The cycle

Ritual timeline

Grief does not run in a line. What you brought to Sophia is set here inside the moon whose window held it — each window opening at its full moon and closing when the next one rises.

Nothing is gathered yet. Speak with Sophia and this record fills itself.

Reminders

Optional. A quiet notice here when a moon opens, and — if you want it carried further — the same thirteen openings written into your calendar with an alarm.

Raised while a Sophia tab is open. For a notice with the tab closed, use the calendar file below.

  1. I

    Spirit Moon

    Mnido Giizis · Saturday, January 3, 2026

    Profound withdrawal. The raw magnitude of the absence demands stillness. Isolation prevents environmental energy from further fracturing the psyche.

    Nothing carried into this window.

  2. II

    Bear Moon

    Mkwa Giizis · Sunday, February 1, 2026

    When physical presence is gone, the empath learns to meet the beloved strictly through the energetic realm, trusting the invisible bonds that survive death.

    Nothing carried into this window.

  3. III

    Sugar Moon

    Ziissbaakdoke Giizas · Tuesday, March 3, 2026

    Restoration of biological equilibrium. Sleep, blood sugar, breath. A reflection on the sweetness of life that remains.

    Nothing carried into this window.

  4. IV

    Sucker Moon

    Namebine Giizis · Thursday, April 2, 2026

    Deep spiritual purification. Cleansing the energetic body of trauma from the final days. Clearing the emotional waters.

    Nothing carried into this window.

  5. V

    Flower Moon

    Waawaaskone Giizis · Friday, May 1, 2026

    First re-emergence. The soul, long incubated in dark months of grief, begins to express its spiritual essence into light.

    Nothing carried into this window.

  6. VI

    Strawberry Moon

    Ode'miin Giizis · Sunday, May 31, 2026

    Archetypal initiation into emotional release. Reconciliation with the universe, the Divine, and the reality of physical separation — guarded by spiritual discernment.

    Nothing carried into this window.

  7. VII

    Raspberry Moon

    Mskomini Giizis · Monday, June 29, 2026

    Self-compassion as practice. Navigating the painful, thorny triggers of memory without becoming ensnared.

    Nothing carried into this window.

  8. VIII

    Ricing Moon

    Manoominii Giizis · Wednesday, July 29, 2026

    For a matriarch: the responsibility of translating pain into wisdom that will nourish four children and four grandchildren.

    Nothing carried into this window.

  9. IX

    Corn Moon

    Mdaamiin Giizis · Friday, August 28, 2026

    Remembering: the seeds you planted together remain vibrantly alive in the physical realm, even when one gardener has gone.

    Nothing carried into this window.

  10. X · now

    Falling Leaves Moon

    Biinaakwe Giizis · Saturday, September 26, 2026

    Consciously choosing what no longer serves healing. Letting go of repetitive thought loops, guilt, the trauma of the minus-one-day.

    Nothing carried into this window.

  11. XI

    Freezing Moon

    Mshkawji Giizis · Monday, October 26, 2026

    Using the cold isolation to commune with the cosmos. Solidifying the spiritual line of connection to the beloved.

    Nothing carried into this window.

  12. XII

    Little Spirit Moon

    Mnidoons Giizis Oonhg · Tuesday, November 24, 2026

    Integration. The first sense that the new self — forever changed — has begun to gather coherence.

    Nothing carried into this window.

  13. XIII

    Big Spirit Moon

    Mnidoons Giizis · Thursday, December 24, 2026

    Final metabolism of the year's grief. Readiness to return to the cycle — profoundly integrated, never the same.

    Nothing carried into this window.