Astrological Musings

One reason it’s impossible to offer accurate predictions using astrology is that the planets don’t influence us in any kind of uniform manner.  One person’s Pluto transit to Mars will be very different from that of another person.  Pluto is like a heat-seeking missile: it looks for areas in our lives that aren’t working, and…

One of the things I most like to post about on this blog is celebrity profiles and profiles on celebrity couples.  First of all, with Gemini rising I love a good gossip.  But more important, they make great demonstrations of how great a tool astrology can be to help understand the underlying personality characteristics that drive…

by Lynn Hayes Today Mars leaves the intensely passionate and probing sign of Scorpio for the fun-loving and optimistic sign of Sagittarius.  At its best, Mars in astrology provides the fuel for our desires and our dreams – it energizes us and fires up our assertive nature.  In traditional and Vedic astrology Mars is considered…

Is it merely the election, or the opposition from Saturn to Uranus that is creating a backlash against the change that Obama and Uranus represent? Incidents around the country referring to President-elect Barack Obama are dampening the postelection glow of racial progress and harmony, highlighting the stubborn racism that remains in America. From California to…

by Lynn Hayes Jupiter and Venus will conjunct in Capricorn on December 2, and as they grow closer in the sky they will provide a beautiful show, especially as the Moon wanes and the sky darkens.  Venus and Jupiter are the brightest planets in the sky besides the Sun and Moon, which is likely the…

Deb Houlding’s Skyscript site has a fascinating history of the astrological almanac written by Derek Parker, co-writer with his wife Julia of quite a few widely-read astrology books. These almanacs were compendiums of astrological information that was considered useful for physicians and other medical professionals in the early and middle ages, as well as for the…

by Lynn Hayes There are few astrological concepts that are the source of as much disagreement among astrologers as the Moon “void of course.”  The Moon is said to be void of course, or simply void, after it has made its last major aspect to another planet and before it enters the next sign.  For…

The Taurus Full Moon occurs around midnight tonight (1:17 am Eastern), and it will be a  powerful one!!   There is a very tight Grand Trine in earth signs right now, with the Moon in Taurus, Jupiter in Capricorn and Saturn in Virgo.   Grand Trines are harmonious aspects that facilitate personal satisfaction and an easy…

God of peace,we pray for those who have served our nationand who laid down their livesto protect and defend our freedom. We pray for those who have fought,whose spirits and bodies are scarred by war,whose nights are haunted by memoriestoo painful for the light of day. We pray for those who serve us now,especially for…

Howard Dean announced today that he will be stepping down as DNC chair when his term is up. It was Dean’s 50-state strategy that helped propel Barack Obama’s Dream Team over the top but also caused frayed relations with the party hacks that rule over the Old Democratic Party. Fortunately, we have an accurate birth…

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