Tonight the sky resets.

I’ve been noticing a change in the air lately. 

Today also marks the Lunar New Year, the beginning of the Year of the Horse. I still catch myself thinking Chúc Mừng Năm Mới, the greeting I learned when I lived in Vietnam working as an English teacher. It was the biggest celebration of the year and the whole country seemed to pause at once. Streets emptied, families gathered, and for a few days life moved to a different rhythm. 

I even once dressed as the moon for a school celebration. At the time it just felt like a bit of fun. Looking back, I realise the moon had already entered my life long before Rootlight Rituals existed. I just didn’t know I was listening yet.

The year of the Horse is about movement, courage, travel and independence. And it definitely does not wait for perfect conditions.  

This New Moon is also known as the Crow Moon. 

In the Irish tradition, the crow is deeply connected to The Morrígan, a goddess of sovereignty and thresholds. She appears at moments of transition and asks a simple but powerful question: Are you standing where you truly belong? 

As winter wanes, crows grow louder in the fields and hedgerows. They are among the first signs that the season is turning. Before blossoms, before warmth, there is the call of the crow. It reminds us that there is still movement even if we don't believe it yet. Spring is already on its way even when the earth still looks bare. 

So this moon does not only ask us to listen. 

It asks us to prepare. 

The Horse asks us to move forward and the crow calls us toward what is about to begin. Can you feel the change?