moonday chat | 05.04.26

category is: integration

welcome back to “moonday chat,” a weekly newsletter where I sit down every monday with a warm bevvy and write a lil mooncast check-in to ground us in the current energy. Think of this as a space where you buy me a $7.77 bevvy once a month, and we gather here each week to connect and chat all things cycles.

mooncast | 05.04.26

Current phase:

Waning Gibbous 🌖

Current sign:

15 degrees of Sagittarius ♐

Emotional weather:

👀 Ok so how is everyone feeling after last week’s Scorpio Full Moon? What truths came to light? Did you crash out or bite your tongue??

Regardless of how things played out for you, it’s a new week! And were starting this moonday on a wayyy lighter note with a Waning Gibbous in Sagittarius.

Yenno that feeling after returning home from a trip that lowkey changed your brain chem? And now you’re back in your regular life trying to make sense of this slightly different version of yourself?

Some will argue that’s the whole point of travel. The beauty of expanding your worldview and letting the experience actually change you. Letting it to shape where you go and what you do next. They key to avoiding post-travel blues is integration.

Waning Gibbous is the phase that comes directly after a full moon, and it always reminds me of going back to school or work after a summer vacation (or post-ovulation). You’re unpacking everything, both physically and mentally. Still a little in that dreamlike headspace of romanticizing life for the past week, reminiscing on the peak of the journey… curating the perfect photo dump, retelling stories, sharing your “lessons learned” and “travel tips” with anyone who will listen.

Chatty, inquisitive, and philosophical… just like a Sag! Lol.

Even if everything went horribly last week, one thing about Sag energy is that it doesn’t dwell. Not if Juppy has anything to do with it! This energy is great for forgiving, forgetting, and focusing on the bigger picture.

Last week something shifted, and now you’re figuring out what to do about it.

This week, zoom out to .5 and grab your gratitude journal or open your notes app.

The category is: integration.

💭 What makes more sense now that I’ve had a second to breathe?

💭 What part of last week actually worked out in my favor? Even if it didn’t feel like it.

💭 What am I glad I know now that I didn’t before?

💭 I’m grateful the confusion around _____ cleared up.

Lunar highlight:

Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn | 05.08.26 ♑

We’ll be ending the week with a sobering Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn, which, honestly, is probably for the best. Lol.

Less philosophizing! more follow through!

You don’t have to let this energy kill your optimism, but it will provide a grounded reality check. Compared to Sag, Cap’s energy is more realistic, more disciplined, and more aware of consequences and road blocks. Very much back to work energy!

This is a good time to refocus on the intentions set at the start of the cycle, and to get honest about what’s actually realistic for you moving forward.

Last Quarter moon is the final phase of the cycle, and I compare it to the Luteal phase. Navigating the comedown of any cycle peak isn’t easy, especially if you lack self-compassion.

We aren’t linear, we don’t, and shouldn’t, exist in a mental vacation 24/7… despite what society wants to gaslight us into believing. Accepting this is the first step to avoiding the luteal phase scaries // post-travel blues.

Last quarter moons and the Luteal phase aren’t a form of punishment. They’re an important part of the cycle that helps you clean things up. A closing shift.

Forgiveness matters here, and so does allowing yourself to let go.

⭐ Take a lil peeksie at your birth chart to see exactly what house(s) the moon is transiting through for you this week. This is where the emotional weather might feel the most noticeable.

🌀 cycle check-in

Take a moment to ground yourself, check in with your cycle, and listen to what your body is asking from you this week.

If you’re unsure, or not currently menstruating, that’s okay! Use the moon phase.

If you want to chat 1:1 to learn more about cycle basics, we can. xo

To forgive, or not Forgive…

Let’s be honest, whatever the full moon illuminated in your personal life last week probably wasn’t cute and frilly. This is Scorpio that we’re talking about….