Know thyself. Wise advice, but not always easy. People are rarely static. We change over time, we change in various situations, and we play various roles. The beginning of the year seems like as good a time as any to take a snapshot, to create a self-portrait, as a first step in thinking about "who am I right now?" Knowing yourself can help you determine where you want to go and even how to get there. The court cards in a tarot deck are often said to represent aspects of ourselves. This spread uses only the court cards. By creating a personal mandala of your various aspects, you can get a fuller picture of who you are. Try this spread and see what you learn about

Preston Sturgis was one of the top screenwriters and directors in Hollywood's history. His Sullivan's Travels manages to be wildly humorous, inventive, and touching while dealing with serious social issues. His mother, Mary Estelle Dempsey, married a traveling salesman, but moved to Paris to be a singer when Preston was just 3. She moved back to the U.S. and married a wealthy stockbroker named Solomon Sturgis (her previous marriage had been annulled). Sturgis adopted her son in 1902. Mary Stugis' father was Dominick d'Este Dempsey. She took that middle name and to occultists became known as Mary d'Este, Mary Desti, or Mary d'Este Sturgis. She also became a lover of Aleister Crowley

Mark A. Michaels and Patricia Johnson, authors of Great Sex Made Simple, Tantra for Erotic Empowerment, and The Essence of Tantric Sexuality, are interviewed on SheKnows.com as tantra experts. SheKnows is a popular women’s website that provides daily content on health, wellness, relationships, careers, parenting, entertainment, and style. The complete article can be found here.

Our Marketing department very occasionally encourages us to write blog posts in the form of lists. You know the type: 5 Ways to Cast a Spell, 7 Things You Must Know About Mayans, 14 Beauty Secrets of Witchy Women, 101 Ways to Procrastinate at Work. We’ve all seen these kinds of articles on the internet, and there’s a reason for it: people simply click on those more, apparently. This fact really sunk in when I was at my parents’ house over the holidays. They’d just bought a hot spot so they finally had an Internet connection at home (yes, in 2012), and my dad spent a good hour just clicking on articles like “The 10 Top-Paying Jobs with 2-year Associate’s Degree,” "The Top 10