art by Ellen Uytewaal Mercury, the planet of messages and information, is typically in a sign for less than a month, but because of the upcoming retrograde it will remain in Cancer until August 4th. Any retrograde Mercury period is important since a retrograde planet applies greater emphasis and tends to dominate the […]
Author: Lynn Hayes
Astrological forecast for the week of May 25, 2020! video and transcript
This week is relatively quiet, but Ceres has a few things to tell us this week. Here’s everything you need to know right now. If you like the video, please subscribe to the channel! It helps the algorithms. 🙂 https://youtu.be/7C67h1zwx9M For daily planetary musings, follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube If you’d care to […]
Sunday poetry: A brokenness out of which comes the unbroken
art by Belinda Paton Venus, planet of beauty and equanimity, has been challenged by a square from Neptune for the past month or so. This can lead to confusion and an attachment to illusion, but it can also signify the breaking away of ideas and patterns to which we have been holding on […]
A sparkling Gemini cluster at the Gemini New Moon, May 22 2020
Flickr Currently we have a stellium, or cluster, of planets in Gemini including Mercury, Venus, and the Sun. The North Node just moved into Gemini, accentuating this sign even more and accentuating the importance of the positive traits of Gemini which include curiosity, flexibility, adaptability. When the Moon moves into Gemini as well […]
Sunday inspiration: Tending the garden of the unexplored mind
One result of the Coronavirus is that for many of us, life has slowed down leaving us with fewer distractions and more time with ourselves. This has been disturbing for many, which is uncomfortable but also useful since it drives us to pay more attention to the inner world that connects us to a sense […]
Astrological insights for the week of May 18 2020, including Venus retrograde
The magic of retrograde Venus is something that has always fascinated me, and I talk a lot about that in this video as well as the Gemini New Moon and other things you need to know for the week. Transcript is below!! https://youtu.be/qavMHHobtTc For daily planetary musings, follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube If […]
And then there were four: Venus and Jupiter turn retrograde this week
Most of my readers already know this, but planets don’t actually travel backwards. Astrology observes the motion of the planets from our perspective on earth, and from our perspective they occasionally appear to be moving backwards: we call this retrograde. Pluto, planet of darkness and transformation, turned retrograde at the end of April. Saturn, planet […]
Astrological insights for the week of May 11, 2020: Video and transcript
There’s a lot of planetary action right now, and here’s what you need to know to get the most out of it. I can’t believe I forgot to talk about Jupiter retrograde! I tacked on a bit about Jupiter at the end of the video. You’ll find the transcription below the video. Thanks for tuning […]
Sunday poetry: The Peace of Wild Things
The Peace of Wild Things Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the […]
Jupiter conjunct Pluto and dangerous (Pluto) beliefs (Jupiter)
We usually think of Jupiter as the lord of good fortune, optimism, and expansion in all things and certainly that’s true. Jupiter is also connected to our search for meaning, and the philosophies and theologies that we create to make sense of the world. Pluto is an outer planet – not reflecting a facet of […]