Calling all gardeners! Do you have gardening tips to share? Do you read Llewellyn's Moon Sign Book? Want to see your gardening tips in print? Llewellyn is looking for reader-submitted gardening tips for publication in the 2013 edition of our Moon Sign Book. Now is your chance to be a part of your favorite annual gardening and astrological guide! We are still in need of gardening tips for our 2013 Moon Sign Book, so we're extending our call! Details: What: Llewellyn is looking for gardening tips from readers around the country and around the world! Every gardener has a trick or two that they rely on, so let's share our tips with other readers. There is a 75-word limit for

On the 21st day of December, tarot gave to me: Ah! A little surprise...not a tarot card at all, buy a card from Mickie Mueller's Voice of the Trees, an enchanting oracle deck based on the Orgham. For our Solstice today, we have Ivy. Since this is not traditional tarot, I'm giving us a bonus...a sample of Mickie's wonderful text. It's so interesting and beautiful, you may just want to give yourself a little Solstice gift. It's so easy: CLICK! Divinatory Meaning: Tenacity/Self Your survival instinct is strong, even if life has put tough barriers that seem insurmountable; you have everything you need to rise above and power through whatever is before you.  You may have not

I'm pet-sitting over the holidays, which means I am in a house with a lot more tv channels than I'm accustomed to. While flipping through the endless options this weekend I came across a program talking about the origins of varied holiday traditions that abound. While I've pondered the meaning behind some of my own automatic traditions before, this show offered history and reasoning I'd never heard before. One of my favorite traditions is decorating an evergreen tree and making a holiday wreath for the front door. The historical interpretation I find most connection to is that of hope for spring and a new year, shown by the tree's green life surviving through winter. We also burn

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by K. M. Sheard, author of Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names. Is there such a thing as a Pagan name? In the same way as people talk about Christian, Jewish, and Muslim names? As a Pagan who has spent the last two years writing a book on names, my answer might surprise you. My answer is no. But, I would also argue that there is no such thing as a Christian, Jewish or Muslim name either. There are only ever names for Christians, Jews, Muslims—and Pagans. And, if you dig deep enough into a name’s history, you’ll find that almost every name, from every time and every place, could fit the bill for Pagans. I know a lot of Pagans who