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The astrology of David Beckham

I know nothing about football (or soccer as we ignorant Americans call it!) and I knew even less about David Beckham until I watched the Netflix series about him. I AM fascinated by what drives people towards his level of success and the astrological indicators that reveal so much about the personality.

David Beckham was exceptionally skillful on the field, but his good looks and charismatic personality has made him extremely marketable. His marriage to Victoria, a former Spice Girl, certainly didn’t detract from his celebrity status. According to the Netflix series though, that celebrity status may […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-01-03T15:52:15-05:00January 3rd, 2024|People|1 Comment

Planetary news this week: Libra Full Moon and a time of self-care

Astrological update for the week of April 3-10, 2023

art by Lindsay Kokolska

This week is packed with juicy astrological energies to inspire and supercharge pretty much all areas of our lives, with a focus on care of the soul through nurturing the body and the mind so that any maelstrom of wounded memories can safely emerge and be released into the ethers.

Ceres opposite Neptune. This aspect doesn’t culminate until next Monday but will be in effect for most of the week. This is the midpoint of a […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-02-17T15:59:04-05:00April 3rd, 2023|Planetary news this week|5 Comments

Astrological news this week: Gemini New Moon & a change of direction

Astrological update for the week of May 30 – June 5, 2022

art by Paula Bella Flores

A New Moon in Gemini, the sign of communication and experiences, offers an opportunity for a new perspective. The ruler of the New Moon is Mercury, the messenger planet, adding to the focus on communication and adaptation. In mythology, Mercury was the only god who was able to travel back and forth to the Underworld, facilitating communication between the gods. Mercury-ruled Gemini teaches us to accept and integrate a wide variety […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2024-02-18T11:00:48-05:00May 30th, 2022|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

4.19.21 – Prepare to be planted as Taurus season begins

“Planted” has a double meaning here, since Taurus is associated with the plants found in nature but also the tendency under the Taurus influence to be planted in one place and therefore immoveable. Taurus is a fixed Earth sign – the most fixed and inflexible of all the signs because Earth is more fixed than any of the other elements. Under the influence of Taurus we learn to be guided by the wisdom of the natural world. Comfort and security become highly important, and the world of the senses becomes our beacon.

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By Lynn Hayes|2021-04-18T19:01:56-04:00April 19th, 2021|Planetary news this week|3 Comments

How to succeed during Mercury retrograde, April 9 through May 3 2017

Sometimes it seems like we are in a permanent Mercury retrograde period, doesn’t it? Under Mercury retrograde communication snafus are common and often equipment that we rely on fails to work properly.

I like to think of Mercury retrograde periods as being the ebb tide. Life doesn’t always move in forward motion – like the tide, there are periods where events rush us towards the shore and other times when we look to the past and must take a step backwards in order to find completion or master a […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2017-04-11T16:57:50-04:00April 11th, 2017|Mercury retrograde|2 Comments

It’s all about Mercury right now

image from Taranak’s blog. Over the next few days and leading up to the New Moon Eclipse on May 9th, transiting Mercury will make no fewer than seven exact hits to other planets in its march through early Taurus. Mercury is the planet that rules over the mind and the mental function, but also communication and movement. With Mercury activating this many planets, our minds will be active and energized by new thoughts and ideas and the necessity of adapting to the stimuli around us.

One of the […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-08-26T13:12:47-04:00May 5th, 2013|Uncategorized|3 Comments

Moving from Aries to Taurus

Each sign reacts to and improves on the sign that immediately precedes it, so when a planet like Mars moves from its own sign of Aries, which is courageous and vibrant but can also be impetuous and thoughtless, there is a shift into the more grounded stability of the Taurus influence. Robert Wilkinson points this out in his post on Mars in Taurus today:

Mars now activates the stabilization of our affairs wherever we have Taurus in our birth chart. Mars in Taurus can be stubborn in doing things […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2021-04-14T07:24:38-04:00May 13th, 2011|Astrology|0 Comments

Mercury retrograde! Tonight until May 11

Mercury will turn retrograde on April 18th at 12:06 am EDT (4:06 am GMT). Mercury, being the messenger god and the lord of communication, presides over all aspects of communication including the mental processing of experiences. Mercury also rules small machinery and short-distance travel.

The recent air traffic problems caused by the Iceland volcano is an example of Mercury Retrograde reversals.

When Mercury turns retrograde, as it does for three weeks four times a year, communication can sometimes become difficult, there are often travel glitches and snafus in contract negotiations. This is not universally true, and we can go though entire Mercury […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2010-04-17T10:04:22-04:00April 17th, 2010|Planetary cycles|2 Comments