When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you.

From “When You Wish Upon a Star” from Pinocchio.
Written by Cliff Edwards and released in 1940.

This classic song from Pinocchio was trying to tell us something. Like most Disney magic, they got it half right. Let me show you how to wish upon the new moon and have all your dreams come true. Join me for a ride through Jan Spiller’s New Moon Practice.

Wish within 8 Hours of the New Moon

Just like knowing what season to plant your seeds in determines if your flowers will grow…there is a more effective time to plant your wishes. This practice is most effective within the first 8 hours of the New Moon. Put a reminder in your calendar to try this practice as soon after the New Moon peaks (and not a minute before). Here’s a list of the new moons in 2024 to play with.

Be Focused on You

The New Moon is perfect excuse to create a little ritual for yourself. I do several hours of meditation and yoga on the new moon (come join me sometime if you’re in Chicago). Your ritual could be as simple as breathing deeply for 5 minutes with your eyes closed. Perhaps it’s taking a mindful bath and wearing your favorite robe. Maybe you light a candle or call in your ancestors. It’s totally up to you. Whatever helps you focus your attention back on yourself.

Start with Stuck Habits

One way to bring clarity and support is to wish to shift your relationship with that habit. Here’s some examples from Jan Spiller’s New Moon Magic.

• I want to easily find myself embracing new eating habits that support a healthy body.

• I want the practice of abandoning myself easily lifted from me.

• When I feel emotionally anxious, I want to easily find myself taking three deep breaths to relax.

• I want the habit of ________ easily lifted form me.

• I want all cravings for _______ totally life from me.

Handwrite Your List

Take out a piece of actual paper. Date it. Handwrite 4 to 10 wishes on your paper. After you complete the ritual, you don’t need to do anything special with the paper. Just keep it somewhere safe in case you want to refer back to it.

Don’t Combine Wishes

Even if two wishes are related, you must keep them separated. Rewrite “I want the habits of smoking and drinking alcohol totally lifted from me” into two separate wishes.

1. I want the habit of smoking totally lifted from me.

2. I want the habit of drinking alcohol totally lifted from me.

Make Multiple Wishes on Difficult Areas

For a particulary important issue, you can make multiple wishes around this area of your life. If you’ve decided to focus on your body during this period your wish “to feel healthy” may expand into…

1. I want to easily find myself joyously cooking healthy meals.

2. I want all attraction to highly processed foods totally lifted from me.

3. I want a total healing to occur in ____________ (this area).

4. I want to attract the right information that leads to the total healing of my tendency to _________.

5. I want to easily attract, recognize, and begin working with the right healers for me that restore my ____________.

You Can’t Make Wishes for Other People

Wishing other people will change doesn’t work. Wishing to change your approach or boundary with others will. For example…

🚫 I wish John would lose weight and eat healthier.
✅ I want to easily find myself saying the right words to John that lovingly prompt him to eat a healthy diet.

🚫 I wish Jewels would be nicer to me.
✅ I want a total healing to occur in my relationship with Jewels, resulting in mutual support and goodwill.

🚫 I want Jessica to go to therapy.
✅ I want to easily attract, recognize, and begin working with the right marriage counselor that restores positive communication between Jessica and me.

Watch Your Wording

There are hard and easy ways to get what you want. You could wish “to be rich,” and forget there are many unpleasant ways to get there like overworking or a tragedy. Feel into each wish as you write it. If it evokes feelings of happiness & harmony, you’re golden. If something doesn’t feel right about the wish, rewrite it. Here’s a few wealth wishes to try on.

• I want to be rich in a happy way.

• I want to easily find myself making choices around money that lead to financial prosperity for me.

• I want all resistance to attracting lots of money into my life totally lifted from me.

• I want to find myself easily saving ___% of every paycheck.

• I want clarity regarding money, leading to my handling it with wisdom and balance, and in ways that are in my best interests.

Don’t Fall for Logic

Skip the “logical” wishes. This is about magic and possibility. Don’t write down a wish that seems smart but doesn’t feel right. Remember that you’re allowed to wish for whatever you want. Forget what your mom says you need and go for the moon!

Trust Your Process

Areas where you’ve been stuck for a while, may need a few new moon periods to shift. If a wish doesn’t come true quickly, keep rewording and rewriting that wish until it does.

Did your wishes come true?

Let me know in the comments what your experience was like with this New Moon Wishing & Manifestation practice. You can always contact me with your questions.