Saturn in Scorpio, 2012-2015

Last updated on: October 6, 2012 at 8:21 am By Lynn Hayes

Saturn has moved into Scorpio for the first time in nearly 30 years. Saturn is the planet that structures our lives and instills the values of achievement and responsibility. For this reason it is known as the Celestial Taskmaster and often gets a bad rap from astrologers. When prominently placed in the birthchart Saturn often brings hardship and challenge, especially in the younger years. Saturn transits typically bring delays and disappointments and tests of our endurance. Yet astronomers consider Saturn... Read more

What happened to Obama in the debate??

Last updated on: October 6, 2012 at 7:13 am By Lynn Hayes

One thing everyone can agree on is that Barack Obama is a powerful speaker with an exceptional command of the English language and a preacher-like ability to inspire the emotions. Yet he was universally declared the loser in the first presidential debate on October 3, 2012. So what happened? You can catch up on my astrological profile of Obama here in part I, and here in part II. With the Sun and Mercury in Leo, the sign of charisma and... Read more

Skywatch Planetary Illuminations for October are posted

Last updated on: October 2, 2012 at 8:12 am By Lynn Hayes

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Sorry, I am a bit late due to a family emergency. But better late than never! Here is the link to the original article and here is a link to my newsletter with the abridged version that you receive if you subscribe to Lynn’s Skywatch. Here is an overview of the major October influences: The major planetary event over the next few years is the square between Uranus and Pluto which will remain with us throughout 2015. This is a... Read more

Powerful Aries Full Moon, September 29 2012

Last updated on: September 29, 2012 at 5:43 am By Lynn Hayes

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by Lynn Hayes This Full Moon is one of the most powerful events of the summer and is tightly wrapped up into the intense dynamic of change from the square formation between Uranus and Pluto. Every Full Moon contains an opposition between the Sun and the Moon, and the solar force of conscious awareness creates tension with the lunar force of instinct and emotion. During the Full Moon the Sun is invisible, seen only in the illumination of the Moon... Read more

Autism: The astrological connection

Last updated on: September 25, 2012 at 7:04 pm By Lynn Hayes

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Recently I did a reading for a woman who was born under the Aquarius Stellium of 1962 who was dealing with neurological issues, something that is not uncommon with people who have a strong Uranian component in their chart, and the modern ruler of Aquarius is Uranus. I have long believed that the autism phenomenon, rather than a disorder to be treated, marks a significant shift in genetic patterning of the human race. The statistics are staggering: 1 in 150 American... Read more

The astrology of the Autumn Equinox, September 22 2012

Last updated on: September 22, 2012 at 8:52 am By Lynn Hayes

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The autumn equinox takes place every September in the northern hemisphere when the Sun enters Libra. The equinox is a time of balance between day and night, and Libra is itself the sign of balance and equilibrium, so at the autumn equinox we find our own inner balance between what lies within and what is outside of ourselves; between what we need for ourselves and what we need to do to nourish and nurture our relationships. The chart for the... Read more

Pluto turns direct and transformation continues

Last updated on: September 17, 2012 at 3:39 pm By Lynn Hayes

If you feel as though your life has intensified over the past week, you are not alone. If you open up a newspaper you will see that all over the world conflict is heating up as old failing systems begin to break down so that new paradigms can take their place. It is 2012 after all! This is what the Uranus/Pluto cycle is all about. Pluto tears down old and outmoded structures that are no longer working, and this is... Read more

Virgo New Moon: September 15, 2012

Last updated on: September 14, 2012 at 6:29 pm By Lynn Hayes

Sorry for the light posting over the past few weeks – I’m out of town this week and feeling quite refreshed and ready to get back to blogging! September 15th brings the New Moon in Virgo which highlights Ceres, the former asteroid which was reclassified in 2005. Ceres represents the nurturing of the body and our connection to our own bodies, and Virgo itself presides over the mundane details that we must attend to when we live in a human... Read more

A birth time for Tom Cruise and his very bad year

Last updated on: September 8, 2012 at 7:28 am By Lynn Hayes

Tom Cruise is not having a very good year. First his wife Katie Holmes left him secretly and suddenly, although not, for many of us, surprisingly. Now a revealing article in Vanity Fair reveals something that many of us suspected: that Scientology conducted auditions for a mate for Cruise. Previous articles I have written on Tom Cruise have used a noon chart because a birth time is not known. Astrodatabank is the scholarly source for astrological data, and their website says,... Read more

Musings on soulmates

Last updated on: September 4, 2012 at 7:47 am By Lynn Hayes

At the Body, Mind, Spirit Expo that I worked in Raleigh a couple of weeks ago two readings brought up the question of soulmates in very different ways. One reading was for someone who had experienced a very intense connection with someone who then withdrew and later denied the connection had ever occurred. This was incredibly confusing for her because when we experience this kind of connection it is undeniable. She had come to see me at the February show... Read more