What the Moon Phases Reveal About a Woman’s Inner World
Mascari, Brooke - July 30th, 2025
For generations, women have looked to the moon as a mirror of their own cyclical nature, and for good reason. The average menstrual cycle and the lunar cycle are nearly identical in length, each lasting around 29.5 days. But this connection goes far deeper than coincidence. The moon, in her phases, reflects the shifting energies within our bodies, emotions, and spirits.
One of the most sacred realizations a woman can have is when her bleed begins with the new moon — a time of quiet darkness, gentle release, and the promise of renewal. This is where my body finds itself now, perfectly in rhythm with this lunar stillness. I can feel my inner world echoing the moon’s wisdom. There is so much beauty and meaning in this synchronicity. Come — let’s explore it together!
🌙 The Ancient Connection Between the Moon and the Womb
The word menstruation comes from the Latin mensis (month), which is rooted in the Greek mene, meaning moon. Before artificial light and modern life disrupted our connection with nature, women often bled in rhythm with the moon’s cycles — either during the new moon or full moon. These natural patterns were once seen as sacred.
Each phase of the moon aligns with a phase of the menstrual cycle, and each one offers insight into our physical, emotional, and spiritual experience.
🌑 New Moon = Menstrual Phase (Days 1–6)
Keywords: Rest, release, introspection, surrender
When your period begins on the new moon, you’re in a profound energetic place. The new moon is a time of stillness, darkness, and turning inward. Your body is shedding, and so is your spirit.
This is a time to:
Rest deeply and honor your body’s need for quiet
Reflect on what’s being released — physically and emotionally
Trust your intuition, which is heightened during this phase
Feel into what wants to emerge in your life or be renewed
This pattern is sometimes called the Red Moon Cycle — associated with healers, mystics, and women focused on spiritual or creative growth, rather than just physical fertility. You may be in a season of life where healing, inner work, and self-transformation are taking precedence.
This phase mirrors winter — a time of dormancy that precedes powerful rebirth.
🌓 Waxing Moon = Follicular Phase (Post-period)
Keywords: Growth, planning, inspiration, energy rising
As the moon begins to grow in the sky, your body begins to build again. Estrogen rises, and you may feel more energized, social, and ready to start new projects.
This is your springtime — a fertile ground for setting intentions, brainstorming ideas, and physically moving back into the world after your bleed.
🌕 Full Moon = Ovulation Phase
Keywords: Magnetism, connection, visibility, peak creativity
Ovulation is your peak energy moment — when your body is biologically fertile and you often feel more confident, sensual, and expressive. If you ovulate with the full moon, you’re following the White Moon Cycle, historically linked with women focused on nurturing, family, and outward creativity.
You may feel:
More confident and connected
Drawn to collaboration, romance, or sharing your voice
Radiant and expressive
This is your body’s summer — full bloom, full expression.
🌗 Waning Moon = Luteal Phase (Before your period)
Keywords: Discernment, boundaries, inward shift, emotional sensitivity
As the moon wanes and darkness begins to return, your hormones shift, and you may become more sensitive, inward, or focused on tying up loose ends. This is your autumn — a time to reflect, release, and prepare.
It’s a powerful time for:
Shadow work and emotional honesty
Saying no and conserving energy
Creating space for what really matters
🌑 What It Means to Bleed with the New Moon
Bleeding on the new moon can signify that you’re in a more introspective or transformational season of life. It may reflect:
A deeper spiritual or emotional awakening
A call to slow down, rest, and realign
A shift toward inner healing, self-reclamation, or creative rebirth
A time of visioning and dreaming of what’s to come
Women on the Red Moon Cycle were often seen as the wise women, the space holders, the alchemists. Not always physically mothering, but spiritually midwifing transformation — in themselves and others.
If you feel called to rest more, write, cry, process emotions, or retreat — honor that. This is medicine.
🌕 Why Tracking the Moon and Your Cycle Matters
Tuning into the moon alongside your menstrual cycle can be an incredibly healing and empowering tool. It helps you:
Understand your emotions and energy with more clarity
Align your life with your natural rhythms
Stop fighting your body and start flowing with her wisdom
Deepen your intuition, self-trust, and feminine embodiment
Whether you bleed with the new moon or full moon, there is no “right” or “better” cycle. Your rhythm is sacred, and it may shift throughout your life depending on what you’re healing, holding, or becoming.
💫 Final Thoughts
If your period begins on the new moon, this is your invitation to slow down, soften, and turn inward. You are in a womb within a womb — a space of stillness where magic brews and transformation begins.
There is great power in aligning with your body’s rhythms and the cycles of the moon. They offer us a roadmap not just for physical health, but for emotional and spiritual growth.
You are cyclical. You are sacred. And the moon remembers. Love and blessings on your journey!