progressed Mars Archives - Lynn Hayes astrology readings and writings

Happy (?) Birthday USA, 2022 edition

Every history has a beginning, a crescendo, a crisis, and then either a breakdown or a breakthrough. This is true for individuals, and it’s also true for countries. The story of the United States is a fascinating one, especially through the astrological lens.

Before we can understand the current situation we have to understand how we got here. Back in 2009 I wrote:

The United States is at an astrological crossroads. The US progressed Mars turned retrograde last year, and is searching […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-21T11:11:16-05:00July 3rd, 2022|Politics|9 Comments

Sunday Poetry: Sweet Darkness

This is a very personal poem for me right now. I’m in the midst of some intense planetary alignments involving progressed Mars and Pluto (geeky astrological details below) which I have been observing with some trepidation. Would I get in an accident? Set fire to my house? Blow up all of my relationships? But I forgot that Mars is all about the purification of the ego through desire. Connecting with the higher aspect of our own selves to see what it is that our soul is desiring. The questions began to change. How do I want to spend […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2021-09-26T07:49:50-04:00September 26th, 2021|Astrology in my world, Inspiration|8 Comments

The Decline of the American Empire

Last week I wrote about the Sibly chart that I and most other astrologers use for the United States as a preface for this series since this is the chart I am using to track the change of fortune for the US. The Sibly chart shows Sagittarius rising, with the Sun in Cancer in a wide conjunction to Jupiter in the seventh house of alliances and open enemies.

Since I mentioned writing this article, the US debt was downgraded for the first time in American […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2026-05-17T10:27:37-04:00August 8th, 2011|Favorite posts, Politics|5 Comments

The Meltdown of Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen astrology I didn’t want to write about Charlie Sheen in the middle of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan when Uranus entered Aries, or when Neptune entered Pisces, equally big news from an astrological perspective, or when Pluto turned retrograde this weekend. But now that things are settling down a little astrologically I think it’s time for a little comic relief in the form of a look at the astrology of Charlie Sheen.

In 2009, when Sheen was arrested for threatening his then-wife with a knife, I wrote this profile:

Charlie Sheen […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2026-05-17T10:25:18-04:00April 11th, 2011|People|3 Comments

History lesson: Balance of Power and the US Midheaven

I’ve been predicting in these pages over the past couple of years that the balance of power in the world would soon be shifting away from the United States. I say that not because I lack a sense of patriotism, or because I “hate America” as Sean Hannity would say, but because I recognized a combination of astrological events that were tied closely to actual American behavior. You can read more about this in my Astrological State of the Union post from last year.