Do you have a vacation planned this Memorial Day weekend? If you do, you might be working extra hard around the office to make sure everything is taken care of. Vacations have a wonderful effect on the work day -- they make you work harder and more effectively.  It's surprising Americans typically only are allowed two vacations a year. If time off were more common, employers might find their employees clearing off their desks, ticking off of to-do items, and enjoying everyday tasks with a little more than average enthusiasm. Time off encourages productivity. In that spirit, a little-known "holiday" was created by productivity expert Laura Stack. Wednesday June 2 is National

This Full Moon in Sagittarius occurs Thursday, May 27th at 7:07pm EDT (or 11:07pm GMT). This Full Moon is the culmination of the changes begun with the New Moon in Taurus on May 13. This Full Moon is energetic and positive, with an oomph of force. In fact, all four mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces) are activated at this Full Moon; changes will be rapid and unpredictable. But, since the signs involved are mutable, they are flexible and can readily adapt to change. You may be initially blindsided by some of these changes, but you should find it easy to adapt. Sagittarius is the sign of the seeker; look ahead into the future and find what you need to be aiming for.

Our ordinary experience and our education has led us to believe that the only substance is physical, but both the ancient wisdom and modern quantum science say that everything that exists has substance. We must accept this principle and realize that even thoughts and feeling are “substantial”—consisting of substance. These are not physical substance but astral and mental substance. When metaphysicians and psychics, and even a growing number of parapsychologists and other scientists, speak of planes or worlds—physical/etheric, astral, mental, and spiritual—they are recognizing the existence of different kinds of substance. These substances are distinguished by distinct ranges

Each month I will ask a question of Riccardo Minnetti. Who is Riccardo? Let me tell you: Riccardo Minetti is the chief editor at Lo Scarabeo. At Lo Scarabeo, Ric does a little bit of everything, including concepting, designing, and directing new decks. He is an author. He mediates between deck designers, artists, and Lo Scarabeo. He edits and designs covers. Some of the projects he has personally authored or designed include: Etruscan Tarot Fey Tarot Tarot of the Journey to the Orient (majors only) Gothic Tarot of Vampires Manga Tarot In addition to his professional duties, Ric also is a true lover of tarot. A connoisseur of complexity and fearless pursuer of questions,