Astrology, the Kepler telescope, and extrasolar planets

Last updated on: August 5, 2009 at 7:20 am By Lynn Hayes

The orbiting Kepler telescope has spotted a Jupiter-sized planet around another star — a sighting that demonstrates it can see Earth-like planets if they are out there, scientists reported on Thursday. The planet, called HAT-P-7b, was already among the 300 or so known so-called extrasolar planets, the team led by the U.S. space agency NASA reported. But measurements of its orbit by Kepler show the telescope will be able to see smaller planets, they reported in the journal Science. “Kepler... Read more

President Obama’s solar return

Last updated on: August 5, 2009 at 6:16 am By Lynn Hayes

You can read my profile of Barack Obama here. The Solar Return occurs at the moment that the Sun returns to its place in the birthchart. That is often the birthday, but sometimes it is a day or two off. More than just a time to celebrate the time of your birth, it’s actually a planetary cycle that begins a new when the Sun returns to its natal place. The Sun illumines the Self and inspires us to fulfill the destiny... Read more

Pluto: A Case Study

Last updated on: August 3, 2009 at 6:14 am By Lynn Hayes

I’m out of town this week so I’ll be reposting some of the more interesting articles in the archives. I hope you will like this one! Last week I saw a client (let’s call her Sylvia) whose birthchart demonstrates the power of Pluto. Sylvia’s Sun is in the hard-working sign of Capricorn: Capricorns typically have a difficult life when they’re young but because they’re such hard workers (ruled by the Celestial Taskmaster himself, Saturn) they can be quite powerful as they... Read more

Speculators betting on sugar when Saturn enters Libra

Last updated on: August 2, 2009 at 7:06 am By Lynn Hayes

If you haven’t noticed the Wall Street Weather blog in my blogroll, you owe it to yourself to take a look. This is an excellent site for anyone interested in the astrology of politics and economics. Today she writes on sugar futures: Raw sugar prices have climbed to a three year high as bad weather threatens crop yields in Brazil and India, the world’s largest sugar producers. In “Sugar prices head towards the sky,” the Financial Times reports that traders are... Read more

Notes for my guinea pigs on interpreting the Saturn Uranus opposition

Last updated on: July 31, 2009 at 7:05 am 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. ————————————– Diane has Uranus ascending in her chart in the first house of personal identity, and it is... Read more

Skywatch for August is posted

Last updated on: July 30, 2009 at 7:04 am 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,... Read more

Astrologer is suspect in husband’s murder

Last updated on: July 29, 2009 at 7:59 am By Lynn Hayes

A news report reveals that Pamela Phillips, founder of the now-defunct Starbabies website, may have to go on trial as a suspect in the murder of her ex-husband, Arizona real estate developer Gary Lee Triano, in Aspen back in 1996. Investigators believe that Phillips paid Ronald Young $400,000 to murder Triano in anticipation of a $2 million life insurance payout. Phillips has disappeared and has not cooperated with the investigation. The “Dateline” program aired a show about the case on Monday night this... Read more

How to interpret the opposition of Saturn and Uranus

Last updated on: July 28, 2009 at 7:56 am By Lynn Hayes

Marco, a new reader, writes: ” I was looking for more information re: the saturn/uranus opposition and found you. However, what I was seeking was a more specific study of the impact of this phenomenon as it comes in contact (particularly through opposition/conjunction) with major planets in an individual chart. What is the impact of this duality when it squeezes native Jupiter, say, in its axis? Hope you’ll take up the challenge for us.” When I began studying astrology and doing... Read more

What does astrology tell us about financial markets now?

Last updated on: July 27, 2009 at 7:55 am By Lynn Hayes

The past two weeks have seen a big rally in the US stock market, buoyed most likely by the conjunction of Jupiter (optimism) and Neptune (dreams and illusions). The presence of Chiron there adds caution to what would otherwise be a much more buoyant grasp at the gold ring with the Jupiter/Neptune alliance. Chiron reminds us of the wounds recently experienced and helps to keep things a bit under control. The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a bottom on July 10... Read more

Birth certificates found for Michael Jackson’s children

Last updated on: July 26, 2009 at 7:52 am By Lynn Hayes

TMZ has posted copies of the birth certificates of Michael Jackson’s children. Many will say that this is an abhorrent violation of the right to privacy of children who have done nothing to put themselves in the spotlight, and I agree. On the other hand, for an astrologer to have verified birth dates and times is an exciting event, so I felt I had to take advantage of it and make note of a few interesting things about the charts of the... Read more