Weekly Hormone & Cycle Guide
20–26 December — New Moon Reset 2025
This Week at a Glance
| Moon Phase | Season (Southern Hemisphere) | Seed Cycling Phase | Menstrual Cycle Phase | Focus for the Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Moon | Early Summer — bright, busy outside | Phase 1 (Flax + Pumpkin) | Menstrual or early follicular for many | Reset • Begin • Simplify • Restore |
Your Weekly Guide
The New Moon arrives on 20 December, bringing the start of a fresh lunar cycle. New Moons are quiet by nature. They don’t bring instant energy or motivation instead, they create space. Space to reset, reflect, and gently begin again.
This New Moon lands right as the year winds down. While the outside world may feel busy with Christmas plans, social events, and end-of-year pressure, your body is being invited inward. You may feel slower, softer, or less motivated than usual. This isn’t a problem to solve it’s a reset point.
The New Moon asks very little of you. You don’t need big goals or dramatic intentions. Small, grounded beginnings are more powerful now than pushing forward.
The Energy This Week
Energy is at its lowest at the New Moon and slowly begins to rebuild over the coming days. You may notice clearer thinking, but less physical drive. Your nervous system benefits from predictability and calm this week.
You might feel:
- a desire to rest more
- less urgency around tasks
- lower tolerance for noise or stimulation
- a pull toward simplicity
- gentle emotional reflection
This is the pause before momentum returns. Let it be quiet.
Cycle Syncing This Week
Many women naturally experience menstrual or early follicular energy around the New Moon. Even if you’re not bleeding, your body may still reflect this inward rhythm.
This is a week for listening rather than doing. Your body may ask for nourishing food, gentle movement, and emotional softness. Productivity will return — but it isn’t the focus right now.
If emotions feel tender or energy feels low, remind yourself that this is part of the natural cycle. Nothing needs fixing.
Seed Cycling Support
If you seed cycle with the moon, Phase 1 begins today.
Phase 1 uses flax and pumpkin seeds, which support estrogen metabolism, digestion, skin health, and early-cycle energy. This phase helps gently clear and prepare the body as the new cycle begins.
If you seed cycle with your menstrual cycle instead of the moon, simply stay aligned to your own phase. The New Moon offers additional support, not rules.
Seasonal Insight — Late December
Late December is often emotionally layered. There can be joy, nostalgia, pressure, and fatigue all at once. The New Moon supports stepping back from expectation and returning to what feels steady and grounding.
This is a beautiful time to simplify food, routines, and commitments. You don’t need to do more to be enough this week.
Weekly Mantra
I allow myself to begin again, gently.
How Seed Cycling Works
Seed Cycling is divided into two phases:
Phase 1 uses flax and pumpkin seeds.
This phase supports estrogen metabolism, digestion, skin health, and early-cycle energy. It’s often used during the first half of the cycle or from the New Moon if you’re following the lunar rhythm.
Phase 2 uses sunflower and sesame seeds.
This phase supports progesterone pathways, nervous system balance, and a calmer, more grounded energy. It’s often used during the second half of the cycle or from the Full Moon.
You simply add the seeds to foods you already eat — smoothies, yoghurt, porridge, baking, salads, or snacks.
How to Follow Seed Cycling
You can Seed Cycle in two ways:
- With your menstrual cycle, following your own natural rhythm
- With the moon, using the New Moon and Full Moon as your guide
Both approaches work. The most important thing is consistency, not perfection.
Why So Many Women Love Seed Cycling
Women often choose Seed Cycling because it feels supportive, simple, and sustainable. Over time, many notice steadier energy, improved digestion, fewer cravings, clearer skin, and a better understanding of their body’s natural rhythm.
Seed Cycling isn’t about forcing balance — it’s about creating it gently, through food.
Recipe of the Week
Seed + Oat Jolly Biscotti Recipe
Ingredients (Serves 14)
1/4 cup butter, melted (65g)
1/2 cup Remedy Omega Oats
7 scoops Seed Cycle Phase 1
1 tablespoon Psyllium Husk
1/2 cup whole Hazelnuts
1/2 cup dried Strawberries
2 Eggs
Pinch of Salt
For Toppings:
100g White & Milk Chocolate (each)
Slivered Pistachios
Freeze-dried raspberries
Full Recipe here.