Back in the ’60s, astrological merchandise took off like Apollo rockets. Pendants decorated with Gemini twins, Day-Glo posters with symbols marching around Leonardo’s anatomical man, stoneware mugs with a morose little billy goat and rueful comments about Capricorns — a veritable kitschucopia. In this new century, we still have astrologically themed merchandise, but it’s got class as well as sass.

Soular Therapy System, sold at Anthropologie, Flat of the Hill, and Pluto, offers elegant candles, colognes, and soaps with horoscope themes and insightful pairings of sun signs and scents ($14–$28). Adventurous citrus flavors mingle in Leo’s products, while balance-seeking (or chagrined-about-chaos-causing) Libra gets dainty juniper, princess pine, and vanilla. You needn’t stick to your own sun sign; I also enjoy a Scorpio candle scented with geranium, pennyroyal, and catmint in the sleeping chamber shared with the Scorpionic Mr. Dai, ahem.

Speaking of sleeping, Historical Remedies offers homeopathic sleep therapy with Moon Drops ($2). These Altoid-size lozenges are mildly flavored and come with careful instructions suggesting the product will help you "soothe the mind and ease into a natural sleep." Well, for those of us with night jobs, the more Morpheus-related nibbling we can do, the better.

Moon calendars abound these days (hey, I wrote one!), but Cylla Bonneau has designed a lunar year-at-a-glance agenda showing the phases ($7–$25), available by phone or online at www.thelunarian.com. (Yes, you still need the column to your right to tell you what sign the moon is in.) Speaking of moons, whenever it’s full, I think, "Time to buy stock in P&G again," though I decry the wastefulness of disposable products. Here comes a Canadian company, Many Moons, with a durable cloth sanitary pad ($6.95–$7.95; four for $22.95; eight for $39.95). This attaches with snaps and has a removable cotton liner. Way more comfortable than those plastic and "cotton" stick-on pads, and it’s cold-water washable too.

The full moon is definitely the best time to consult your NASA Moon Globe ($44.95), available at www.skypub.com. Incredibly detailed, it shows Apollo and Soviet-mission landing spots, and all lunarscape features. In no time at all, you’ll be distinguishing the Mare Imbrium from the Mare Nubium and Mare Humorum. It also comes with a helpful reference booklet. You think New England has screwy weather? On the moon, it’s 215 degrees in the sun and minus 270 "at night." Then again — think of what you’d weigh up there.

Where to get it:

• (800) SO-LUNAR, www.thelunarian.com.

• Anthropologie, 799 Boylston Street, Boston, (617) 262-0545.

• Flat of the Hill, 60 Charles Street, Boston, (617) 619-9977.

• Historical Remedies, www.historicalremedies.com.

• Many Moons, (800) 916-4444, www.pacificcoast.net/~manymoons/index.html.

• Pluto, 215 Elm Street, Somerville, (617) 666-2005.

• www.skypub.com.