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Astrological news this week: Care for the soul with Neptune and Ceres

Astrological update for the week of May 2-9, 2022

For the first few days of the week we are still under the influence of the April 30 solar eclipse at the Taurus New Moon which is nice grounding influence to help balance the mystic wonder of a Pisces stellium of four planets.

Pisces’ modern ruler Neptune is in a challenging square to Ceres, the planet that inspires us to care and nurture our physical bodies, so it’s important right now not to become so wrapped […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-18T13:45:16-05:00May 2nd, 2022|Planetary news this week, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Passion and adjustment: Scorpio Full Moon May 7, 2020

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At any Full Moon we are dealing with two opposite signs with opposing polarities, each one needing what the other one possesses in order to become truly whole. This can serve to bring out our inner contradictions, and heighten the intense emotionality for which the Full Moon is well known. The Scorpio Full Moon features an opposition to the Taurus Sun: the intensity and passion of Scorpio needs to find balance against the need for serenity and peacefulness of Taurus. Both are fixed signs: stubborn and powerful, with […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2020-05-05T08:41:44-04:00May 5th, 2020|Moon|10 Comments

Happy May Day, and a few more Royal Wedding thoughts

Today is the first of May, widely celebrated by neo-pagans as Beltane, the fire festival which honors Bel, the god of fire. Because Beltane is a “cross-quarter” festival, meaning it occurs at the halfway point between the equinox and solstice, it will not actually occur until May 5th when the Sun reaches 15 degrees Taurus. In any event, with so many planets still in Aries, including Mars and Jupiter which reach their peak conjunction today, a fire festival is an excellent way to channel some of the fiery energy that abounds right now.

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-19T11:12:44-05:00May 1st, 2011|Astrology, Moon, People|4 Comments

Happy Beltane and Wesak 2010

A portion of this article is reposted from previous work

(A portion of this article is reprinted from an earlier post)

In ancient Celtic times, the wheel of the year was honored as the turning of the seasons. In the northern hemispheres, the winter solstice was the shortest day of the year and represented the return of the light, and the summer solstice, being the longest day of the year, was the Celtic fire festival. The equinoxes represented the points of balance when day and night were of equal length: the vernal […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2010-04-30T11:33:40-04:00April 30th, 2010|Life, Moon|2 Comments