Weekly Lunar & Cycle Syncing Guide

15–21 December — Southern Hemisphere**
Waning Crescent · Early Summer · Phase 2 Seeds

This Week at a Glance

Your Weekly Guide

This week sits in the final stretch of the lunar cycle, leading into the New Moon on 20 December. The Waning Crescent is the quietest, lowest-energy phase of the month. It’s a time when the body and mind naturally want to slow down, soften, and let go.

Even though life may feel busy with end-of-year demands, social plans, and holiday preparation, your internal energy is doing the opposite. Motivation can dip, focus can feel harder to access, and your tolerance for noise, pressure, and stimulation may be lower than usual. This is not a failure of discipline or energy — it’s the body preparing for a reset.

You may feel more inward, reflective, or emotionally sensitive this week. Tasks that felt easy last week may now feel heavy. Decision-making can feel slower. You may crave comfort, rest, and simplicity more than productivity or progress. This is exactly how this phase is designed to feel.

The invitation this week is to stop pushing and start listening.

The Energy This Week

As the moon darkens, energy drains away. This is a release phase. The nervous system naturally downshifts, and the body looks for safety, predictability, and rest. Many women notice a strong urge to withdraw slightly, say no more often, or create quieter evenings.

You might feel tired earlier in the day or need more sleep than usual. You may also notice emotions surfacing more clearly — not in an intense or dramatic way, but in a quieter, more honest one. This is a powerful time for insight, reflection, and emotional clearing.

Trying to “power through” this week often leads to frustration or exhaustion. Working with the energy, instead of against it, creates a much smoother end to the month.

Cycle Syncing This Week

Whether or not you are hormonally premenstrual, this week carries a premenstrual-style energy for many women. The lunar cycle alone can create similar sensations: lower energy, increased sensitivity, and a stronger need for comfort and boundaries.

You may feel less patient with tasks or people that don’t feel aligned. Your body may ask for more grounding food, slower mornings, or time alone. This is not a week to judge yourself for what you can’t do — it’s a week to honour what your body is asking for.

This phase is often when clarity appears. You may suddenly realise what you no longer want to carry into the next cycle. Pay attention to these insights, but don’t feel pressure to act on them immediately. Awareness is enough for now.

Seed Cycling Support

If you are seed cycling with the moon, you remain in Phase 2 for most of this week, using sunflower and sesame seeds. Phase 2 supports progesterone pathways, nervous system regulation, and emotional steadiness — exactly what the body needs during the final days of the lunar cycle.

On the New Moon, 20 December, you will switch back to Phase 1 (Flax + Pumpkin) and begin a fresh cycle. This makes this week an ideal time to slow down, finish what needs closing, and prepare your body gently for a new beginning.

If you seed cycle with your menstrual cycle rather than the moon, stay aligned with your own phase and let the lunar energy act as background support.

Seasonal Insight — Mid to Late December

This week can feel challenging because the season and the moon are asking for opposite things. The body wants rest and simplicity, while the outside world often demands activity, celebration, and productivity.

This mismatch can create feelings of overwhelm, irritability, or emotional fatigue. The most supportive thing you can do is reduce pressure wherever possible. You don’t need to do everything perfectly. You don’t need to keep up with every invitation or expectation.

Simple meals, steady routines, and small moments of quiet go a long way right now.

How to Work With This Week

This is a week for releasing, not striving. Focus on closing loops, tidying loose ends, and clearing physical or mental clutter. Give yourself permission to slow down where you can, even if only in small ways.

Rest is productive this week. Stillness is useful. Saying no is supportive. The more you honour this natural pause, the more refreshed and grounded you’ll feel when the New Moon arrives.

Weekly Mantra

I allow myself to slow down and reset.

Recipe of the Week

Vanilla Seed Cycle Bliss Balls Recipe

I love the convenience and versatility of adding the Seed Cycle blends to salads, yoghurt bowls and soups. But, there is nothing more exciting than knowing I ‘have’ to eat a delicious snack every single day!

This seed cycling recipe is super easy to make and can be altered to suit your needs and dietary and allergy requirements. Recipe here.