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Mercury Retrograde Musings: Blogging is hard

When Mercury is retrograde we tend to look back at the past and revise things. This morning I was going through my list of astrology blogs that I have followed over the years and discovered that almost half of the blogs on my list are inactive. Several of them ended with posts that explain why the astrologers aren’t writing any more.

When I began this blog in November of 2005 there were just a handful of astrology bloggers. Of those originals, some of us – Elsa Panizzon, Robert Wilkinson, […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2014-10-15T08:31:07-04:00October 15th, 2014|Astrology in my world|0 Comments

Mercury has a tail!

Two satellites peering at the sun have snapped photos of Mercury’s long, comet-like tail, but it took an amateur astronomer to bring the pictures to light.

The twin satellites are part of NASA’s Stereo (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) mission. They zip around the sun in Earth’s orbit, one behind our planet and one ahead of it. Their main job is to monitor the sun and its atmosphere….

Scientists have known for years that Mercury has a long tail. From Earth it can be seen by analyzing light from sodium gas sputtered off […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2010-10-04T18:03:25-04:00October 4th, 2010|Astronomy|1 Comment

Mercury direct! And other planetary news

Mercury turns direct today after three weeks in retrograde motion, so after today communication will get a bit easier and we are less subject to all kinds of snafus. It will take a few days for Mercury to pick up steam after its change of motion, but Mercury is in its own sign of Virgo where it is strong and able to operate without hindrance.

Additionally, Mercury is in harmonious aspect with both Pluto (transformational power) and Venus (the power of attraction and love), so there is an agility now with the mind and communication matters that will serve us well.

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By Lynn Hayes|2010-09-12T16:25:29-04:00September 12th, 2010|Astronomy|Comments Off

What is Mercury Retrograde good for?

When we say a planet is retrograde we mean that it appears to move backwards from our perspective on earth. Astrology is not astronomically correct because we are observing the planets from earth rather than objectively from space. When a planet is traveling retrograde, its effect can be more intensely personal and there is a sense of looking back into the past to go back over events that have already taken place.

Mercury rules the processing of information and the mental function, and it also presides over small machinery, short trips, and messages. While Mercury is retrograde, we can expect glitches in all […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2009-05-04T08:34:58-04:00May 4th, 2009|Planetary cycles|Comments Off