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Mercury retrograde Archives

Daily Skywatch, May 5-6, 2009: What is Mercury Retrograde good for?

posted by Lynn Hayes

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.  The Moon has moved into peaceful Libra now, where the desire [...]

Mercury retrograde alert!!

posted by Lynn Hayes

( graphic borrowed from www.crystallinks.com.)Mercury turns retrograde on March 2, 3:30 pm EST. Because planets travel at different speeds, sometimes they appear to move backwards as we observe them from our vantage point on Earth. Astronomers call this “retrograde motion.” [...]

One last look backward

posted by Lynn Hayes

Mercury is “stationary direct” today, meaning it has slowed down to a near stop before making its turn into forward motion tomorrow evening. Because astrology views planets from our perspective on earth, occasionally the planets appear to be moving backwards, [...]

Tales from the trenches: Mercury retrograde

posted by Lynn Hayes

I thought I’d share just a few fun things that have happened over the past few days: A document that I was waiting for from Switzerland arrived late, and the post office lost the slip for me to pick up [...]

Previous Posts

Tarot Talk: My Boyfriend Is "The Fool"
Let's talk Tarot: The most incredible thing has been happening lately, and I just have to share. A few weeks ago I was told by an experienced Tarot reader that it's quite common to do a Tarot reading and have the people in your life turn up in the Major Arcana -- and that sometimes the figures on

posted 5:00:49am May. 10, 2012 | read full post »

Real Life with Taurus: Pass the Chocolate
We're deep into Taurus territory now. But with two more weeks to go before the Sun moves into Gemini, let's talk about Taurus -- the bully bull bull. Taurus is known for its extravagance, and also for being chocolate snobs, according to my colleague and fellow writer, Astrologer Maria DeSimone.

posted 5:00:37am May. 09, 2012 | read full post »

Mercury in Taurus: Give Up the Gab
Speak your mind today, because tomorrow it's time to give up the gab. Mercury is a pretty chatty planet -- except when it's in Taurus, as it will be from Wednesday, May 9 through Thursday, May 24. Remember -- Taurus is the most practical and inflexible of zodiac signs, and it's also the slowest.

posted 5:05:07am May. 08, 2012 | read full post »

Pull the Reigns on that Sagittarius Moon
Whoa, Nelly. Today you might need to reign in your horse (or make that your centaur). The Sagittarius Moon is setting us up to get carried away! Whenever the Moon is in fiery Sagittarius we can't help but want to hop on that half-man/half- horse and ride off into the sunset. We dream of faraway p

posted 5:00:06am May. 07, 2012 | read full post »

Let Go! It's a Full Moon in Scorpio
Uh-oh, here we go. It's almost time for that intense Scorpio Full Moon we told you about a few days ago. You know, the one on Saturday, May 5 that is going to rock your relationships and your finances. Tomorrow's Full Moon in Scorpio is definitely worth howling at. It's making an opposition to th

posted 5:00:29am May. 04, 2012 | read full post »


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