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Planetary news this week: Holiday edition with Cancer Full Moon

Astrological forecast for the week of December 26-January 1, 2024

This week I will be busy writing as well as closing out the year and looking ahead to 2024. I hope to have a forecast for 2024 posted this week, and then subscribers will receive the monthly Planetary Illuminations report in their email inboxes on January 1st.

Cancer Full Moon December 26. The Moon is full on the 26th in the sign of Cancer. Cancer is the Moon’s own sign, and under her influence we […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-12-26T08:07:05-05:00December 26th, 2023|Planetary news this week|2 Comments

Planetary news this week: Time to get organized with Mercury in Virgo

Astrological update for the week of July 24-31, 2023

Mercury in Virgo July 28. Mercury was known to the Romans as the messenger god, and was the only one of all the gods to be able to travel between the world of the gods, the world of humans, and the Underworld, the transformational realm governed by Pluto. I love this story because astrological Mercury, as the planet which guides our understanding of our life experiences and helps us to transmute these learnings into knowledge and wisdom, can be a […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-02-17T15:49:54-05:00July 24th, 2023|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

Planetary news this week: Cancer New Moon and Venus retrograde

Astrological update for the week of July 17-24, 2023

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Cancer New Moon. I wrote about this in last week’s forecast so that we could be ready for the New Moon on Monday the 17th, but you may want to catch up here if you missed it. The lunar energies peak in the early afternoon EDT and will fade over the next few days. This a time to reassess the threads of our connections to others and the strength of […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-02-17T15:50:43-05:00July 17th, 2023|Planetary news this week|3 Comments

Astrological news this week: Leo season begins!

Astrological update for the week of July 18-25, 2022

Chiron turns retrograde. Chiron is unlike any other planetary body in the solar system in that it has a cometary tail with the volume and size of a planet. Orbiting between the personal planets, bounded by Saturn, and the outer transformational planets of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, it acts as a bridge between the personal and transpersonal. By encouraging the healing the soul wounds of this and previous incarnations, Chiron facilitates the growth and evolution of the soul as well as […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-02-18T10:57:53-05:00July 18th, 2022|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

7.15.21 – Chiron stations retrograde and we learn to let go

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Chiron’s orbit tells an interesting story – most of the time this little planetoid with comet-like properties sandwiches itself between the last of the personal planets, Saturn, and the first of the transpersonal planets, Uranus. This is significant because in facilitating the healing of psycho-emotional and spiritual wounds that keep us stuck, it assists in the process of transformation. Most of us have developed good coping strategies to deal with any lingering emotional pain, but under Chiron’s tutelage we have to face these areas of […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2021-07-15T07:46:02-04:00July 15th, 2021|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

Planetary news this week! Mercury retrograde, Chiron and Mars

Last week’s eclipse brought the expected earthquakes and seismic events like the big one in Ridgecrest, California, and may have affected you personally as it did me – back spasms and some emotional catharsis was the manifestation of the eclipse in Cancer for me!

Mercury retrograde, and Mars

This week we have Mercury, the mental planet which just turned retrograde and is about to cross paths with Mars, the action planet. As I wrote the other day:

This particular retrograde period begins with Mercury in the sign of Leo […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-07-08T08:56:11-04:00July 8th, 2019|Planetary news this week|4 Comments

Retrogrades: A discussion for June 2014

As I was writing the Planetary Illuminations report for June (coming soon to an inbox near you if you are on my mailing list!!) I found that the discussion about retrogrades was substantial enough to deserve its own post.

Astrologically is not always astronomically correct because we observe the motion of the planets from our perspective here on earth. From here, the planets sometimes appear to change direction and move backwards instead of forwards, and we call this “retrograde motion.”

As June begins, Saturn and Pluto are already retrograde, and during the […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2014-06-01T09:21:10-04:00June 1st, 2014|Lessons|12 Comments

Neptune and Chiron turn direct, and other planetary news this week

Chiron and Neptune turn direct Neptune and Chiron both change direction in a few days after traveling retrograde since earlier this year, which means their (apparent) motion has slowed to a virtual standstill as they prepare to move forward again. These two have been tied together since early in 2009, and although the exact conjunction was complete in 2010, since then the two have been within three degrees of each other. When the Soul Healer (Chiron) and the Soul Teacher (Neptune) get together, you know there is some serious internal work to […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2022-09-13T12:42:38-04:00November 6th, 2011|Planetary news this week|3 Comments

Chiron turns retrograde today, June 8 – November 10,2011

A retrograde lesson

We are most familiar with Mercury turning retrograde and the snafus that ensue, but all of the planets turn retrograde at one point or another. When the planets in the sky are observed from Earth, they sometimes appear to move backwards because not all of the planets are moving at the same speed. If you are driving in a car and pass another car that is moving more slowly, it may seem as though that car is moving backwards.

Using the same car analogy, as planet prepares […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-08-27T10:40:04-04:00June 8th, 2011|Planetary cycles|2 Comments

Chiron turns retrograde today (updated)

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updated 5-22-07. With Chiron now in retrograde motion, through October of this year we are likely to revisit old wounds, learning how to release them so that we can move forward with greater wisdom. Neptune follows shortly thereafter, turning retrograde on May 24 and calling on us to connect with the deeper truth that lies within us.

The combination of Chiron and Neptune is a potent one, and as they dance towards a conjunction in early 2010 we will see their effects more and more. […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-19T11:55:20-05:00May 21st, 2007|Planetary cycles|Comments Off