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The astrology of puppies: A scientific study

Thanks to the Astrological News Service for this article.

No one who owns one doubts the family pooch exhibits personality traits that seem remarkably human at times. Is there a way to rationally explain this?

Incredibly, a new book describing the original and unusual research pursuits of award-winning French scientist Suzel Fuzeau-Braesch presents rigorous proof that humans and animals — specifically pedigreed pups and cloned cows — are behaviorally impacted by where the major planets turn up in their astrological birth charts. […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2022-10-09T13:42:15-04:00July 4th, 2014|Astrology in the news|2 Comments

Two noted astrologers teach in China

Our friends Steven Forrest and Jeff Jawer along with Noel Tyl have been teaching workshops in China as part of an effort to bring western astrology to that country which has its own brand of astrology that is over 5,000 years old. I discovered this from this People’s Daily article giving the workshops some good press. However, it does illustrate some confusion over the type of astrology practiced by western astrologers such as Steven and Jeff and this:

PeiEn is a full-time astrologer who is also familiar with the teachings of Forrest, havingheard him lecture when he came to China in 2010. Most of her clients come to her after finding out about her online or through word-of-mouth feedback from satisfied customers. Their needs include requiring a reading ofthe future, finding out more about themselves or seeking help to overcome personalanguish. Pei then reads their future using an astrolabe, the predecessor of the sextant used to find the altitude of stars, and offers her advice.

Astrolabes are amazing instruments, but I don’t […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2018-08-04T08:44:28-04:00October 19th, 2012|Astrology in the news|6 Comments

Mercury retrograde roundup: Wild times

I knew this would be a tough Mercury Retrograde period when I wrote this post. With Mercury and Uranus turning retrograde on the same day, we were bound to be in for some surprising (Uranus) twists of fate and weird events and we are certainly seeing that in some corners of the world, especially in the highly charged electrical atmosphere of yesterday’s Full Moon in Aquarius.

A software glitch cost Knight Capital, a trading firm, £290M in trading losses when the automated system sold all of […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2012-08-02T17:14:12-04:00August 2nd, 2012|Astrology in the news|14 Comments

Chinese jobs use “star signs” to discriminate

chinese astrology job discrimination While I always love to see astrology getting some press in mainstream news, the first clue that someone doesn’t know a thing about astrology is when they call the zodiac “star signs.” The twelve signs of the zodiac represent an image of the apparent path of the Sun as it travels around the Earth, from our perspective. The signs are relevant to the Sun, not the stars.

::rant over::

A Chinese firm has decided Scorpios and Virgos are too moody and critical, telling job seekers with those star signs […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2011-11-29T06:31:52-05:00November 29th, 2011|Astrology in the news|1 Comment

Post-eclipse wrapup

“So other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?”

Some rather significant events happened yesterday, coinciding with the Sagittarius lunar eclipse:

Al Qaeda’s former #2, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, has been named the new head of Al Qaeda. He was thought by many to be the mastermind behind the extremism of Al Qaeda, with Osama bin Laden serving more of a role as religious advisor.
Pakistan, our supposed ally in the so-called “war against terror” has arrested the CIA informants that identified bin Laden’s location in Pakistan, confirming the obvious theory that Pakistan isn’t really helping.
Vancouver […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2011-06-16T08:34:55-04:00June 16th, 2011|Astrology in the news|2 Comments

Indian Court rules that astrology is a science

Here’s why I love India:

The judgment will be met with relief in India, where engagements are decided, wedding and election dates are chosen on the basis of detailed charts drawn up by revered astrologers. A day deemed “auspicious” by an astrologer can lead to thousands of weddings and traffic gridlock.

For years it has been dismissed by the world’s scientists, but according to the Bombay High Court astrologers are officially their colleagues.

The ruling was made in a case brought by a campaign group, Janhit […]
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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-26T10:41:22-05:00February 16th, 2011|Astrology in the news|Comments Off

Rachel Maddow refuses to change her sign

There’s no such thing as bad publicity, and astrology has had LOTS of publicity over the past few days with the big news over the 13th sign and the precessional shift. Rachel Maddow weighs in and explains the whole thing, except I’m not sure that her astronomy is correct when she ties the Moon into the situation. The astrology comes in at around four minutes and be sure to catch her very last line:

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By Lynn Hayes|2018-07-18T12:48:47-04:00January 16th, 2011|Astrology in the news|Comments Off

Your “zodiac sign” has not changed!

Stories like this have been circulating in the news media like wildfire over the past few days as astronomers discover something that astrologers have known for nearly 2000 years, that the zodiac that we use in Western astrology does not line up with the current placement of the constellations. This is due to what is called “precession,” in which due to the earth’s wobble the relationship between the earth and the stars changes over a “Great Cycle” of 26,000 years. This is why […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-19T11:08:15-05:00January 14th, 2011|Astrology in the news|7 Comments

Mercury retrograde roundup

Mercury is still retrograde for another few days or so, and there are signs of it everywhere. Mercury rules transportation as well as communication, and when retrograde there are often snafus and the need to repair our equipment and revise our plans

I’m sure my readers have stories of their own to tell: disappearing emails, dropped phone calls, malfunctioning equipment, miscommunications. There are plenty of stories in the news as well that relate to the retrograde Mercury cycle (italicized words are Mercury keywords)

Passengers are stranded in airports all over […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2010-12-28T17:37:35-05:00December 28th, 2010|Astrology in the news|8 Comments

“The stars align to ruin Christmas”

It evidently takes bad astrology news to make the mainstream blogosphere. The Daily Beast has posted an article that predicts “holiday hell”:

The stars are aligning to ruin Christmas. Astrologers say that for the first time in years, the tumultuous astrological cycle known as Mercury Retrograde falls during the holidays, causing “tears,” “confusion,” and “throwdowns” during the busy shopping and travel season.

This article is largely based on an interview with Susan Miller, who is one of the best known astrologers in the US today and was one of the […]

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