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What we need to learn from the death of Saoirse Kennedy Hill

One of the granddaughters of Robert F. Kennedy took her own life the other day at the age of 22 after a long battle with depression. I wanted to write about this because Saoirse was of the Pluto in Sagittarius generation – the generation (born 1995-2008) that tends to be fixated on the perfection of the heavily curated Instagram life. Sagittarius is associated with media, optimism, and a search for meaning that can sometimes disappear in the haze of today’s world of instant gratification and the superficial happiness of things. A look […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-11-10T19:09:05-05:00August 3rd, 2019|Life, Psychology|5 Comments

RIP Kate Spade

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Designer Kate Spade, whose handbags can be seen everywhere, has died of an apparent suicide at the age of 55. A fashion designer for many years,in 2006 she sold the successful company that she started with her husband in 1993. Their more recent endeavors had not been as well received.

I recently did a session for a client who was very depressed and wanted to know if her chart showed a tendency towards suicide. […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-11-10T19:09:06-05:00June 6th, 2018|Death, People, Psychology|7 Comments

RIP Robin Williams, the astrology of Mars and depression

Robin Williams lost a long battle against depression and substance abuse when he took his own life this week at the age of 63. Like many comedic geniuses, Williams had a dark side that was evident in some of his darker film roles which allowed the multidimensionality of his personality to emerge through the veneer of hilarity.

Depression and addiction take many forms in the astrological chart. A prominent Saturn can cause depression through a sense of one’s own failure. A strong Chiron can bring one’s inner wounds to the surface […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2018-06-11T12:25:57-04:00August 12th, 2014|People, Psychology|9 Comments

The astrology of Philip Seymour Hoffman

The astrology of the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman

By Lynn Hayes|2018-06-11T12:28:32-04:00February 4th, 2014|Death, People, Psychology|6 Comments

Saturn/Pluto and teenage violence and depression

I was catching up on my local newspaper this morning when I found an article about a 13-year old who had been shot and killed by police after he opened fire on them. Searching his backpack, police found a handgun and 250 rounds of ammunition.

I wanted to find out more about the situation so I searched in Google News and came up with these other similar events involving 13 and 14 year olds: