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Planetary news this week: Capricorn New Moon

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Astrological forecast for the week of January 8-15, 2024

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This month, and indeed throughout 2024, we have no outer planetary alignments which create the big shifts and changes such as we’ve experienced over the past decade. Without the bigger planetary cycles, the faster […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-01-15T08:02:30-05:00January 8th, 2024|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

Planetary news this week: Mercury in Capricorn & relationship issues

Astrological update for the week of November 27 – December 4, 2023

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I wrote about the Full Moon in last week’s post and again yesterday, so you can catch up on the details there – by the time you read this post the lunation will have culminated (4:16 am EST/9:16 am UTC) and the Moon will begin its waning phase. The waning phase of the Moon is a time of letting go and release, there is a sense […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-27T08:24:48-05:00November 27th, 2023|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

Astrological update for the week of December 13-20, 2021: So much going on!

There’s way too much going on this week for a snappy heading! So I’m just going to dive right in.

Venus/Pluto conjunction. Venus and Pluto conjoined last week and Venus is virtually stationary as she prepares to turn retrograde on Sunday December 19th, so this aspect will continue really until the end of December. when Venus begins to retrograde away from Pluto. This is a potent combination which has the potential to create deep transformation in our self-esteem as well as our interpersonal connections. Venus is in Capricorn where we tend to have a […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-02-18T12:07:20-05:00December 13th, 2021|Planetary news this week|2 Comments

Thoughts on the upcoming Mercury retrograde

This Mercury retrograde period may be more challenging than some, especially during the first week (beginning around now until the 18th of December when Mercury retrogrades back into Sagittarius.

Mercury is in Capricorn now, where it wants to organize things and achieve something important. Capricorn is all about goals and success, and it is not well-suited to the retrograde periods of Mercury which require reflection and a more inward focus that stimulates the subtle mind rather than the mental realm.

Mercury turns retrograde at about 5 degrees Capricorn, tightly conjunct Pluto. […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2010-12-07T11:19:49-05:00December 7th, 2010|Mercury retrograde|3 Comments

Mercury Enters Capricorn Today

Mercury has been traveling through the upbeat sign of Sagittarius for a month or so, and now moves into the serious sign of Capricorn. Mercury rules the mental functions, communication, small machinery and telephones, and generally the way we process information. When Mercury is in Capricorn, the sign of goals, accomplishment and leadership, information processing happens to serve a purpose. Capricorn is the sign that says “the ends justify the means,” and the means is often to preserve the established social order which is also signified by Capricorn.

Over the next few weeks while Mercury is in Capricorn […]

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