Pluto is the planet of destruction and regeneration, and now that it is in retrograde motion (beginning April 9, 2011, it will be retrograde until September 16) we will spend the next nearly six months re-examining old patterns in our lives. Retrograde periods don't have to be scary (as I've often extolled about periods of Mercury retrograde); instead, while things have a tendency to get muddled with other retrograde planets (with Mercury, for example, the ruler of communication, things in that arena tend to go haywire), Pluto retrograde is a time of slowing down to experience internal reflection. Retrograde periods are time to break out the "re:" regeneration, renewal, reflection….you

Annie Wilder, author of House of Spirits and Whispers and Spirits Out of Time, will be a featured guest on My Ghost Story this Saturday, 04/16/11. My Ghost Story is the Biography Channel's paranormal documentary series that features ghost stories and eyewitness accounts from a person's own paranormal experiences. Annie will be sharing some of her paranormal encounters while living in her century-old haunted house. New episodes of My Ghost Story currently air on the Biography Channel Saturday nights at 10pm Eastern. Check your local listings for channel information.

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Margaret Ann Lembo, author of Chakra Awakening. It seems to be a consistent question, “How do I use this rock to improve my life?” Crystals, rocks, and gemstones (used interchangeably here) are tools to stay focused on your goals and intentions. Have you noticed the incessant chatter that goes on in your mind about worrisome things? It happens to everyone, even those adept at meditation and self-awareness. These sparkling treasures from deep within the earth are gifts to distract us from those troubling thoughts as they call us over to our heart’s desires with their luminous light. They remind you to focus on what you do want, not

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Raymond Buckland, author of numerous books, including the new Solitary Séance. After many years of writing non-fiction (approximately sixty books) I am at last able to turn to my true love, which is fiction. I thought that the ideal genre on which to focus would be fantasy . . . Tolkienesque, with magic, wizards, fairies, and the like. So I wrote The Torque of Kernow, which dealt with all of those things, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought “How wonderful! I have finally found my niche!” I planned follow-on novels about Kernow (which, incidentally, is the old name for Cornwall, my favorite part of England). I plotted the second one