Astrological Musings

by Lynn Hayes.  This is written for Eastern time zone – please adjust accordingly for your own part of the world. The intensity of last night’s Full Moon should fade today under the softening effect of a harmonious sextile from Venus to Jupiter.  These two benefics, as they are called, enhance the power of attraction…

I love this… Coach Phil Jackson of the LA Lakers has used the retrograde turn of Venus last week to explain Lamar Odom’s poor performance: At a loss for a conventional explanation for the inconsistencies that have defined Lamar Odom’s career, Coach Phil Jackson turned to astrology Monday to account for his mercurial forward’s mini-slump. “More…

by Lynn Hayes.  This is written for Eastern time zone – please adjust accordingly for your own part of the world. The Full Moon occurs tonight at 10:38 pm EDT.  This is likely to be a fairly powerful event because the opposition of the Sun to the Moon that creates the Full Moon is aligned…

by Lynn Hayes For years, researchers have been studying optimists and pessimists, and they have found that an optimistic outlook carries certain advantages. Optimistic people are better achievers, are more resilient in the face of difficulties and cope with stress more easily than their more negative counterparts. And now, there appears to be one more…

by Lynn Hayes.  This is written for Eastern time zone – please adjust accordingly for your own part of the world. The Moon will be void of course until it leaves Leo for Virgo at 11:55 am today.  Void of course moon periods are not to be feared, but they are better times for completing…

by Lynn Hayes.  This is written for Eastern time zone – please adjust accordingly for your own part of the world. The Moon continues to make its way through Leo, and today it will face off against the planets in Aquarius.  Leo and Aquarius are opposite signs; where Leo is concerned with matters of the…

No doll has been as well-loved or as despised as the Barbie doll.  Created by Ruth Handler in the 1950s, she was first introduced to the world at the International Toy Fair in New York on March 9, 1959 which is considered Barbie’s official birthday. I was unable to find the time of day that…

by Lynn Hayes.  This is written for Eastern time zone – please adjust accordingly for your own part of the world. The Moon enters Leo at 8:24 this morning, bringing more fire back into our lives and an increased desire for action and decisive steps in our lives to bring us closer to the life…

by Lynn Hayes.  This is written for Eastern time zone – please adjust accordingly for your own part of the world. The big news today was Venus turning retrograde, addressed in my article from earlier this morning. After making a challenging square to Venus this morning, the Moon sails off to harmonize in a series…

Venus turns retrograde this morning, shortly after being squared by the Moon at 8:06 am.   Venus usually slips through our lives like a whisper, and we barely experience her transits.  Her influence is usually soft and encouraging and I often say that we only really take notice when we experience discomfort of some kind.…

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