The upcoming Uranus/Pluto square: A history lesson for a new beginning

Last updated on: January 11, 2009 at 7:25 am By Lynn Hayes

Reality Sandwich is a very interesting webzine with a fascinating array of opinions and news, including this essay on the necessity to use the breakdown of the current economic system to recreate something that is more easily adaptable to our future world. As many of us know Pluto, the planet of death and regeneration, has just entered Capricorn, sign of political and corporate structures, monetary systems, etc. The breakdown that is occurring now serves a purpose: to eliminate the old... Read more

Last updated on: September 1, 2017 at 12:08 pm By Lynn Hayes

The 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 Capricorn Sun. Home and family life is emphasized now under the sign of Cancer, and Saturn (stability and structure) forms a harmonious aspect to the lunar event with a trine to the Sun and sextile to the Moon. Uranus (innovation and that... Read more

Last updated on: January 8, 2009 at 8:39 am By Lynn Hayes

In the field of astrological study known as “mundane astrology,” events and countries also have birthcharts that can be analyzed. The chart for Inauguration Day is also the chart for the Obama administration, because it is the moment of birth of the new government. Although many astrologers have called for a change of the time of the Inauguration to permit the Moon to enter Sagittarius and thereby avoid the dreaded “Void of Course” period, the Noon time is mandated by the twentieth... Read more

Autism and the incarnation process

Last updated on: January 7, 2009 at 7:37 am By Lynn Hayes

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 one who has looked upon the body of a deceased loved one–unless too shattered from grief to see–has the clear sensation, “he/she is no longer in this.” We are Life which has assumed material form in order to enter a... Read more

Autism: the astrological connection

Last updated on: January 5, 2009 at 8:34 am By Lynn Hayes

The 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 Autism, had long argued the case. However, autism is not recognized by the Church of Scientology of which the Travoltas are members, so Jett was never tested for autism and therefore not diagnosed and treated. I am certainly sympathetic to the Travolta’s... Read more

Jupiter in Aquarius

Last updated on: January 3, 2009 at 7:30 am By Lynn Hayes

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 with Chiron and Neptune which ought to really be interesting and make for some major changes of consciousness! But more on that later. Meanwhile, Kathryn Cassidy has written a nice piece on Jupiter in Aquarius, so I thought I’d share... Read more

Skywatch for January 2010 is posted

Last updated on: January 3, 2009 at 6:32 am By Lynn Hayes

Just 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 Rectangle! Here’s the news for the upcoming week: Venus has been traveling through Aquarius, but enters sensitive and emotional Pisces on the 3rd which places more emphasis on the feelings we share in relationships. There is a desire to be compassionate and... Read more

Saturn, Saturn, Saturn, and a lesson on retrogrades

Last updated on: January 2, 2009 at 8:19 am By Lynn Hayes

Saturn, you may remember, is the planet that surrounds itself with rings. This is an apt metaphor for the restrictive quality that Saturn represents and which is the predominant influence right now. We have Pluto having just entered the sign of Capricorn, which is ruled by Saturn and shares its love of restriction, limitation, hard work, social mores, governmental structures. And now we have Saturn preparing to turn retrograde. Planets obviously don’t ever move backwards, but astrology is not astronomically correct.... Read more

Don’t just make resolutions this new year; change your life instead!

Last updated on: September 19, 2017 at 11:21 am By Lynn Hayes

There’s something about the turning of the new year that gives us the feeling that we want to start over, and the making of resolutions as the new year begins is a time honored tradition that goes back to Babylonian times. In those days the New Year was celebrated near the Spring Equinox in March. This tradition continued into the Roman period but the New Year was changed to January 1 by Julius Ceasar to honor Janus, the god who... Read more

Happy New Year 2009! This year’s astrology

Last updated on: September 19, 2017 at 11:19 am By Lynn Hayes

You 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 are adjusting to this new quality of contraction that has created so much havoc in a world that had become all too accustomed to the “relentless optimism”® of the Pluto in Sagittarius era. From an emphasis on growth, growth, growth, we are... Read more