Jupiter in Taurus, 2011-2012

Last updated on: June 2, 2011 at 10:00 am By Lynn Hayes

Jupiter will enter the sign of Taurus on June 4th, leaving the sign of Aries where he has inspired revolutionary behavior across the Middle East and moving into a more grounded place of stability, where our ideas and inspiration that took hold under the Aries influence begin to take root and flower. The astrological Jupiter represents our yearning for meaning in life and our desire for expansion and growth. Jupiter brings optimism, adventure, good fortune and prosperity, but is also... Read more

Skywatch is posted, and Gemini New Moon

Last updated on: June 1, 2011 at 5:09 pm By Lynn Hayes

I am having technical issues and for some reason right now Skywatch is only visible for me in Firefox, I can’t see it in Chrome or Internet Explorer. If you can see it you’ll find it here. In any case, here’s the introduction which includes the description of tonight’s New Moon: The month of June begins with a bang and a New Moon in Gemini. This is also a solar eclipse because the lunar nodes are within 15 degrees of... Read more

Waxing outer planet cycles

Last updated on: May 31, 2011 at 6:40 am By Lynn Hayes

For some time now I have wanted to do an analysis of the outer planet cycles to see how they affect global periods of transformation so I was glad to see this article by Dharmaruci in which he discusses the fact that the current cycle of Uranus in Aries in a square to Pluto in Capricorn is part of a larger cycle in which all three outer planets (Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) are in the waxing phase of their relationships... Read more

Sunday inspiration from Oprah

Last updated on: May 29, 2011 at 10:45 am By Lynn Hayes

Artwork by Jerrod Maruyama. I’m not embarrassed to say that over the last 20 years I have derived some of my greatest inspiration from Oprah, and have learned a great deal from the guests on her show. It would be impossible to overstate the effect that this one woman has had on millions of people around the world in their efforts to achieve personal transformation. In honor of her final network television show, here are some of my favorite quotes... Read more

The War on Drugs = War on Consciousness?

Last updated on: May 28, 2011 at 5:51 pm By Lynn Hayes

So says Graham Hancock, author of many popular books on the search for ancient civilizations, most of which reside in my own bookshelves. Hancock writes: We are told that the “war on drugs” is being waged, on our behalf, by our governments and their armed bureaucracies and police forces, to save us from ourselves. “Potential for abuse and harm” are supposed to be the criteria by which the use of drugs is suppressed – the greater a drug’s potential for... Read more

New lyme disease research study

Last updated on: May 27, 2011 at 6:52 am By Lynn Hayes

Yesterday I did a quickie reading for a new client who has lyme disease. Many of you know that I have an interest in the astrology of health and healing. My interest is not so much the traditional study of medical astrology, although that plays an interesting role, but I am fascinated by the way our emotional makeup affects the energy system in the body, creating changes in our physical health. I can’t remember ever working with a client with... Read more

Summer eclipse season is coming

Last updated on: May 25, 2011 at 6:44 am By Lynn Hayes

Image from NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, 2003. Solar and lunar eclipses occur when the Moon is either full (opposite the Sun) or “new” (conjunct the Sun), and one of the lunar nodes is located within 15 degrees of a conjunction to the Moon. As you’ve probably heard me say before, the astrological impact of an eclipse comes from the presence of the lunar nodes. The nodes of the Moon are points in the sky where the Moon crosses... Read more

Neptune in Pisces: The Magic of Illusion, the Illlusion of Magic

Last updated on: May 23, 2011 at 6:12 am By Lynn Hayes

The mass delusion that occurred this weekend when preacher Harold Camping predicted the Rapture would occur to presage the end of the world smacks of Neptune in its own sign of Pisces. The word “rapture” is defined as “an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion; a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion.” The planet Neptune instills in us a desire for this ecstasy; any planet in the sign of Pisces longs to be overcome... Read more

May 21st is a bad day for the Rapture

Last updated on: May 21, 2011 at 7:34 am By Lynn Hayes

WARNING: tongue-in-cheek sarcasm ahead! As you may know, the Rapture is scheduled for 6 pm tonight with a bang and a big earthquake, according to Harold Camping, leader of Family Radio Worldwide. “Because the year 2011 AD is exactly 7,000 years after 4990 BC when the flood began, the Bible has given us absolute proof that the year 2011 is the end of the world during the Day of Judgment,” the website of Family Radio says. “Amazingly, May 21, 2011... Read more

Sex and scandals at the Scorpio Full Moon

Last updated on: May 18, 2011 at 5:34 pm By Lynn Hayes

The Shriver/Schwarzenegger breakup isn’t the only scandal to hit the newswire just as the Scorpio Moon reached its fullness. IMF Fund Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested on Saturday, May 14th for sexual assault on a hotel maid, although the major news outlets didn’t pick up the story until Monday the 16th, just as the Scorpio Moon reached its fullness. There is no equating the Schwarzenegger matter with the alleged sexual assault by Strauss-Kahn. One scandal is an affair between two... Read more