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We’re living through strange and worrying times. With the coronavirus crisis ongoing, many of us are deeply concerned about what the future might hold, for us and our loved ones. This month, we’ve got some articles to help you deal with the anxiety y

I’d had a silly argument with my boyfriend and was feeling really low about it. Walking home from his house, it was a bright, cold, starry night, and just as I was wishing everything would be OK between us, I saw something seem to shoot out of the sk

Chinh Shih is probably the most successful pirate in history because she died in her own bed as a free woman. A former prostitute, she married a pirate and turned out to be incredibly good at, well, pirating, commanding over 300 ships manned by 20,00

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Gently, we encouraged the woman’s spirit to move towards the light. The table stopped shaking. ‘She’s gone,’ I murmured. Just then, the table started to shake like mad. ‘He’s here,’ Andrew yelled. ‘It’s the priest!’ The other members of the team wer

Often described as the ‘most haunted castle in England,’ this mediaeval castle is a ghost hunter’s dream location. It’s got everything, from unexplained cold spots to a sadistic torturer in the dungeons to the rustle of silk from the skirts of reside

Did Demi Moore succumb to the lure of drugs because she struggled with the responsibility of parenthood? In the 1800s she was a nanny, held responsible for the death of her charges when they fell through the ice on a pond. If she reads this, she’ll s

If you’re a fan of the late, great Sir Terry Pratchett and his hilarious Discworld books, then you’re in for a treat, because a TV adaptation of his books about the Watch is in the pipeline. The Discworld is a wild and magical world which is carrie

Dear Sally This photo was taken on All Hallows’ Eve after asking for spirit to show themselves. A lot happened at this location that night – some see it while others don’t! Nikki Shorthouse, Newton Abbot, Devon Dear Nikki In this picture I can s

The French revolutionary and leader Napoleon may have thought he was a reincarnation of the great Roman Emperor Charlemagne. He was convinced it was his destiny to rule over the Roman Empire, and adopted the Roman eagle as the national symbol. In 180

Dear Jenny I’d love to know why I’m deaf and have a bad back. I’ve been told by a past life expert that it’s the first incarnation where I’ve suffered from both. Eileen, 47, Basingstoke, Hampshire. It’s 1871, the middle of the night, and disaster i

Kirk Douglas was a family man as much as he was a public idol. Men wanted to be him, and women wanted to be with him, so he’d play to the crowds, portraying the ideal family man and lover both on and off screen. Watching him over his many years of ac

Dear Katie I’ve been putting so much into my spiritual growth and business that I’ve neglected my health and now it’s really showing. What can I do to feel and look better? Michele, 35, Marham Dear Michele Your spirit guide is a woman called Elizab

Bandung, on the island of Java in Indonesia, is said to be haunted by a cursed ambulance. Legend has it that after a patient died in the ambulance, it was cursed always to return to the house of the deceased. It sat there for years, rusting outside t

According to feng shui, using the right colour to paint your front door can bring luck and prosperity to your home. If your house faces north, choose blue or black. If it faces south, go for red or orange. For west-facing homes, choose grey or white,

What does an angel look like? I believe they are beings of light who can choose their form. There are many stories of people who have seen strange light forms – usually when they are in great need – that range from globes or balls in various sizes an

On Christmas Eve 1945, a fire tore through the home of George and Jennie Sodder in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Four of their nine children escaped but five were never seen again. It was assumed they’d died in the blaze, but no trace of them was foun

Want to change your life? With not one but two eclipses in Sagittarius and Cancer this month, it’s absolutely the time for you to do that. If these are your sun or rising signs, the eclipses will have a deeply profound effect on you. However, for all

I dreamt I was in an Atlantean type of city, with huge green buildings. All the windows and doors from the gigantic buildings were slowly changing forms constantly, and the fronts never stopped moving and changing shape. I only one glass of wine befo

FIRE (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius). Four of Cups. This card is a reminder to count your blessings! It’s all too easy to take all the goodness in our lives for granted, whether that’s lovely kids, food on our plates or enough spare cash to buy ourselves a

Cassandra explains: ‘Crystals can store energy, which is why they’re used in computers, so you need to cleanse them before use so they can work properly. They will have picked up energy on the journey to you.’ • Holding the crystal under running wat

I’m a holistic therapist and I work with sound healing and angelic reiki. I help clients who have a wide range of issues from depression and anxiety to bereavement. Due to my job I never used to wear jewellery. But after a particularly challenging da

At the end of an unassuming street in Wolverhampton, you’ll find a small dirt driveway, surrounded by tall dark trees. This leads to a building dating back to the 1300s, which has had many tenants over the years – some of whom have never left. Strang

What a cool little place this turned out to be! Whatever is there was definitely having fun with us and it was a nice reminder to be respectful and not to expect anything to answer our living demands. This is their home and they chose when to reveal

June is looking very lively! The lunar eclipse in adventurous Sagittarius kicks this off on the 5th. Dreams will be coming to fruition now. Mid-month sees Mars in Pisces gathering energy and activating heavyweights Neptune, Pluto and Jupiter, so expe

3rd The Sun and Venus fuse in flirty Gemini making this a fun day. 5th Communications planet Mercury in Cancer makes a stimulating connection with unpredictable Uranus – and there’s the lunar eclipse in Sagittarius. Expect the unexpected. 13th Pu

Workers at Bethnal Green station regularly hear the sound of children sobbing, then women screaming, a horrible sound which rises to a cacophony. It’s thought they’re hearing an echo of the horrific 1943 disaster, when 173 people were crushed to deat

Mawu is a West African lunar goddess and mother of all creation. A force to be reckoned with, she rides a giant elephant and fashioned the world and all its people out of clay. Associated with joy and abundance, Mawu had 14 children who help her look

The yew tree is known as the ‘tree of life.’ Their red berries are deadly poisonous, and they can live for thousands of years. Yew trees will send down branches and form a canopy from which new trees can grow. These are the trees Druids would call a

Sitting in front of my laptop, I rubbed my blurry eyes. ‘This is hell,’ I thought. I was working late again. I had a great job as a magazine editor but between the pressure of corporate meetings and targets, and long hours, I was running on empty. I

If you have a fussy eater and are adding probiotics powder to their food, why not put it in a salt cellar so you can sprinkle it more evenly and thus hopefully disguise it better? Some people are allergic to cats – but sometimes not all cats. If you