Astrological Musings

Timothy Geithner is the man that Barack Obama has entrusted with the challenging task of rescuing our economy from a global recession that astrologers have been expecting for many years.  I have some doubts as to how much rescuing can actually be done until the diseased underlying system is rebuilt, but I am very curious to…

by Lynn Hayes.  This is written for Eastern time zone – please adjust accordingly for your own part of the world.  The Moon has just entered Pisces, and for the next couple of days the focus is more on our inner world and the realm of emotions.  The Sun is moving towards a conjunction with the…

The latest issue of The Mountain Astrologer has an article by Brad Kochunas which kind of bothered me.  The article is called “In Praise of Melancholy,” so I expected to love it in light of my recent article “The Joy of Sadness.”  Kochunas writes: Our psychological orientation via the humanistic transpersonal perspective is that we…

by Lynn Hayes.  This is written for Eastern time zone – please adjust accordingly for your own part of the world.  The Moon continues its passage through Aquarius today, stopping this morning to bridge the gap between the Chiron and Neptune.  The Moon is typically not very emotional in Aquarius, so we will experience less…

This is a research project that I have been pondering, and now astrologer Rodney Smith has done the work for me:   The interest in the Void-Of-Course moon (VOC) and the presidential inauguration on this blog has prompted me to do some research. Where a President dies or resigns the office, the Vice-President completes the…

I’m going to try an experiment and make an attempt to provide daily updates on the smaller planetary cycles. Partly this is for my own use, to help me to stay aligned with the planetary motions, and partly it’s for you, dear readers.  I hope you find it useful. Today is the big Eclipse, which…

Mercury retrograde periods are a great time for reposting!  I’m taking a few days off for some other creative projects so meanwhile please enjoy some of my favorite articles from the past, and please be kind to each other in the comments.  In browsing around for interesting astrology news I came across this in a…

Mercury retrograde periods are a great time for reposting!  I’m taking a few days off for some other creative projects so meanwhile please enjoy some of my favorite articles from the past, and please be kind to each other in the comments.  With my Mercury (thoughts and communication) in Scorpio (ruled by Pluto), Pluto’s naturally…

Mercury retrograde periods are a great time for reposting!  I’m taking a few days off for some other creative projects so meanwhile please enjoy some of my favorite articles from the past, and please be kind to each other in the comments.  In mythology, Chiron was born of Philyra, mortal woman, and Saturn, immortal  god.…

Mercury retrograde periods are a great time for reposting!  I’m taking a few days off for some other creative projects so meanwhile please enjoy some of my favorite articles from the past, and please be kind to each other in the comments.  We have been duped by Hollywood and our own sense of incompleteness into…

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