The moon you were born under, kept in a ledger.
Sean keeps a ledger of unfinished things. This is a page of it, written for your birth moon, with room for your own.
Sixteen illustrated pages: a letter from Sean, your moon read slowly across the counter, ledger pages for what you have left half-done, and every new and full moon of 2027 to tend it by.
Secure checkout by Stripe. Your download opens straight after payment. No account, no subscription.
The Ledger isn’t on sale yet, and nothing is charged today. In Substack’s email settings, switch on “The Moonlit Ledger” to hear once when it opens. Your main café subscription alone does not join it.
Mochi has already sat on page nine.It is still usable.
FIRST, YOUR MOON
Which moon were you born under?
Every edition is written for one of the eight phases. Tell Sean your birthday and he’ll turn the cup.
Your birthday stays on this device: the moon is calculated here in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere. We only remember which edition is yours, so the download page can find it. The phase is estimated at 12:00 UTC on that date, the same way as the café’s free reading.
YOUR EDITION
Choose a day, month and year. Your saucer is waiting.
All eight editions are in the download, so a birthday near a phase boundary never leaves you with the wrong moon.
WHAT’S INSIDE · 16 PAGES · A5, PRINTS ON A4 OR LETTER
A ledger to write in, not just to read.
The same sixteen pages in every edition, each one written and illustrated for its moon.
- P. 1Cover. Your phase, in its own candlelit scene.
- P. 2Kept for. Your name, your birthday, and a note on how to read it.
- P. 3A letter from Sean, handwritten across the counter.
- P. 4Your moon: how much is lit, when it’s up, where to look, and how it sits in a Singapore sky.
- P. 5Sean reads your saucer. The long reading, in his voice.
- P. 6Sean’s notes: what to keep, what to try, what to let yourself off.
- P. 7The twelve cups. Every sun sign’s order, and Sean’s note on each.
- P. 8–9The ledger. Two ruled pages for your unfinished things.
- P. 10Receipts with no price. Six slips: “I have come back because —”
- P. 11–12Thirteen moons of 2027. Every new, quarter and full moon, plus your own phase window to the minute.
- P. 13Pages for the evening. Eight journal prompts and your matching serial chapter.
- P. 14Tonight’s page, lined and left for you.
- P. 15A page from Mochi. Brief. Correct. Unsigned.
- P. 16Back cover and colophon.
EIGHT MOONS · ONE DOWNLOAD
All eight editions, included.
You’ll get every phase, not only your own, so a birthday near a boundary is never a guess. You’re welcome to print a copy as a gift for someone at your table.
THE SMALL PRINT, IN FULL-SIZED LETTERS
What the Ledger is, and isn’t.
It is
- A real moon. Phases and every 2027 date are calculated with the open-source Astronomy Engine and checked against a second source, in Singapore time (UTC+8).
- A story-shaped reflection. Sean’s reading is imaginative, a guess across a café table that you’re always allowed to tell him misses.
- Made to be written in. Print it, fold it, spill a little tea on it.
- Illustrated for the café with AI image tools, then corrected by hand so every moon shows its true phase.
- The same price for everyone, all the time. There’s no countdown and no “only three left”. It’s a PDF, so there are plenty.
It isn’t
- A prediction, a natal chart, or advice about health, money, love or the future.
- Personalised by a person or a machine after you buy. Every edition is finished and the same for every reader of that moon.
- A subscription. You pay once, keep the files, and nothing renews.
- Part of the serial’s plot. It’s a companion keepsake, and you don’t need it to follow the story.
ASKED AT THE COUNTER
Questions
How do I get it?
After checkout you’re taken straight to your download page, which holds all eight PDFs. Bookmark it; it’s yours to come back to.
When it opens, checkout will take you straight to a download page with all eight PDFs. Until then, switch on “The Moonlit Ledger” in your Substack email settings and you’ll hear once, when it’s ready.
I don’t know which moon I was born under.
Use the finder above. It works out the phase from your birthday right here in your browser. If you were born close to a change of phase, your time and place of birth can tip it either way. That’s why all eight editions are included: read both and keep whichever sounds like you.
Why are the 2027 dates in Singapore time?
The café is in Singapore, and a moon tracker has to pick one clock. Each phase happens at the same instant everywhere; only the local clock changes. If you’re in London, subtract 8 hours (7 in British summer time). In New York, subtract 13 hours (12 in summer). Near midnight, that can move the date by a day.
Can I print it?
Yes, it’s made for it. Each page is A5 (148 × 210 mm). Print at 100% on A5, or choose “fit to page” on A4 or US Letter. Booklet printing on A4 folds into a little A5 book. Cream paper suits it best.
Do I need a Substack subscription?
No. The Ledger stands on its own. The serial is free if you’d like to read the chapter each edition points to, and each chapter is linked inside.
Who handles the payment?
Checkout is by Stripe, who sell the Ledger on the café’s behalf, handle sales tax and VAT, and send your receipt (it may say “sold through Link”). We never see your card.
Nobody yet: nothing is for sale today. When it opens, checkout will be by Stripe, who will handle sales tax and VAT and send your receipt.
What if it isn’t for me?
Write to us within 14 days and we’ll refund you. No questions, and keep the pages you printed.
Something went wrong with my download.
Come back to your download page; the files are always there. If you’ve lost the link, reply to any Moonlit Mochi Cafe email, or leave a note under the latest chapter, and we’ll send it again.
A PAGE KEPT FOR YOU
ANOTHER PAGE, WHEN IT IS READY
The Moonlit Ledger
Sixteen illustrated pages for the moon you were born under, with thirteen moons of 2027 to keep it by. All eight editions, one download, US$12, once.planned at US$12, once.
Bring the Ledger homeKeep me a copy →In Substack’s email settings, switch on “The Moonlit Ledger” to join its optional launch-announcement list. No payment or pre-order is required.
Instant PDF download after checkout. Prices in US dollars; Stripe may show your local currency.
⁂ Mochi will sit on it either way.