Predictions Archives - Lynn Hayes astrology readings and writings

Learning to trust the future

Astrologers have a reputation, which we ourselves and our forbears have propagated, of being able to foretell the future. The hunger to know the future is not, of course, limited to astrology. Climatologists, stockbrokers, economists – all are paid to predict the future. All fail miserably. (I have always wondered why these three fields of expertise are typically more respected than astrologers, when astrology is more accurate than any of them!!)

As we leave 2018 behind and welcome a new year, blog posts predicting what will take place in 2019 are beginning to spring […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-21T17:48:14-05:00December 26th, 2018|Predictions|2 Comments

Are economists the new astrologers?

A controversial article has been circulating through the financial news for the past year or so that equates economists with astrologers because, its author argues, both are pseudosciences. Ironically, the argument given is that economists were not able to predict the 2008 economic crash:

The failure of the field to predict the 2008 crisis has … been well-documented. In 2003, for example, only five years before the Great Recession, the Nobel Laureate Robert E Lucas Jr told the American Economic Association that ‘macroeconomics […] has succeeded: its central […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2018-09-03T09:41:10-04:00September 3rd, 2018|Money and markets, Predictions|0 Comments

Fate vs Free Will in Astrology: Part II, the modern debate

Three Fates by Emily Balivet

Catch up with Part I, a History, here.

The question of whether humans are controlled by their fate or have a part to play in their own destiny is as old as time. Much of our western philosophy comes from the ancient Greeks for whom the gods controlled human destinies despite great efforts of men and women to escape the fates accorded to them. The Greek concept of hubris is applied to ordinary mortals who attempt to challenge the gods, and therefore their fate.

It’s no […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-06-09T14:19:36-04:00January 16th, 2018|Astrology, Fate, Featured posts, Predictions|0 Comments

Apparently I did predict the election outcome

A reader reminded me about what I wrote about Donald Trump back in June:

Astrologers often cast a chart for the moment that the Sun returns to its place at birth in order to get a picture of an individual’s coming year. Trump’s Solar Return chart shows an extremely fortunate conjunction of the Sun and Venus, with Venus bestowing blessings of attraction and success. Uranus, the disrupter, sits at the Midheaven of the Return chart, threatening to create havoc and suggesting that some sort of reversal is still possible [emphasis added].

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-19T12:01:36-05:00November 15th, 2016|Politics, Predictions|3 Comments

It’s true: Astrology can’t predict the state of your marriage

First, there is not an astrologer in the world today that makes prediction on marriage success using sun signs. Thanks to the Internet there is enough information available to the general public about astrology to educate everyone that astrology involves far more than just the sign the Sun was in at the time of your birth.

So I am very surprised that if an academic institution like the University of Manchester was going to conduct an in-depth study on the effectiveness of astrology on predicting marriage duration, that they used sun […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2020-07-25T08:30:46-04:00July 29th, 2013|Predictions, Relationships, Sun sign astrology|3 Comments

Astrologers predict the outcome of the 2012 election: Part II

This is part II of a series, you can catch up on part I here.

There are many different astrological techniques for prediction. Some are classical, and others are more creative. When I am looking at relationship charts I will nearly always compare the progressed charts of the two individuals to see what is happening in the relationship at that time. In an election, a people chooses its governing body and the relationship between them is quite important.

Some of this post may seem excessively geeky […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-11-10T19:21:19-05:00July 2nd, 2012|Politics, Predictions|3 Comments

Astrologers predict the outcome of the 2012 election: Part I

2012 presidential election predictions At the recent United Astrology Conference (to which I was invited to speak, but was unable to attend due to family health emergencies), a panel of esteemed astrologers discussed their predictions regarding the outcome of the 2012 presidential elections.

You can watch the entire presentation here and here (thanks Chris Brennan for the links). I was interested to see what techniques these astrologers used. Most of the astrologers on the panel represent one of the more traditional branches of astrology, with Gary […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-27T14:28:15-05:00June 28th, 2012|Politics, Predictions|21 Comments

Predicting the future with astrology

The title of this post is misleading. As my readers know, I do not believe that we can predict the future with astrology. We can predict stormy weather; we can predict good fortune of some kind. We cannot predict with any degree of accuracy when specific things will happen, the effort of many astrologers to do so notwithstanding.

An example of this is the question “when will I meet my soulmate.” This is probably the Number One question asked of astrologers, and second is “when will I be successful.” Both of […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-11-10T19:39:07-05:00October 22nd, 2010|Astrology, Fate, Predictions|Comments Off

Thoughts on prediction of love and disaster

Image from Jaci XIII on Flickr.

Recently I did what I like to call a “repair” reading for a new client after another astrologer gave her what I thought to be bad advice. Her old astrologer had predicted that a transit of Jupiter would bring her an opportunity for new love, and that if she didn’t take advantage of it she would miss her one chance for true love. When that transit came along, my client was newly divorced and not at all prepared for new love.

She did […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2018-06-11T10:55:43-04:00May 9th, 2010|Astrology, Predictions|Comments Off

The ethics of prediction

Mercury retrograde periods are a great time for reposting! I’m taking a few days off for some other creative projects so meanwhile please enjoy some of my favorite articles from the past, and please be kind to each other in the comments.

In browsing around for interesting astrology news I came across this in a forum on relationships:

I happen to analyse my horoscope.One astrologer told my marriage life is going to be full of problems and difficulties. I will go to the extent of commiting suicide I will have to face so many problems. I was really worried abt it.I […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-26T10:41:31-05:00January 25th, 2009|Predictions|Comments Off