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Astrology in the southern hemisphere

This article is updated from an earlier version (art link here).

Tropical astrology is based upon the turning of the wheel of the seasons, with Aries at the Spring equinox and the rest of the cardinal signs marking the beginning of the other equinoxes and solstices. But what happens in the southern hemisphere where the seasons are reversed? When the first day of Aries marks the first day of autumn, does astrology still work?

For some reason I have more clients in Australia than in any other country outside the U.S., and […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2025-09-29T09:01:08-04:00September 29th, 2025|Astrology|0 Comments

Debunking the Lions Gate 8:8 Portal

This article is updated from an older version as reflected in the comments.

Every year the Lion’s Gate Portal makes the news.

“Expect old desires to resurface and new clarity to drop in,” Psychic Solas, a top-rated advisor at Psychic Source, told VICE. [link]
“The Lion’s Gate Portal is a cosmic event steeped in mysticism, spirituality, and transformative energy. Occurring annually between July 26 and August 12, with its peak on August 8 (8/8), this celestial alignment is believed to bring powerful opportunities for spiritual […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2025-08-01T09:27:33-04:00July 31st, 2025|Astrology|24 Comments

Exploring the White Moon Selene

Selene, by Albert Aublet

There are so many new bodies and points in the astrological pantheon it’s difficult to keep up with them all, or even most of them. But every now and then one pops up that becomes important in my work. I started working with Chiron practically from the beginning of my career when I started studying in 1983 – it had recently been discovered and resonated very strongly with me. I started working with the Black Moon Lilith a few years […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2025-07-23T14:09:38-04:00July 23rd, 2025|Astrology|0 Comments

The meaning of the Chiron/Uranus opposition

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I recently discovered that I have never written anything specific to this opposition, which is a very important dynamic in the charts of many people born between the early 1950s and the late 1980s. In all, the opposition occurred a total of 41 times, beginning with Chiron in Capricorn opposite Uranus in Cancer in the early 1950s and ending with Chiron in Cancer and Uranus in Capricorn in the late 1980s.

This phenomenon occurs because of the elliptical orbit of Chiron (thanks to […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-11-17T10:16:04-05:00November 17th, 2024|Lessons|8 Comments

Sunday inspiration: The Divine Fires of Wisdom

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I am regularly asked to predict when something will occur in someone’s life, or when their problems will be over. There are certainly astrological tools which are used to attempt this kind of prediction, and occasionally they are correct. The question whether we have free or will or whether or future is already decided for us is a vibrant argument among astrologers, and I fall on the side of the power of choice and decisions. Naturally, the ability to think clearly and listen to one’s own instincts varies from person […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-05-11T07:33:36-04:00May 11th, 2024|Astrology, Inspiration|1 Comment

Chicago time zone confusion

Our modern astrology software contains excellent databases, but when a client was born in Illinois during a period when Daylight Savings Time was observed it can get very confusing because there was a law in Illinois in effect until 1959 which required birth times to be recorded in standard time even when daylight time was observed. So you may have a situation in which the baby book says daylight time but the birth certificate, which usually doesn’t include daylight or standard time, will be an hour off.

This often comes […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-07-23T15:45:12-04:00July 23rd, 2023|Astrology|3 Comments

Musings on the left and right brain of astrologers

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Astrology requires both a left and right brain. The left brain is required to learn the symbols and their meanings, and the basic techniques to delineate (interpret) a chart. The right brain is necessary for the synthesis of energies and chart factors that are at odds with each other and to devise a theme or set of themes that will be useful to the client.

I had my first astrology reading around 1970 and fell in love with it but it was very difficult to learn astrology in those […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-02-14T08:41:56-05:00February 14th, 2023|Astrology|5 Comments

Liz Greene and the Twelve Temples

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A portion of this article was originally posted in 2006. Liz Greene is quite possibly my favorite astrology writer of all time, and yesterday I dug out her book The Art of Stealing Fire: Uranus in the Horoscope, which is actually a transcription of a seminar on the subject. In it she briefly touches on the work of the Roman writer Manilius, who in his work the Astronomica refers to the astrological houses as “templums.”

In the horoscope, which is a map of the sky at […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2022-11-06T10:46:01-05:00June 8th, 2022|Astrology|4 Comments

New video: Astrology basics for beginners

I created a little video, hopefully the first in a series, to help non-astrologers to understand more about the astrological updates that I post here and which you will find elsewhere. I hope you will find it useful! I plan to product more instructional videos so please let me know in the comments what kind of content you’d like to see. (These videos will not have transcriptions like the ones I post on Mondays, but there are instructions here on how to turn on captions and transcriptions within the video.)

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By Lynn Hayes|2020-09-05T10:28:18-04:00September 5th, 2020|Lessons|2 Comments

Thoughts on the Full Moon at the peak of the retrograde season

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There is something symbolic to me about the Moon reaching its fullness in Pisces, the last sign of the zodiac, just as the retrograde season is peaking with Mars turning retrograde on September 9th. At that point there will be an astounding seven planets retrograde (including Chiron, or six without Chiron which is still astounding). I did a little research project in which I attempted to find another period in history where there were this many retrograde planets for more […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2020-09-02T15:06:39-04:00September 2nd, 2020|Astrology|6 Comments