Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Amy Herring, author of Astrology of the Moon. Many people see the birth chart as the "map to the soul," a guide that tells you everything, or at least most things, about a person. Decipher it correctly, and you can determine someone’s strengths, faults, quirks, desires, love life, and shoe size. Those more familiar with astrology and its ins and outs know that it’s not always that cut and dried, that each planet in a sign or house impacts how another planet in a sign in a house manifests. The nuances of reading a chart skillfully involve understanding how each factor may modify the other, and therefore change the stereotype, or the

Two Llewellyn titles, Biting Back (Claudia Cunningham; Silver in Self-Help category) and The Return of Intuition (Kathryn Harwig; Bronze in the New Age [Mind-Body-Spirit] category) are IPPY  award winners! These titles were named as finalists in the 2011 Independent Publisher Awards, which are designed to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers. The 2011 Independent Publisher Awards (IPPYs) were revealed via an announcement on their website. The awards will be presented at a ceremony in New York on May 23. In addition, one book from Llewellyn’s Flux imprint (A Blue So Dark by Holly Schindler) and one

This New Moon in Taurus occurred at 2:51 am Eastern (6:51 GMT) May 3, 2011, at 13 degrees of Taurus. New moons signify a new cycle, new beginnings, and rebirth. This new moon, along with the Sun (also in Taurus) will highlight the Taurus qualities of stability and groundedness, as well as second house themes (finances and material security). This is a time when we will feel close to the Earth and nature (Taurus being ruled by the ever-feminine Venus, as well as being an earth sign). Perhaps you begin a new garden as spring begins, and enjoy not only the feeling of the earth and the contentment that gardening brings, but also the savings in your pocketbook. This New Moon is a time to

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Debra Moffitt, author of Awake in the World: 108 Practices to Live a Divinely Inspired Life. A friend said that dreams were like letters from a wise relative; they must be opened. Over the past years dreams have helped me find a mate, warn me about the stock market crash, and helped me to get published. In dreams many things become clear and transparent. Like in ancient dream temples, we can create a place where we’re ready to receive them and grow. In workshops, people tell me, “I don’t dream.” This is not true; everyone dreams every night. It’s part of sleeping. In each ninety minute sleep cycle we spend approximately half an hour