Article Topic: Astrology

The very words "Mercury Retrograde" send most people into a tailspin. Every 88 days, the planet Mercury seems to drift backwards in the solar system, wreaking 21 days of havoc. Or so it seems. Astrologer Marguerite Manning, author of Cosmic Karma, thinks we should give Mercury Retrograde just a little more attention than hiding under the covers until Mercury goes direct again. With Mercury going retrograde on January 11, 2009, how will you take advantage of the situation?

Just as our sun signs determine significant personality traits, they also program us to react to insecurities and sex in a specific way. Rowan Davis, author of The Sex Files: Your Zodiac Guide to Love and Lust, dissects the sexual fears of each sun sign and with the hope that knowing your fear will be the key to overcoming it.

Soul Mates. The words evoke a sense of divine partnership, a blessed union where two hearts, two souls, two people, come together as One. We all share this innate longing for our “other half.”  Since the age of romance began, literature has fed us the imagery of such a perfect union. Much is illusory, a fantasy; but still, we crave this perfection.  Linda George, author of Sun Signs & Soul Mates, discusses how we can unite with our other half—and why we came together in the first place.