1.0Angels on Your Shoulderhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/angelsonyourshoulderSusan Gregghttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/angelsonyourshoulder/author/sgreggrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="sRDHiBVIDR"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/angelsonyourshoulder/2010/05/fearless-friday-new-moon.html">Fearless Friday: new moon</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/angelsonyourshoulder/2010/05/fearless-friday-new-moon.html/embed#?secret=sRDHiBVIDR" width="600" height="338" title="“Fearless Friday: new moon” — Angels on Your Shoulder" data-secret="sRDHiBVIDR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Imagine what it felt like when there were no artificial lights and we lived in darkness. New moon is the darkest night of the month, the stars were plentiful but the night was dark as dark could be.New moon traditionally is a time of new beginnings, at time to set new goals and recharge old…