I listened to part of a piece today on The Story, a newish show by the fabulous Dick Gordon who moved to Chapel Hill after his NPR show The Connection was taken off the air for being too controversial. Anyway… today’s show featured a segment called “Jane Fonda’s Legacy,” a story about the aerobics craze…

All Soul’s Night, Loreena McKennitt, with images from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Pretty much everyone knows now that Halloween derives from the old Celtic festival called Samhain (pronounced Sow’-en) which was celebrated at the halfway point between the Summer and Winter Solstices. The two halfway points between the solstices and the equinoxes, at…

Thanks to Molly Nagy for posting a link to this article in the Huffington Post on the astrology of Hillary Clinton who turned 60 over the weekend: Last time I told you I am a one-issue voter. Now I will reveal that issue. It is the candidate’s astrological sign. What, do you have some “better”…

Dharmaruci has written on a very interesting topic this morning: The accuracy of the zodiac. There’s more there too, like how the fixed stars work so well in astrological charts and a look at Hitler’s Mercury, but this is most relevant to me at the moment: I’ve lately been feeling more dissatisfied than usual with…

More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners