The New Moon in Aquarius occurs Sunday morning, February 10 at 2:20 am EST (7:20 am GMT), at 21 degrees. New moons signify a new cycle, new beginnings, and rebirth. This New Moon, along with the Sun (also in Aquarius) will highlight the airy Aquarian qualities of intellect and forward-thinking, as well as eleventh house themes of friendships, social relationships, and the world at large. This New Moon period is the perfect time to examine your friendships and your role in collective society. Do you feel like you need to invest less time and energy in your friendships, or more? Perhaps you'd like to turn your acquaintances into life-long friends. Conversely, you may find yourself wanting

Haunted Route 66 author Richard Southall has a guest blog post on The Huffington Post, detailing his new book and the research he conducted while writing it. The Huffington Post is a Pulitzer Prize-winning news website and blog, offering news and personal views of politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy living, women's interest, and local news. Visit The Huffington Post to read the full blog post.

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Lexa Olick, author of Witchy Crafts. Incense, candles, and oils are valuable tools in ritual work. Even unscented candles have their own waxy aroma, no matter how slight. Sweet-smelling herbs purify and cleanse our homes and essential oils have the ability to enhance our moods. This beautiful bouquet of aromas is just a bonus to ritual work. Originally, gods were thought to receive nourishment from the scent of incense and oils. They took in the sweet savor of the scented sacrifices as one would take in food. The ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans all honored their gods with gifts of fragrances. It illustrates how universal

The Full Moon in Leo occurs tomorrow, Saturday, January 26 at 11:38 pm Eastern (4:38 am Sunday, January 27 GMT) at 7 degrees. Full Moons represent the culmination of those things that were begun with the New Moon (in this case the January 11 New Moon in Capricorn), which found us evaluating our careers, our ambitions, and our personal discipline. The Leo Full Moon opposes the Sun in Aquarius; we are reminded to check ourselves in the progress we made towards our goals set during the Capricorn New Moon. Are we re-dedicating ourselves to our jobs and careers? Perhaps goals set pertained to our physical and emotional health; are we honoring these personal promises? Are we being too selfish