Prayer to Selene on the New Moon in Gemini
Selene, silver-veiled Mother of the hidden sky,
tonight your face is dark,
not absent,
but inward-turned.
You ride unseen through the twin gates of Gemini,
where breath becomes word,
where thought becomes spell,
where the mind divides
so the soul may learn to listen.
Bless this new moon with clear speech,
with bright curiosity,
with messages carried on wind,
wing, whisper, and dream.
Let the scattered pieces of me
find conversation with one another.
Let my left hand know my right hand,
my shadow know my light,
my silence know its sacred name.
Selene, lantern behind the veil,
teach me the wisdom of beginnings
that do not yet glow.
Teach me to trust the seed in darkness,
the prayer before answer,
the road before footsteps.
Bless my words,
that they may heal rather than wound.
Bless my thoughts,
that they may open rather than bind.
Bless my spirit,
that it may move like night air
between worlds, signs, and omens.
On this Gemini moon,
may I receive the right message.
May I ask the right question.
May I speak only what is true enough
to become medicine.
Selene, hidden Queen,
pour your unseen milk upon the roots of my becoming.
Let this dark moon be not emptiness,
but womb,
not loss,
but listening,
not silence,
but the sacred pause
before the stars answer.
So may the blessings of this phase be upon me:
new thought,
new breath,
new language,
new magic,
and the courage
to begin again unseen.
Hail Selene,
Moon behind the moon,
Keeper of the silver road.
