EPISODE TITLE: New Moon Business Ritual: What the Cards Revealed This new moon business ritual walks through a live tarot pull on the Virgo New Moon, plus the self-talk check most entrepreneurs skip. If you want a specific dark moon practice before the next lunar reset, press play. Julie pulls three animal spirit cards, then a deities card, live on the Virgo New Moon: Starfish, Wasp, Snake, and Ishtar. Each one carries a different piece of shadow work for business owners: releasing a limited view of what's possible, letting the ebb and flow be normal instead of a red flag, and recognising that things look cloudy right before a real shift. There's also a straight talk on the words business owners use against themselves when a routine or habit slips, and why that self-talk matters more for a Virgo new moon business ritual than the routine itself. Julie closes with intuition and decision making: trusting what comes through your own channel instead of waiting to be told what to do. IN THIS EPISODE: - What Dark Moon Energy actually means and why it's still a releasing window, not a manifesting one - The Mercury-ruled reason Virgo season is about your self-talk, not your habits - Starfish Spirit and the invitation to release a limited view of what's possible - Wasp Spirit on why the sting isn't proof you're doing it wrong - Snake Spirit, the cloudy eye before a shed, and what that means before a breakthrough - Ishtar, Inanna, and what "follow your heart, truth prevails" pointed to this week KEY MOMENTS: 00:00 Dark Moon Energy and the Virgo New Moon arriving 03:13 The words you use on yourself, and the Mercury/air connection 07:19 Threshold and the myth of Inanna as identity work 09:56 SHINE, energy healing, and self-sourcery 13:07 The card pull begins: Starfish, Wasp, and Snake 21:19 Ishtar, Inanna, and where the truth lives PULLED QUOTE: "Before your biggest breakthroughs, before your next level up, things are cloudy." READ THE WRITTEN VERSION: I wrote this one up properly, with the full card-by-card breakdown and what each one is actually asking of you. https://authorityafterdark.substack.com/ Want to explore Threshold, the 11 day Inanna initiation? https://www.juliechandler.co.uk/threshold Want to claim your self-sourcery through SHINE? https://www.juliechandler.co.uk/shine If you want the cycle posts and readings like this one landing in your inbox, subscribe to Authority After Dark. This episode covers dark moon and new moon rituals for business owners, shadow work through animal spirit and deity card pulls, and trusting your own intuition over waiting to be told what to do. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit authorityafterdark.substack.com/subscribe