Mars square Uranus Archives - Lynn Hayes astrology readings and writings

Sunday inspiration: Blessing for a new day at the New Moon

The Pisces New SuperMoon is today – an emergence of heart-opening compassion and the illumination of imagination. With the New Moon at its closest point to Earth making it a SuperMoon, it may be easier to tune into our heart’s desires as we chart our course for the next month.

It is often said that intentions planted at the New Moon can come to fruition, and the SuperMoon can make these instincts stronger and more clear. But in the midst of the Piscean mist, we have a challenging square from Mars to Uranus today. Nerves may be jangled, and wires may […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-03-09T10:31:24-05:00March 10th, 2024|Inspiration|0 Comments

Planetary news this week: Magical Neptune and the heart/mind connection

Astrological update for the week of June 26-July 3, 2023

art by Stephanie Menard

Retrograde Neptune. As most of you know, planets don’t actually travel backwards but from time to time they will appear to reverse their travels through the sky as we observe them from Earth. These periods when planets are retrograde are times of reconsideration and reversals, times when we sometimes feel we are swimming against the tide.

The outer planets (Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) are each retrograde for about half the year: This week, on […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-02-17T15:52:31-05:00June 26th, 2023|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

Astrological news this week: Surprising adjustments with Mars and Venus square Uranus

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Astrological update for the week of March 21, 2022

If you can identify this artist please let me know in the comments! As the week begins the energies of last week’s Equinox are still winding down, forcing adjustments in expectations and laying the groundwork for a new season. The March Equinox occurs when the Sun enters Aries in the tropical system – the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere and the beginning of the zodiacal wheel. Aries is the sign of initiation, of blazing a new trail and forging ahead […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-02-18T11:55:47-05:00March 21st, 2022|Planetary news this week|3 Comments

The meaning of Mars in Virgo in 2021

art by Molee on Deviant Art

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

I’m back! 7.3.21 – still a few more intense days

These morning (EDT) posts are an important part of my daily ritual but not easy to keep up with while traveling. Thanks for your patience, and the challenges I wrote about a few days ago are still present. Today Mars (action and aggressive force) is locked in an exact square to Uranus (thunderbolt, radical departure from the status quo) just after its exact opposition to Saturn yesterday. Saturn seeks control and structure and Uranus inspires us to break away from that control and blow up the structures, so this planetary dynamic (the story of 2021) is already a challenge. […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2021-07-03T07:20:03-04:00July 3rd, 2021|Planetary news this week|8 Comments

The meaning of Mars and the Saturn/Uranus square

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Over the next few days (June 27 – July 4, 2021) Mars in Leo will oppose Saturn and square Uranus. In English what this means is that the aggressive force of Mars, which is most powerful in fire signs and is currently in Leo, will conflict with the repressive force of Saturn and the radical revolutionary dynamic of Uranus. If that sounds like a recipe for trouble it could be, especially if your own chart is affected with planets between 10-15 degrees of Leo, Aquarius, Scorpio and Taurus – the […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2021-06-28T07:15:39-04:00June 28th, 2021|Planetary news this week|4 Comments

Samhain Full Moon in Taurus, November 6th 2014

“To Be a Witch” by Dandelion Lion

Although the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain is celebrated for convenience on October 31st to coincide with Hallowe’en or All Hallows Eve, it actually occurs at the midpoint between the Fall Equinox and the Winter Solstice. This is also the midpoint of Scorpio, the dark season where the veils between the world begin to thin and it becomes easier to cross between them.

This year the Taurus Full Moon falls within one degree of the Samhain point – the Sun […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-08-27T10:28:28-04:00November 5th, 2014|Holidays, Moon|4 Comments

Journeys with Mars and the Uranus/Pluto square

Art by Kathleen Farago

I’m finishing up the Planetary Illuminations report, but I wanted to give you a heads up on this important cycle.

You can read in the sidebar about the square aspect between Uranus and Pluto that has been creating intensity, drama and change since the two planets first came together back in 2011 (their first meeting was just a degree from exactitude, but close enough to pack a punch). The sixth exact square is in mid-December, but during November they will be moving […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-11-10T18:59:07-05:00October 30th, 2014|Planetary cycles|2 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

Mars is back, with Mercury Rx! Practical advice for stressful times.

Since last December Mars, currently traveling through Libra, has been tied to the intense Uranus/Pluto dynamic. (If this is new to you, please read this section in the sidebar.) Uranus and Pluto have been in this dramatic dance since 2011-2012, shattering paradigms and breaking down old patterns to be rebuilt from the ground up.

Mars is a faster moving planet so its effect usually doesn’t last very long, but in its role as instigator it does tend to trigger the larger cycles into action when they have remained dormant. Mars aligned […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2014-06-18T07:07:43-04:00June 18th, 2014|Planetary cycles|0 Comments