This New Moon in Scorpio is one of great release. Now is the time to be open to change, whether we choose to seek emotional healing, physical healing, or mental healing. The New Moon chart also includes the Sun and Venus in Scorpio, along with the Moon. Again, now is the time to release toxic energy from within, to open deep-seated wounds and have the courage for healing. There is an inward pull in the days leading up to the darkness of the New Moon; use this time as a catharsis to help you during this particularly passionate and emotional New Moon.

This has been a year with numerous losses to our community. Not long ago, Ted Andrews, author of such popular and well-respected books as Animal Speak, left this world for the next one. Now, I am sad to report the death of actor Edward Woodward (June 1, 1930–November 16, 2009). Woodward began his career as a Shakespearean actor, performed in films such as Breaker Morant, Becket, and Hot Fuzz, and starred on television in the long-running British spy show, Callan, and in the U.S. show, The Equalizer. But for magickally-oriented people, the movie he'll be most known for is the original 1973 film, The Wicker Man. In the film, he plays a contemporary, straight-laced Scottish