Pluto in Capricorn: The New Survivalism

Last updated on: April 11, 2008 at 9:59 pm By Lynn Hayes

This New York Times article quotes Barton Biggs who says that people should “assume the possibility of a breakdown [Pluto] of the civilized infrastructure [Capricorn].” Biggs is not an astrologer but the former chief strategist at investment firm Morgan Stanley. Faced with a confluence of diverse threats — a tanking economy, a housing crisis, looming environmental disasters, and a sharp spike in oil prices — people who do not consider themselves extremists are starting to discuss doomsday measures once associated... Read more

Astrology is better than therapy

Last updated on: April 11, 2008 at 11:46 am By Lynn Hayes

This is what a client told me yesterday, and while psychotherapy is a great tool for change and healing and helped me tremendously, an understanding of the astrological chart goes right to the heart of the matter and identifies where the inner conflicts are coming from and describes how best to resolve them. “Suddenly I feel there’s a map that I can use for my life,” this client said, and she is exactly right. Once we have identified those inner... Read more

Pluto in Sag Wrecks the Airline Industry

Last updated on: April 10, 2008 at 4:24 pm By Lynn Hayes

When Pluto first entered Sagittarius I wrote an article for a local magazine predicting, among other things, that during the Pluto Sag period there would be so many airplane crashes that it would transform the airline industry. That, of course, didn’t happen. Instead we had war (Pluto) with airplanes (Sag) on September 11, and a slow but steady erosion of the travel industry. Because Sagittarius rules adventurous experiences that expand our horizons, it is associated with travel and airplane flight... Read more

John McCain: President Hothead?

Last updated on: April 9, 2008 at 11:11 am By Lynn Hayes

A couple of years ago I wrote a post entitled “John McCain will never be president,” and followed it up with “John McCain will never be president Part II.” I never posted a complete profile of McCain on my website because it never occurred to me that two years later he would be the Republican nominee for president. I don’t like to be wrong, but I sure called it wrong this time. So I have now posted that McCain profile... Read more

Hillary Clinton and the Moon’s Nodes

Last updated on: April 8, 2008 at 12:12 am By Lynn Hayes

Hillary Clinton’s chart shows that she has the planet Saturn making a very tight square to the nodes of the Moon. The lunar nodes are not planets in the chart and don’t carry any energy of the personality; they are like signposts that point us in the direction from our evolutionary past to our future. Tight aspects from a planet to the nodes of the Moon often indicate a karmic issue that an individual brings with them from a previous... Read more

New Moon Tonight!!

Last updated on: April 5, 2008 at 7:19 pm By Lynn Hayes

New Moon Originally uploaded by mawa_73527 The Sun and Moon will conjoin tonight in Aries at around midnight EST, making this a New Moon. Aries is the sign of initiation and courage, and as first sign of the zodiac it rules over fresh starts and new beginnings. The New Moon is the beginning of a new solar cycle, so the New Moon in Aries has a particularly strong energy for moving forward into new ventures with energy and enthusiasm. This... Read more

Tsunami on the Sun

Last updated on: April 4, 2008 at 10:43 am By Lynn Hayes

Thanks to Julie for bringing this to my attention: Astronomers have captured the first footage of a solar “tsunami” hurtling through the Sun’s atmosphere at over a million kilometres per hour. The event was captured by Nasa’s twin Stereo spacecraft designed to make 3D images of our parent star. Naturally, this type of tsunami does not involve water; instead, it is a wave of pressure that travels across the Sun very fast. In a solar tsunami, a huge explosion near... Read more

Skywatch is posted, and Pluto Retrograde

Last updated on: April 2, 2008 at 10:51 am By Lynn Hayes

Pluto turns retrograde today, and will continue it’s travel back in time through September of this year. Pluto spends more time retrograde than any other planet, which is only fitting since it is the planet that more than any other takes us through the underground and forces us, kicking and screaming, into transformation. From Skywatch for April: Ever since December, we have been experiencing a lack of planets in the Fire element. Fire provides the inspiration and energy to take... Read more

Pluto Rx and the market goes wild

Last updated on: April 2, 2008 at 12:26 am By Lynn Hayes

Pluto turns retrograde April 2 heading back towards Sagittarius, and already the stock market surges. Wall Street began the second quarter with a big rally Tuesday as investors rushed back into stocks, optimistic that the worst of the credit crisis has passed and that the economy is faring better than expected. I said before that the last pass of Pluto through Sagittarius would bring one last wave of optimism, and here it is, right on schedule. Read more

Obama, the Nodes and the Hero’s Journey

Last updated on: April 1, 2008 at 10:47 am By Lynn Hayes

Dharmaruci is back, and has a wonderful post about the Clinton/Obama mashup. He predicts that the Clinton candidacy will unwind when Pluto retrogrades this month, and connects the Obama candidacy to the Hero’s Journey in Jungian terms: “Obama’s journey so far can be seen in Jungian archetypal terms, with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright being, in my opinion, Obama’s greatest benefactor during this period. What we find in Jungian psychology is the journey from Young Hero to Wise Old Man, and... Read more

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