Author: Lynn Hayes

A journey from modern Iraq back into ancient wisdom and modern science

This article was originally posted in 2009.  Astrologer Dave Mockaitis has a fascinating essay connecting the Yezidi, a Kurdish people on the border of Syria and Iraq, back to the Picatrix, a collection of Arabic texts that was widely used by mages during the Renaissance period.  He then draws connections back to the Sabians of […]

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The astrology of Baby Sussex

http://gty.im/1135196231 And a baby was born unto Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and the world celebrated.  I’ve made no secret of my unabashed admiration for Meghan and happiness at her marriage to Prince Harry, and was excited to look at the baby’s astrological chart. Baby Sussex (as of the time of this posting a […]

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Planetary news this week! Astrological forecast for May 6-13, 2019

Now that the New Moon in Taurus has calmed things down somewhat, we can turn our attention to other matters.  Mercury, the messenger planet, moves into Taurus on May 6th and continues the trend towards a more peaceful environment. This will help the disruption caused by a stressful opposition between Mars (aggression) which is creating […]

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The Taurus New Moon: Settling into the peace space

The New Moon on May 4th is in the sign of Taurus.  The symbol for Taurus is the bull – wise, placid but powerful, stable, slow to anger, the bull is a majestic symbol of peacefulness in the heart of strength.  Like the bull, under the influence of Taurus we seek experiences which will help […]

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Astrological forecast for the week of May 1-8, 2019

Apologies to my readers who prefer words to video – after spending two hours writing the May Planetary Illuminations report, the whole report was lost into the Dark Web somewhere (no doubt due to user error!).  So I’m preserving my writing energy for the rewrite, but offer the forecast here in video format for you […]

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Millennials and astrology – a natural fit

Deviant Art Last year reporter for the Atlantic explored the connection between millennials and astrology: Many people I spoke to for this piece said they had a sense that the stigma attached to astrology, while it still exists, had receded as the practice has grabbed a foothold in online culture, especially for young […]

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Endings at the Full Moon in the Critical Degree of Libra

Libra Full Moon April 19

Photo from Flickr The Full Moon on the 19th is at the very last degree of Libra. The 29th degree is also called the “critical” or “anaretic” degree – it is a degree of completion and marks the end of one cycle and the evolution into another.  There is a poignancy to this […]

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