The New Moon in Libra occurs Monday, October 15 at 8:02 am EDT (12:02 pm GMT), at 22 degrees. New moons signify a new cycle, new beginnings, and rebirth. This New Moon, along with the Sun (also in Libra) will highlight the Airy Libra qualities of balance and diplomacy, as well as seventh house themes of relationships and partnerships. This Libra New Moon period is the perfect time to examining your partnerships, especially as they relate to your overall well being. Do you need to be more tactful in your communications? Are you spending too much time on one relationship to the detriment of another? However, Uranus and Jupiter are still retrograde, (until December 13, 2012 and January 30,

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Raven Keyes, author of The Healing Power of Reiki. What I’ve discovered over my years of Reiki practice is that when a dream is sleeping deep inside someone’s heart, it will come awake and start to naturally manifest when Reiki is added to the equation. I can’t tell you the number of times my clients have uncovered—sometimes with great emotion—a dream they had locked inside that finally revealed itself during a Reiki session. How do dreams get lost in the first place?, you might ask. Well, do you know anyone who encourages you to dream and to live what’s in your heart? It’s true that some receive the help they need,

Jupiter begins its retrograde motion in Gemini on Thursday, October 4, continuing “backwards” until January 30, 2013. Just like any other retrograde planet (including that trickster Mercury), periods of retrograde are periods of “re:” renewing, reflecting, restarting, etc. Instead of being viewed negatively, these retrograde periods are a positive time to slow down (especially as Jupiter now turns retrograde, and for the next few days) and possibly make some necessary changes. Jupiter, ruler of Sagittarius and the 9th house, symbolizes luck, fortune, and prosperity, so now is the time to reflect on any sources of frustration in your life caused by these things (or a perceived

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Matt Swayne, author of America's Haunted Universities. How do students pick the university they’ll attend? Usually, it’s a matter of reputation. Some students seek schools with solid academic reputations; other students want to be part of a university with great athletics. Another group—probably a group that’s larger than we want to believe—wants to attend a school that knows how to party. If you want to go to a school with a great academic tradition, you can find dozens of lists that rank schools according to their academic reputations. For athletics, just visit the latest national champions in the sport of your choice.