For example, you need to change this:

  class Author < ActiveRecord::Base
    has_many :posts
    has_many :taggings, :through => :posts
  end

  class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
    has_one :tagging
    has_many :taggings
  end

  class Tagging < ActiveRecord::Base
  end

To this:

  class Author < ActiveRecord::Base
    has_many :posts
    has_many :taggings, :through => :posts, :source => :tagging
  end

  class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
    has_one :tagging
    has_many :taggings
  end

  class Tagging < ActiveRecord::Base
  end