The Two Weeks Most People Miss

The new moon gets all the love. I see it every month: the intention-setting posts, the candle-lighting, the journaling. And I honor all of it. But here is what I have learned after a decade of making jewelry in my Santa Fe studio: the new moon is the seed. The waxing phase that follows, those roughly two weeks between the new moon and the full moon, is the soil.

The lunar cycle spans about 29.5 days, and the waxing half is the most magnetically alive window in it. This is when intentions stop being words on paper and start becoming something you can feel in your bones.

Choosing a piece of intentional jewelry during this window is not separate from your ritual. It is the ritual. The act of selecting, of saying yes, of placing something meaningful against your skin while the moon is still building, that is how you anchor what you are calling in.

What the Waxing Moon Is Actually Asking of You

The waxing phase carries a very specific energetic quality: building, expansion, attraction, momentum. If the waning moon (the two weeks after the full moon) is about releasing and letting go, the waxing moon is its opposite. It is a calling-in phase, a magnetism phase. The moon is growing, and it is asking you to grow with it.

Think of it this way. The new moon is where you plant the seed. The full moon, two weeks later, is the harvest. Everything between those two points is the critical nurturing arc, the time when your intention needs tending, needs a container, needs something physical to hold it in place.

This mirrors the slow living rhythm so many of us are drawn to. The waxing moon is an antidote to impulse. It does not ask you to grab at something. It invites you to move toward it with care, with attention, with a deliberate pace that honors the thing you are building.

And this window is not a single moment. It is a journey in four distinct acts: the Waxing Crescent, the First Quarter, the Waxing Gibbous, and the approach to the Full Moon. Each carries its own quality, its own invitation. If you have never broken the waxing phase down this way, stay with me. This is where it gets good.

A Journey in Four Acts: The Sub-Phases of the Waxing Window

Waxing Crescent (Days 1–7 After the New Moon)

This is the phase of hope and first movement. The moon is just a sliver, barely visible, but something has shifted. You can feel it. This is the moment to feel into what you are calling in and let that pull guide you toward a piece. Not rushing. Just noticing what draws your eye, what stone keeps returning to your thoughts.

First Quarter (Around Day 7)

The half-moon. The phase of overcoming resistance. If you have been circling a piece, returning to it, wondering if it is the right one, this is the moment to commit. Place the order. Say yes. The First Quarter asks you to push past hesitation and act on what you already know.

Waxing Gibbous (Days 10–13)

Everything you have been nurturing begins to take visible shape. The moon is nearly full, and the energy is building toward a crest. This is the ideal moment to receive your piece or begin wearing it. It becomes a talisman for forward motion, a physical anchor for the momentum you have been building since the new moon.

Approach to Full Moon (Day 14)

The harvest threshold. Wearing your piece now carries the full charge of everything you have been working toward. The intention you set two weeks ago has had time to root, to grow, to take form. Your jewelry arrives at the peak of that arc.

Here is something I think about often: when you commission a custom handmade piece at the new moon, the creation itself unfolds during the waxing phase. My hands and the moon's energy are working in parallel. The copper is growing around the stone in my studio while the moon is growing in the sky. That is not a metaphor I designed. It is just what happens when you work with your hands on lunar time.

For those who feel the pull of the waxing window and want to begin wearing something right away, The Roots Collection holds my bestselling electroformed copper pieces, including the Raw Black Tourmaline Ring and Raw Celestite Ring, made to order and carrying the grounding, protective, and expansive energies that align naturally with waxing moon intention work.

Choosing Your Stone by the New Moon's Sign

Each new moon falls in a different zodiac sign, and that sign colors the energetic flavor of the entire waxing window that follows. A Scorpio new moon calls in transformation. A Taurus new moon calls in abundance. A Gemini new moon calls in connection and communication. The sign gives you a lens for your intention.

I love the practice of choosing a gemstone that resonates with both your personal intention and the zodiac sign the new moon falls in. It creates a kind of double alignment, a specificity that makes the piece feel truly yours.

Some pairings I return to again and again:

• Labradorite and clear quartz for new beginnings and intuition, perfect for the new moon moment itself
• Moonstone and amethyst for growth and clarity during the waxing phase
• Black tourmaline for protection and grounding when forward motion feels vulnerable

My collections are organized so you can shop by zodiac sign, chakra, and crystal intention, which means finding the right piece for the current lunar window is built into how you browse. And because every electroformed piece is one of a kind, the stone you are drawn to during this window chose you as much as you chose it. I have seen it happen too many times to doubt it.

Copper, the Moon, and the Metal That Calls Things In

Most conversations about moon phase jewelry focus on gemstones and ignore the metal entirely. But copper has its own story, and it is a powerful one.

Copper has been associated with Venus since antiquity, the planet of attraction, abundance, and love. That makes it a natural energetic partner for waxing moon work, which is fundamentally about calling things in.

The electroforming process mirrors the waxing moon's own rhythm. I grow copper slowly around each stone by hand, layer by molecular layer, over hours. Nothing is cast or stamped. The metal builds gradually, accumulating in organic patterns that I guide but never fully control. It is patient, magnetic growth made visible.

After working with copper in my studio since 2016, I can tell you it has a warmth and an aliveness that other metals do not carry. It responds to the skin. It darkens and shifts with wear. It feels less like something manufactured and more like something born. Wearing electroformed copper during the waxing phase is wearing a material that is itself a symbol of slow, deliberate becoming. The metal and the moon speak the same language.

The Most Intentional Gift You Can Give Yourself

Nearly 73% of jewelry is purchased with gifting intent. But the most powerful gift is the one you give yourself with full awareness of why you are choosing it.

You do not need to wait for someone else to recognize what you are building, what you are becoming, what you are ready to call in. Choosing a piece for yourself during the waxing moon is not an impulse buy. It is the slow living version of marking a threshold, a deliberate act of saying: I am moving toward something, and I want to carry a reminder of that movement on my body.

Self-purchasing as a practice has grown steadily, driven by people who understand that personal milestones deserve their own rituals. Treat the moment of selection as sacred. Sit with the piece. Feel whether it matches the intention you set at the new moon. Let the waxing window be the container for that discernment.

A piece chosen this way arrives already charged. It has been called in, not stumbled upon. The 2,500+ members of our Wild Keepers Circle know this feeling well. It is the difference between owning jewelry and wearing a talisman.

Begin the Window With Intention

Wherever you are in the current lunar cycle, the next new moon is never more than 29.5 days away. That is all the time you need.

Here is my invitation, and it is a simple one: at the next new moon, write down what you are calling in. One line is enough. Then spend the waxing window feeling into which piece wants to come home with you. Let it be unhurried. Let the crescent build into the quarter, the quarter into the gibbous, and notice what keeps pulling at you.

If you order a handmade piece at the new moon, the creation itself becomes part of the waxing arc. I will be growing copper around your stone while the moon is growing in the sky above my studio in Santa Fe. By the time the full moon arrives, your piece will be ready, carrying the energy of the entire window it was born into.

Every piece I make here holds the moment of its making. That is not something I can manufacture or rush. It is something the copper and the stone and the timing create together, and I am just the hands in the middle of it.

If you are curious, you can explore the studio's collections by crystal intention, zodiac sign, or chakra. And if you have a stone of your own, or a symbol that carries personal meaning, I take custom commissions. We can time the work to the next new moon and let the waxing window do what it does best.