harmonious and loving relationships,” or “I live in balance and inner peace.” These affirmations will keep your intentions active in your subconscious​.
• Journaling: After the ritual, journal about the emotions that came up for you. Eclipses often reveal deeper truths, and writing can help you process and integrate these energies.

This Libra New Moon Eclipse Ritual will help you harness the transformative energy of the eclipse, guiding you to release old patterns and welcome balanced, harmonious relationships and experiences into your life. Stay open to the changes this eclipse brings, as it sets the tone for profound growth over the next six months.