Editor's Note: Please enjoy this guest blog post from Nicole Edman, editor of our Llewellyn’s Astrological Calendar. On the 80th anniversary of the first Astrological Calendar, I dug through our archives for a few olde-tyme samples to see how the calendar has evolved over the years. And boy was I ever fascinated! I couldn’t lay my hands on our earliest copies, which are from a time long before Llewellyn was purchased and moved to Minnesota. Below are images and summaries of the calendars from 1945, 1975, and 1995. 1945 Here are a few images of the 1945 calendar, the year World War II ended. The calendar was titled as the Star Book of the Year back then, and the grids

Editor's Note: Please enjoy this guest blog post from Nicole Edman, editor of our Llewellyn's Astrological Calendar. As we all turn our calendars over to yet another new year, I’m happy to wish our beloved data-heavy wall calendar a happy 80th birthday! First published in 1932, it’s hard to believe that Llewellyn’s Astrological Calendar isn’t even the oldest Llewellyn publication (that honor belongs to our 1905-born Moon Sign Book). I’ve been editing this calendar since I began at Llewellyn five years ago, and what once seemed like a daunting grid of mysterious symbols now tells me so much that I look at it every day. What’s in retrograde? Is there a New Moon or Full Moon

This Full Moon in Cancer will occur Monday, January 9 at 2:30 am Eastern (7:30 am GMT) at 19 degrees. Full Moons represent the culmination of those things that were begun with the New Moon (in this case the December 24 New Moon in Capricorn). The Cancer Full Moon opposes the Sun in Capricorn; you may feel torn between your emotional needs at home and with your family (Cancer) and your ambitions outside the home (Capricorn). I dislike the idea of New Year's resolutions (they are rarely kept, and we are pressured by our society to make them; besides, any day we decide to make a change for the better is the perfect day to initiate that change!). That said, the December 24 Capricorn New

The New Moon in Capricorn will occur at 1:07 pm EST (6:07 pm GMT) on Saturday, December 24, 2011, at 2 degrees of Capricorn. New moons signify a new cycle, new beginnings, and rebirth. This New Moon, along with the Sun (also in Capricorn) will highlight the earthy Capricorn qualities of discipline and determination, as well as tenth house themes of career and ambition. This Capricorn New Moon period is the perfect time to create new to-do lists or plans to better yourself, your family, and the world at large—and to stick to them.