Mars in Leo Archives - Lynn Hayes astrology readings and writings

Get ready for Mars retrograde, December 2024-February 2025

The past refuses to be dismissed, for it is the voice of all human wisdom. If ignored, the past exacts its vengeance; men who forget the past are indeed condemned to repeat it.

(Russell Kirk)

(Mars will be in apparent retrograde motion from December 6, 2024 until February 23, 2025.) Mars often gets a bad rap in astrology: Associated with war, hostility, anger and rage; it fuels the primal “id” of need and desire – all things we consider “bad.” But Mars is also the factor that provides […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-11-20T10:20:45-05:00November 20th, 2024|Planetary cycles|1 Comment

Planetary news this week: Choices & decisions under the fixed cross

Astrological update for the week of May 22, 2023

artist may be Melissa Harris

Mars in Leo and the dance with Jupiter and Pluto. Mars moved into Leo last week, heightening our drive to seek pleasure and joyful experiences that bring happiness and delight. However, Mars is not always the best ally as it can be impulsive and reckless and sometimes prone to anger and rage, especially when facing challenging square aspects from both Pluto and Jupiter as it did last week.

I wrote about this in last week’s forecast as this […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-02-17T15:55:12-05:00May 22nd, 2023|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

Sunday Mars in Leo inspiration: Joy is not meant to be a crumb

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Mars has just entered the sign of Leo, motivating and inspiring us to look for joy in the smallest things. Mars is opposed by Pluto over the next couple of days which could put a serious kibosh on this search for happiness, but Mars will be in Leo until July 10th.

To help us discover more about how to bring joy into our hearts I’ve called on Mary Oliver and her wonderful poem. I ask that this week you do something kind for yourself that brings you some […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-05-21T08:39:15-04:00May 21st, 2023|Inspiration|1 Comment

Planetary news this week: Taurus New Moon and a challenge to overcome

Astrological update for the week of May 15-22, 2023

art by Zdenek Moravek

Planets changing signs bring about a shift in human consciousness, and when three planetary bodies change signs in one week it can be very enervating. There is a strong Taurus signature, with Jupiter entering Taurus and a Taurus New Moon, so the drive for peaceful experiences is a strong one. However, the Sun enters Gemini at the end of the week and opens up the door to Gemini season which is much more active, so […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-02-17T15:55:32-05:00May 15th, 2023|Planetary news this week|2 Comments

The meaning of Mars in Virgo in 2021

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For the past month or so, Mars has been traveling through Leo in close connection to both Saturn and Uranus, translating the challenging square between them which is the story of 2021. The energies of Saturn = control and repression vs Uranus = radical change and rebellion are evident everywhere in 2021, from the attempted overthrow of governments to the riots over mask policies. The addition of Mars in Leo, acting as double fire since Mars is a fire planet, didn’t really […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2021-07-30T07:37:23-04:00July 30th, 2021|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

Mars opposes Jupiter today – take a bold step!

art by Laurie Bain Hamilton

The fire planet Mars, fueling us with passion and drive and teaching us to set boundaries, is at the very last degree of Leo in a last ditch effort to squeeze every bit of excitement out of life before moving into Virgo this afternoon (EDT). Mars is opposing Jupiter today, and there is a great deal of positive energy available to us now. Mars activates the potential for Jupiter to expand and create abundance and prosperous feelings. But in its role as God of […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2021-07-29T07:42:36-04:00July 29th, 2021|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

7.28.21 – Jupiter back in Aquarius, and a burst of energy Mars at 29 degrees

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I wrote about Jupiter retrograding back into Aquarius a few days ago and you can catch up here if you missed it. When Jupiter is retrograde (as we observe its motion from Earth) we tend to look backwards at lost opportunities, or else we are forced to retrace our steps in order to achieve the expansion which Jupiter always urges. We’re certainly seeing this in the world today as the expansion of the Delta variant begins to see a backsliding of the opening up of the world […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2021-07-28T19:41:00-04:00July 28th, 2021|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

Mars in Leo, August 27 2013

Art by Frank Frizetta

Mars leaves Cancer today for the powerful sign of Leo. Mars is a fire planet, and when it travels through the fire signs the energy of Mars is expressed more fully and with more power and intensity.

While in Cancer we may have found it difficult to motivate ourselves to take any kind of action, since emotions and feelings were more important under the Cancerian influence. This infusion of fire will likely instigate a fair amount of activity so it is wise […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2021-06-11T07:24:42-04:00August 27th, 2013|Planetary cycles|3 Comments

Taurus Full Moon November 2

The Taurus Full Moon occurs when the Moon in Taurus opposes the Sun in Scorpio, creating a 180 degree angle and a tension between the conscious mind (Sun) and the emotional instinctive reactions (Moon), and the challenging square of both luminaries to Mars will definitely spice up the Full Moon!

Mars is in Leo now, where the role of personal development is emphasized, and the Full Moon occurs in the sign of Taurus. Taurus […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-18T15:43:48-05:00November 1st, 2009|Moon|Comments Off

Happy Birthday, Jon Stewart

Blow a candle out for everyone’s favorite fake news anchor, Jon Stewart! To me, Jon Stewart is the most trusted name in news, fake or not, aside from my sister Jill. His humorous yet pointed skewering of political figures has done more to keep the media on the straight and narrow path than any other public figure, in my humble opinion!

Jon’s sun sign is Sagittarius, the sign of the philosopher, the humorist, and the adventurer, and his Sun is conjunct Mercury, the planet of information and communication. Sun/Mercury […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2022-09-01T14:28:48-04:00November 29th, 2005|People, Politics|Comments Off