The New Moon in Virgo occurs tomorrow at 10:11 pm EDT (2:11 am, Sunday, September 16, GMT), at 23 degrees. New moons signify a new cycle, new beginnings, and rebirth. This New Moon, along with the Sun (also in Virgo) will highlight the Earthy Virgo qualities of analyses and planning, as well as sixth house themes of employment and health. This Virgo New Moon period is the perfect time to examining your life and your job or career, especially as it relates to your overall well being. Organize your home or office, and enjoy the feelings of productivity and control that result. However, Uranus is still retrograde, (until December 13, 2012 ), so you may find yourself reflecting and

On Monday, September 10, 2012, the Dalai Lama wrote the following to his friends on Facebook(!): All the world's major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness can and do promote inner values. But the reality of the world today is that grounding ethics in religion is no longer adequate. This is why I am increasingly convinced that the time has come to find a way of thinking about spirituality and ethics beyond religion altogether. Wow! The 14th Dalai Lama Many, if not most of you reading this were brought up in a religion. Most of you were brought up within some sect of Christianity. A few of you were brought up Jewish. And since

Egzorcysta is a new monthly magazine, based in Poland, that focuses on exorcisms. And this isn't some paranormal/horror fan 'zine. This is a magazine that uses Roman Catholic priests as a prime resource. Many think of Linda Blair or campy horror movies when the word "exorcism" is used, but it's a real and terrifying thing to those who are affected. A quote from the article states: "The rise in the number or exorcists from four to more than 120 over the course of 15 years in Poland is telling," Father Aleksander Posacki, a professor of philosophy, theology and leading demonologist and exorcist told reporters in Warsaw at the Monday launch of the Egzorcysta monthly. Demons should never

One of the things I rarely see discussed is the fact that books—fiction and non-fiction—are products of the times in which they were written. Well, that's not completely true. Literary criticism often discusses the milieu in which a book was written if the book is fairly recent. This is true even for books a few hundred years old. Perhaps the reason for this is that we know more about the environment of recent times than we do of ancient times. 'Twas the Night Before Poverty… In a few months, many of us will either be reading Dickens' A Christmas Carol or watching one of its numerous versions being replayed on TV. The focus of the story is rightfully on the rebirth and redemption of