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Saturday October 24, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Scorpio time

by Lynn Hayes

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With the Sun now in Scorpio, there is a cooling down of the heat of action, and a deepening of our awareness into the realm of emotion and raw experience.  The days are getting shorter, and the dark is in ascension.

Scorpio often gets a bad rap for being manipulative and full of secrets, but we can all learn from the Scorpionic fearless embrace of the sheer reality that underlies all of life.  Death, sex, jealousy - all have a role to play in the human experience.  

The Sun illuminates any sign through which it passes, and for the next month or so we have the opportunity to delve deep.  Thanks to Molly Hall for this quote from Thoreau which exemplifies the passage through Scorpio:  "Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw at it still."

Thursday September 24, 2009

Categories: Astrology

From the blogosphere today

I've been busily trying to finish my Visioncrafting book so it will be available by the time I send my October newsletter, so I'm offering up some interesting links instead of using my valuable grey cells.  Hope you enjoy them!

Elsa takes a journey with Saturn through the houses

My new friend Julie has some great quotes for Virgo or the sixth house

Kathryn is back and has been reading Dan Brown's new book

Jeff has published my sexy new article on sex and astrology.  Did I mention it's about sex?

Dharmaruci reveals why he never updates his Facebook status

Valerie has found detailed instructions on how to talk to trees

Sharon has finished page five of her amazing story from the other side.  Start at the bottom of the page and work your way up.

David Crook has found the oldest lunar calendar.

Wednesday September 9, 2009

Categories: Astrology

The Daily Skytwit!

If you're a Twitnut, you'll now find me twittering on the daily lunar cycles as well as the larger planetary cycles that affect our inner and outer worlds.  Enjoy!!

Friday July 31, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Notes for my guinea pigs on interpreting the Saturn Uranus opposition

by Lynn Hayes

Many people volunteered to be guiinea pigs for an analysis of how the Saturn/Uranus opposition affects the charts of individuals. Some of my eager volunteers do not actually have Saturn or Uranus affecting their charts and so with apologies, your charts will not be used for this experiment. I'm going to limit my comments specifically to the effect of the Saturn/Uranus opposition. 

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Diane has Uranus ascending in her chart in the first house of personal identity, and it is exactly trine her Sun in Aquarius.  This is a "double whammy" that tells us that the Uranian qualities of innovation and eccentricity are a powerful force in her life.  So when the opposition comes along and squares Uranus in her chart she may not even notice it except that she will feel more independent and eager to do new things than usual.  The Saturn influence, demanding solitude and hard work, will be more difficult and create restrictions that could be uncomfortable because she has very little earth in her chart to hold her down to the material world.  She will be required under this cycle to find balance between practicality and routine and her desire to flee restriction and confinement.

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Tamara is also affected by the opposition which will reflect one of the central themes in her chart.  She has a Taurus Sun and is therefore very security minded, but she has Mars in Gemini which has a thirst for freedom and new experiences.  That Mars is trine Jupiter in her chart, which expands (Jupiter) her drive and instills independence and a need for freedom.  But Pluto squares Mars, which makes it difficult for her to feel that it's safe to have those expansive experiences.

The opposition will harmonize with her Sun, and that will help her to better integrate the structure and restriction (Saturn) with the pressure to react and rebel (Uranus).  But both planets will form a square to that Mars/Pluto square in her chart and force her to achieve greater balance and express her Mars more fully by letting herself be free.

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Duse, the opposition doesn't aspect planets in your chart; although Saturn will oppose your Sun later in the year it won't be opposing Uranus at that time, so let's save your chart to review when we talk about the Cardinal Climax later this year (remind me). 

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Jeanne B has Saturn at 28 Capricorn and the Sun at 28 Gemini, so transiting Saturn will square her Sun at the same time it make a harmonious trine to Saturn in her chart.  Saturn trines are marvelous times for focus and achievement, but that challenging aspect from Saturn to her Sun, especially in Gemini which doesn't like to be tied down, will tend to restrict her and cause her to feel somewhat shackled.  

Uranus will exacerbate this by a challenging square to her Sun which begin to rock her boat and urge her to do something new.  At the same time, though, it will be in a harmonious aspect to Saturn and therefore can assist her in creating structures in her life to support that change.

Unless I'm missing something, Saturn and Uranus will not be aspecting Jeanne's Mars and Uranus in Leo.  Fortunately for her!  The best thing Jeanne can do is to realize the tug of war that is occurring between the need to apply discipline and structure to her life and the need to blow up the status quo.  If she can try to balance it rather than swing from one end to another, she will be ahead of the game.

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.Melda, greetings to South Africa!  However,  I wonder if you have had charts calculated by Vedic astrologers, because under the Western system you have the Sun in Virgo.  In any case your chart is not aspected by the opposition of Saturn and Uranus so let's save yours for another day.
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Daun, the opposition of Saturn and Uranus will have a profound effect on you.  Saturn in your birthchart sits right on the North Node, signifying the future direction of your evolutionary journey.  This tells us that even though you have four planets in Libra and relationships are a huge part of your life (though challenging!), your destiny (North Node) is to become successful in managing life on the material plane.  This is assisted by your Capricorn ascendant, which is ruled by Saturn and shares Saturn's focus on discipline and hard work.  

You will soon have your second Saturn Return (don't worry, it will be MUCH easier than your first at at 28-30!!).  And Uranus will be opposing Saturn at the time of your Saturn Return which ought to be quite exciting!  You will likely experience that tension between Saturn and Uranus at a deep level and you will likely feel the need to change the direction of your life in some way.

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And that's all we have time for, unfortunately  Thanks for playing Stump the Astrologer. :)

Friday July 31, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Skywatch for August is posted

by Lynn Hayes

I've posted the monthly Skywatch article which you can read here in its entirety.  

Here is a tidbit reporting on the astrological cycles for the first few days of the month:

On the first day of August Venus has just entered the emotional and nurturing sign of Cancer and this alters somewhat our perspectives of our relationship to others and to the world in general for the next few weeks. Venus describes the way we connect to our outer world, and in Cancer there is a protective instinct and a sensitivity to the plight of the world around us. This will be particularly powerful on the first of the month when Venus forms a challenging opposition to Pluto. Our awareness of our connections to others is deepened for a day or two, and it is no longer satisfying to relate on a superficial level. This short-lived transit has the potential to uncover problems in our relationships that may have previously been hidden.

On the 2nd, Mercury (communication and learning) enters its own sign of Virgo, and for the next few weeks we have a greater ability to focus on the details and create order in our lives. This is particularly true on the 3rd when Mercury forms a harmonious trine to Pluto and is able to harmonize with Pluto's laserlike focus and intensity.

You may notice that this month I have added Ceres to the pantheon of Skywatch planetary guides. Although I do not usually work with the asteroids in consultations, when Ceres was reclassified along with Pluto I started to incorporate her into client charts to see if she would begin talking to me. I feel I have a better understanding of her now and will begin including her in both the Daily and Monthly Skywatch articles.

Ceres enters Libra on August 3. In my view, Ceres acts as the "higher octave" of the Moon. Where the Moon signifies our personal emotional experience and the nurture of the individual soul, Ceres has to do with our connection to our life on Planet Earth and how well we nurture that experience. It has a more transpersonal flavor and tells us that our family is a global one and not just an individual tribe.

Ceres enters Libra on August 3, where it will bring our attention to a greater need to cooperate and build alliances. Poverty and hunger will become more obvious as our eye is turned to the needs of those outside of our immediate community.

read more here...

To sign up for your own free subscription to the monthly Skywatch which includes a translation into English from astrologese, or for more information about the Daily Skywatch, , visit my website!

Monday July 20, 2009

Categories: Astrology

A journey from modern Iraq back into ancient wisdom and modern science

by Lynn HayesAstrologer Dave Mockaitis has a fascinating essay up on his blog connecting the Yezidi, a Kurdish people on the border of Syria and Iraq, back to the Picatrix, a collection of Arabic texts that was widely used by...

Friday July 3, 2009

Categories: Astrology, Death

Death and the Lunar Nodes

by Lynn HayesTraditional astrologers seem to like to predict death.  Because traditional astrology is based in prediction and the concept of fate, the question of when a person will die becomes a subject of inquiry and analysis in the traditional...

Monday June 22, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Rick Levine on Fate vs. Free Will

Thanks to Al for this link to a great video of Rick Levine, one of the founders of the great StarIQ site, who writes the sun sign column for Tarot.com and BeliefNet.  One thing I really like about Rick's "horoscopes"...

Thursday June 18, 2009

Categories: Astrology

I'm on the radio!

Listen to Astrological Musings on Blog Talk Radio Jennifer Hillman has invited me to be a guest on her BBS Radio Show called "Abstract Illusions Radio" tonight.  Tune in at 9 pm Pacific (midnight Eastern - I'll be keeping myself...

Wednesday June 10, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Astrology: the cosmic mirror of the astrologer's soul

by Lynn HayesHere is a great article from one of my favorites, Liz Greene, whose work informed much of my own early work.  In it she quotes Alexander Ruperti, one of the earliest holistic astrologers:''There is not one Astrology with...

Wednesday May 27, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Traditional vs. "Modern" Astrology

by Lynn HayesThis article was originally posted in July of 2007. Somewhere along the line astrologers split into two camps as some moved forward into humanistic or psychological astrology (leading into evolutionary and transformational astrology) and some moved backwards towards...

Sunday April 19, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Top Ten Planetary Aspects this week!

by Lynn Hayes.  This is written for Eastern time zone - please adjust accordingly for your own part of the world.  You can see the positions of today's planets here. Venus conjuncts Mars on its way back to Aries on the 21st:...

Friday March 6, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Venus retrogrades today and casts her spells in reverse

Venus turns retrograde this morning, shortly after being squared by the Moon at 8:06 am.  Venus usually slips through our lives like a whisper, and we barely experience her transits.  Her influence is usually soft and encouraging and I often...

Sunday March 1, 2009

Skywatch for March is posted

The monthly Skywatch article is now posted on my website, and here is the planetary news for the beginning of March.  Of course we'll be going over the planetary news in much more detail here at Astrological Musings with the Daily...

Friday February 27, 2009

Categories: Astrology, Religion

Astrology and Islam don't get along (now)

...according to this article in the Saudi Gazette (thanks Elsa):Belief in astrology and the casting of horoscopes are in clear opposition to the letter and spirit of Islam. It is really the empty soul, which has not tasted real Iman...

Friday February 20, 2009

Categories: Astrology

More on the Aquarius lineup

This image is from a work called Theologue from Alex Grey.  Aquarius has an electromagnetic energy component as portrayed in this painting.   The subtitle of the work is "The Union of Human Consciousness: Weaving the fabric of space and time...

Tuesday February 17, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Saturn and Uranus in prose

Over at Raging Universe, JM has an interesting (as always) post on the opposition of Saturn to Uranus using Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum as a foundation:Life begins with a wiggle as the tail-whipping sperm cell pushes his way...

Monday February 9, 2009

Categories: Astrology

The Astrology of the Australian Bushfires

by Lynn HayesThe timing of the horrific fires in Australia coincidental to a penumbral eclipse of the Moon that peaks today appears to be significant.  As I have been writing, we have experienced a shortage of the Fire element and...

Tuesday February 3, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Weather.com promotes astrology

by Lynn HayesWell, maybe not astrology, but this article about fishing confirms that fish and wildlife respond to the cycles of the Moon:The quest to determine the best times to hunt and fish is not a recent project. For hundreds...

Thursday January 29, 2009

Categories: Astrology

It's the Year of the Ox!

The Chinese New Year occurred at the time of the New Moon and the eclipse, ushering us into the Year of the Ox.  I confess I don't know much... well really, anything about Chinese astrology except that I am supposedly...

Monday January 26, 2009

Categories: Astrology

One final (I promise!) look at the Void Moon in Presidential Inaugurations

This is a research project that I have been pondering, and now astrologer Rodney Smith has done the work for me:  The interest in the Void-Of-Course moon (VOC) and the presidential inauguration on this blog has prompted me to...

Sunday January 25, 2009

Categories: Astrology

The ethics of prediction

Mercury retrograde periods are a great time for reposting!  I'm taking a few days off for some other creative projects so meanwhile please enjoy some of my favorite articles from the past, and please be kind to each other in...

Saturday January 24, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Pluto, the Bomb, Terrorism and Ceres

Mercury retrograde periods are a great time for reposting!  I'm taking a few days off for some other creative projects so meanwhile please enjoy some of my favorite articles from the past, and please be kind to each other in...

Friday January 23, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Planetary news this week!

The next few days bring some powerful influences. A conjunction of the Sun to Jupiter is a beneficial influence that adds confidence to all of our endeavors, and a trine of Mars (energy) to Saturn (discipline) helps to provide the...

Saturday January 10, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Tonight's Full Moon is another Supermoon!!

Like December's Full Moon, tonight's Full Moon will be the biggest Full Moon in 2009. I certainly noticed its power at 3 am last night when a huge lunar floodlamp filled my bedroom!  Spaceweather says it's as much as 14%...

Friday January 9, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Full Moon, solitary Pluto and Mercury Retrograde!

by Lynn HayesThe first Full Moon of the year is known as the Wolf Moon, because in January hungry packs of wolves surrounded Native American villages.  The Full Moon on January 10th is in Cancer, with the Moon opposite the...

Wednesday January 7, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Autism and the incarnation process

Sorry to be a bit stuck on this topic, but I found this while researching the astrology/autism connection and thought this might interest my readers.  It's from an article written in 2000 by astrologer Sandra Weidner:We are all incarnated. Any...

Monday January 5, 2009

Categories: Astrology, Future Shock

Autism: The astrological connection

by Lynn HayesThe recent death of John Travolta's son Jett has brought the discussion of autism back into the news.  It has long been rumored that Jett was autistic and John Travolta's brother Joey, founder of the organization Actors for...

Sunday January 4, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Finally! Skywatch for January is posted

by Lynn HayesJust in time for Jupiter's entry into Aquarius tomorrow, here is the monthly planetary report from my website. There are some exciting planetary events coming up in January, including a solar eclipse on the 26th with a Mystic...

Saturday January 3, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Jupiter in Aquarius

I'm behind on several writing projects, including January's Skywatch and an article on Jupiter's upcoming entry into Aquarius which will take place on January 17. Jupiter changes signs every year or so, and while in Aquarius it will team up...

Thursday January 1, 2009

Categories: Astrology

Happy New Year, and what's next? A look at the astrology of 2009

by Lynn HayesYou will all be relieved to know that the first half of 2009 should offer a bit of planetary relief from the intensity of the past year or so.  Pluto is now firmly settled into Capricorn, and we...

Wednesday December 31, 2008

Categories: Astrology, Politics

Obama and the Void of Course Moon (again!)

by Lynn HayesIt appears that Obama, who announced his candidacy when the Moon was void of course (which has been a topic of much discussion in the comments here at this site and elsewhere) is poised to take the oath...

Monday December 29, 2008

Categories: Astrology

The Solstice Chart and its meaning for the US

Robert P. Blaschke has written an elegant piece for The Mountain Astrologer website on the chart for the Capricorn Ingress.  The Capricorn Ingress is the Wnter Solstice in the tropical zodiac that occurs when the Sun enters Capricorn and begins...

Saturday December 27, 2008

Categories: Astrology

New Moon and Planetary Lineup

by Lynn Hayes The New Moon today (December 27)  is part of a powerful line up of six planets in the sign of Capricorn, focusing on work and responsibility.  This includes the approaching conjunction of Mars to Pluto, the Sun/Moon...

Wednesday December 24, 2008

Categories: Astrology

One more Christmas Star story!

I've been reprinting this every year because it's so fabulous.  Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanzaa and have a Cool Yule.John Charles Webb Jr. left a comment with a link to his site which postulates that the "star" of Bethlehem was not...

Sunday December 14, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Pluto: "The Seeds of What Could Be"

Robert Wilkinson has a great article about Pluto in Capricorn today.  I particularly love this section:Pluto is how we confront the seeds of what is and could be, and learn the willingness to do what it takes to get to...

Friday December 12, 2008

Categories: Astrology

The Christmas Star

by Lynn HayesEvery year at about this time we start pondering the mystery of the Star of Bethlehem.  There are lots of different explanations that I'll be covering over the next couple of weeks.  Here is an interesting article that appeared...

Wednesday December 10, 2008

Categories: Astrology, Astronomy

Big Full Moon on Friday. I mean, really big!

by Lynn HayesAccording to NASA:The full Moon of Dec. 12th is the biggest and brightest full Moon of the year.It's no illusion. Some full Moons are genuinely larger than others and this Friday's is a whopper. Why? The Moon's orbit...

Sunday December 7, 2008

Categories: Astrology, Politics

Astrologers are like Gays

by Lynn HayesChris Brennan had an article on his Horoscopic Astrology blog about a speech from astrologer Lee Lehman in which Lee drew many parallels between the discrimination faced by astrologers and gay individuals, quoting Lee: "One of the major...

Tuesday December 2, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Venus, Jupiter and the Birth of Jesus

by Lynn HayesI thought this comment from Beth might be interesting to everyone:A visitor to my blog today had a question about this configuration that I hope you can respond to, Lynn. He lives in Israel and was commenting on...

Monday December 1, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Skywatch for December is posted

Skywatch, my monthly report on planetary news is posted now on my website.  There's lots going on this month so be sure to stay tuned right here for up-to-the-minute news on planetary effects and how they effect our inner and...

Saturday November 29, 2008

Categories: Astrology, Events

Venus and Jupiter align, and other planetary news

by Lynn HayesRich took this beautiful photo a few days ago while we were in Florida - you can see Venus (the brighter planet) with Jupiter just above it.  Venus and Jupiter will conjunct in Capricorn on Sunday night around...

Thursday November 27, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Thanksgiving dishes by zodiac sign

This will be a little late for most of you, but here is a very entertaining bit from Tarot.com with some tips on what to feed your zodiacal friends (use the rising and Moon signs as well as Sun signs...

Tuesday November 25, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Saturn/Uranus: Innovation Center put on hold

I read this in the paper today and the astrological symbolism is just too perfect to ignore: Plans for a glitzy new research center called the Innovation Center (Uranus) which was to be built here in Chapel Hill as part of...

Sunday November 16, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Mars enters Sagittarius

by Lynn HayesToday Mars leaves the intensely passionate and probing sign of Scorpio for the fun-loving and optimistic sign of Sagittarius.  At its best, Mars in astrology provides the fuel for our desires and our dreams - it energizes us...

Thursday November 13, 2008

Categories: Astrology

A History of the Astrological Almanac

Deb Houlding's Skyscript site has a fascinating history of the astrological almanac written by Derek Parker, co-writer with his wife Julia of quite a few widely-read astrology books. These almanacs were compendiums of astrological information that was considered useful for physicians...

Thursday November 13, 2008

Categories: Astrology

President-Elect Obama and the Void of Course Moon

by Lynn HayesThere are few astrological concepts that are the source of as much disagreement among astrologers as the Moon "void of course."  The Moon is said to be void of course, or simply void, after it has made its...

Wednesday November 12, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Full Moon and other planetary news

The Taurus Full Moon occurs around midnight tonight (1:17 am Eastern), and it will be a powerful one!!   There is a very tight Grand Trine in earth signs right now, with the Moon in Taurus, Jupiter in Capricorn and Saturn...

Friday November 7, 2008

Categories: Astrology

We're on Blogs.com!!

I was honored to be chosen as the astrology blogger to select the Top Ten astrology blogs for Blogs.com and you can imagine what a difficult job it was to pick just ten out of the many many great astrology...

Tuesday November 4, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Mars square Neptune at Astrological Musings

We've had quite a busy few days in the comments section here at Astrological Musings.  Normally I love to get comments - it's so cool to see who's here and what they think of everything.  And the political posts generate...

Monday November 3, 2008

Categories: Astrology, Politics

The astrology of Election Day: a more detailed look

Many writers, including me, have expressed concern over the presence of major and challenging planetary cycles occurring on Election Day.  However, we have primarily looked at the astrology of the day with a broad brush approach.  If we zoom in...

Friday October 31, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Happy Hallowe'en!!

Most people know by now that the holiday we now celebrate as Hallowe'en comes from the old Celtic holiday called Samhain (pronounced Sow'-en).  There are many "Days of the Dead" celebrated around the world at this time, when the...

Tuesday October 28, 2008

Categories: Astrology

New Moon today!

Photo by John French.  I'm pleased to interrupt the political whirlwind to bring news of a New Moon in Scorpio.  The New Moon occurs at 7:15 pm tonight (October 28) Eastern time, with the Sun and Moon aligned at 5...

Friday October 24, 2008

Categories: Astrology, Politics

Obama's Grandmother and the South Node

A reader wrote to me the other day about an article she had read where a Vedic astrologer predicted that Obama would be assassinated because Ketu (the South Node of the Moon) would be conjunct Obama's Sun.I dearly want to...

Thursday October 23, 2008

Categories: Astrology, Future Shock

The Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind

Newsweek has an article online that has been the topic of much discussion:Is technology changing our brains? A new study by UCLA neuroscientistGary Small adds to a growing body of research that says it is. And according to Small's new book,...

Wednesday October 22, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Astrology and the Two Cows Philosophy

Rich sent me this dissertation on the Two Cows Phliosophy of Government a few weeks ago, and then when I saw it on Twilight's blog it triggered some ponderings on the relationship of astrology to this new governmental theory.  Socialism:  You...

Thursday October 16, 2008

Categories: Astrology

"Saturn Returns" opens Off Broadway

Image shamelessly stolen from Elsa.  How perfect, that as Saturn opposes Uranus he gets a whole new audience off-Broadway (of course it's off-Broadway rather than the more mainstream Broadway, Uranus is involved!).  A new play by Noah Haidle called Saturn...

Tuesday October 14, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Full Moon today!

The Moon is full today at 4:03 pm EDT with the Moon at 22 degrees Aries opposing the Libra Sun. Under the influence of the Full Moon, the Aries influence of the Moon supersedes the solar power of Libra and...

Thursday October 9, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Great new political blog: The Moon and the debate

Thanks to April for the link to Terry Lamb's new political blog.  Her first few posts discuss the debate and the significance of Mercury retrograde in the election.  I particularly like the way she talks about the effect of the...

Sunday October 5, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Mars in Scorpio

Art by Jacquelyn Gordon.  Mars entered Scorpio yesterday, and will be traveling through the sign that carries us into the Underworld through November 16.  Mars is the ancient ruler of Scorpio - it helps to define the fiery emotional depths to...

Wednesday October 1, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Skywatch is posted for October

Skywatch is up on my website, and here is a snippet to cover the first week:As October begins we are still in a shortage of the fire element and Mercury is retrograde, two factors that can make it difficult to...

Monday September 29, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Libra New Moon!

New Moons are exciting times of renewal and new beginnings, and the Moon was new in Libra at 4 am EDT today.  Each month we are initiated into the mysteries of the signs in zodiacal order, and following the Virgo...

Saturday September 27, 2008

Categories: Astrology

The astrology of Henry Paulson

Financial astrologer Ray Merriman said last week in our workshop that Aries Henry Paulson and Sagittarian Ben Bernanke did a fine job during the big expansion of the Pluto in Sagittarius era, but that they don't have a clue how...

Friday September 26, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Ten Things you should know about astrology

1.  Your birthchart is much more than your Sun sign.  You have more than ten different astrological signatures in your chart!!The astrology that most people know comes from the horoscope in the newspaper.  If you're an Aries, you'll meet an interesting...

Thursday September 25, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Mercury Retrograde

Planets are said to turn retrograde when they appear to be moving backwards from our perspective on earth.  Western astrology studies the motion of the planets from earth, since we are the center of our own universe, and when planets are...

Wednesday September 24, 2008

Chart for the Autumnal Equinox

The Autumn Equinox occurs when the Sun reaches the zero degree point of Libra in the Tropical zodiac.  At this point the days and nights are of equal length, and this is the last sense of balance before the day...

Tuesday September 23, 2008

Categories: Astrology

The Blast: Part Two

If you're interested in the previous posts on the Blast Conference and my trip to Sedona, catch up here and here.  Saturday morning I took a bit of time off to have a leisurely breakfast, and arrived at the conference...

Saturday September 20, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Report from the Blast: Friday

(Photo is of the live feed between the AAGB conference in London and the Blast in Sedona.)  This is a continuation of the post I started yesterday, reporting on the conferences from the Blast Astrology Conference.  I'm not a big...

Friday September 19, 2008

Categories: Astrology, Events

Greetings from Sedona!

There's a lot of hype around Sedona, but there's no doubt that this is an incredible place.  I  dragged my husband Rich along for the week while I enjoy a few days of expanding my astrological horizons at the Blast Astrology...

Wednesday September 17, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Tales from the AstroBlogosphere

I arrived in Arizona last night, heading towards the Blast Astrology Conference this weekend.  I'll have lots of exciting news from the conference, but today please visit some of my friends for your astrology fix:Leslie takes a look at karma...

Sunday September 14, 2008

Categories: Astrology, Astronomy

Harvest Moon tomorrow!

The Full Moon on the 15th is the Harvest Moon, so named because the period between sunset and moonrise is shorter as we near the Autumnal Equinox which makes for a longer workday on the farm.  This Full Moon is in...

Monday September 8, 2008

Categories: Astrology, Politics

Election predictions using astrology

Madison asked in the comment stream whether astrology could predict the outcome of the elections.  If you've been reading this column for awhile you know that it is my belief that we are not meant to predict the future.  First...

Monday September 1, 2008

Categories: Astrology

Happy Labor Day! And Skywatch is posted

The September issue of Skywatch, my monthly report of planetary news, is posted now on my website and you can read it here.  Here are the general influences that we encounter as we enter September: The beginning of September...

Friday August 22, 2008

Categories: Astrology

More on Sun Signs and the Olympics

  Yesterday we introduced the work of statistician Kenneth Mitchell's analysis of the correlation of certain astrological signs with sports that correspond to those signs. Moving on to Taurus - Mitchell learned of a sport called Bull Leaping and...

Thursday April 17, 2008

Categories: Astrology, Healing

Cell Salts through the Signs

Thanks to Robert Wilkinson for posting this interesting article making recommendation of certain cell salts for various astrological signs. Robert writes: The 12 cell salts are considered to be necessary to our health, and I have found over the years...

Thursday March 9, 2006

Categories: Astrology

Is ignorance bliss?

I ran into one of my list members last weekend, and he said to me, "Thanks a lot, Lynn, for telling me about Mercury retrograde. Now I'm having all these problems." He was joking, of course, but his implication was...

Thursday February 23, 2006

Categories: Astrology

Synchronicity and Astrology

In magickal legend, the mage Hermes Trismegistus is a fusion of the Greek/Roman god of communication (Hermes/Mercury) was fused with the Egyptian god of wisdom (Thoth) who gave to Egypt not only their laws and alphabet, but also the spells...

Tuesday February 21, 2006

Categories: Astrology

Happy Birthday Pisces!!

Somehow over the weekend I missed the fact that the Sun entered Pisces on Sunday!Pisces is the most watery of the water signs, and the last of the twelve zodiac signs. Like a drop of water falling into a river...

Wednesday December 21, 2005

Categories: Astrology

Sun enters Capricorn today

Happy birthday Capricorns! Those born when the Sun was in Capricorn are ruled by Saturn and tend to take their responsibilities very seriously. The mission of Capricorn is to master the material world. In doing so, they may face many...

Monday November 28, 2005

Categories: Astrology

A look ahead by looking back

No one can really explain how astrology works, but anyone who has had a chart reading by a competent astrologer will verify that somehow the planets do possess certain energies that affect us in various ways. Because each of us...

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Lynn Hayes has been a practising astrological consultant in beautiful North Carolina for over 25 years, working with clients all over the world both in person and by phone. She focuses on therapeutic and healing approaches which encourage greater empowerment and personal growth. Visit www.astrodynamics.net for more information.

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