Yes, it's like that. Have you heard the phrase "self-fulfilling prophecy"? It's similar to that, in a way. If you stand in front of the mirror every day and tell yourself that you'll do well, you will. If you tell yourself that something awful will happen, then it will. The same principle applies to what he wants you to do, I reason.

[You kids are a hopeful group... she believes in you.]

The new moon should simply be the new moon, regardless of "whose" moon it is... or so I hope. I'm sorry that I don't know more.