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Happy Winter Solstice holiday!

Winter Solstice 2015 Winter Solstice card by Ernestine Grindal

It’s only recently, when Pluto (the destroyer of paradigms) moved through Sagittarius (the sign of shared belief and theology, among other things such as travel, world culture, etc.) that a healthy skepticism over religious dogma has moved into the mainstream. Since that time it has become easier to find scholarly articles about the origin of the Christmas holiday that celebrates the supposed birth of Jesus on December 25th. In fact, in 2012 even Pope Benedict questioned the […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-19T11:08:14-05:00December 22nd, 2015|Holidays|4 Comments

Happy Resurrection Holiday

This is a repost from 2010. You might also enjoy my podcast The Resurrection Show.

I have always found it interesting that the timing Christian holiday of Easter is based on the lunar cycle and the Spring Equinox. The holiday that the Christian world celebrates as Easter retains much of its pagan roots as a fertility festival and a time of balance as the days and nights (in the northern hemispheres) are of equal length. Even the name “Easter” is taken from the Saxon fertility goddess Ostara […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-11-10T19:26:53-05:00April 20th, 2014|Holidays|1 Comment

Happy Eostre!

reprinted from 2006. Artwork by Paulina Stuckey-Cassidy

Many people will celebrate Easter Sunday as the day that Christ rose from his grave and achieved godhood. In ancient mythology, the archetype of the dying and rising god actually began thousands of years before Jesus with the stories of Osiris and Tammuz, Adonis and Attis — all legends of gods that suffered an untimely end but were reborn into physical existence in order to spread their religion. Festivals celebrating the death of the god in winter when the crops were dying and the resurrection in spring were common.

Long before the […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-11-10T19:27:31-05:00March 31st, 2013|Holidays|6 Comments

Easter Week at Astrological Musings

Most of the so-called Christian holidays have deep roots in astrotheology, and Easter is no different. The very dating of Easter, the great holiday of resurrection, is based on the timing of the first Full Moon after the vernal equinox.

This week I’ll be posting articles correlating astrology, or astrotheology, and Easter. Today’s post comes from Beth Turnage and focuses on one of my favorite stories: the descent of Inanna. Often I tell this story to clients who are undergoing transits of Pluto that require them to venture […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-11-10T19:04:59-05:00April 19th, 2011|Holidays|2 Comments

Happy Resurrection Holiday!

This article is a repost from last year. Tune in to Astrological Musings Radio Sunday morning at 11 am Eastern for a discussion about resurrection in personal transformation from an astrological perspective! You can also call in with questions about your own chart. For listening instructions and links visit my website.

art by Diane Clancy

Art by Diane Clancy I have always found it interesting that the timing Christian holiday of Easter is based on the lunar cycle and the Spring Equinox. The holiday that the Christian world celebrates […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-06-13T14:00:45-04:00April 3rd, 2010|Religion|2 Comments

Happy Resurrection Holiday! The Origins of Easter

Art by Diane Clancy I have always found it interesting that the timing Christian holiday of Easter is based on the lunar cycle and the Spring Equinox. The holiday that the Christian world celebrates as Easter retains much of its pagan roots as a fertility festival and a time of balance as the days and nights (in the northern hemispheres) are of equal length. Even the name “Easter” is taken from the Saxon fertility goddess Ostara or Eostre, who is related to Astarte in ancient Babylon and Ashtoreth […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2019-11-10T19:27:33-05:00April 10th, 2009|Holidays, Religion|Comments Off

Ancient tablet ignites debate on resurrection

The timing of the dissemination of information about this tablet at this time when Pluto makes its last pass through Sagittarius, dredging up (Pluto) the beliefs that give our lives meaning (Sagittarius) is very interesting:

A three-foot-tall tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew that scholars believe dates from the decades just before the birth of Jesus is causing a quiet stir in biblical and archaeological circles, especially because it may speak of a messiah who will rise from the dead after three days.

If such a messianic description really is there, it will contribute to a developing re-evaluation of both popular and […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2022-10-15T13:31:57-04:00July 7th, 2008|Religion|Comments Off

Harbingers of Spring: Aries and the Vernal Equinox

March 20 marks the entry of the Sun into Aries and the Vernal Equinox: the cardinal point of initiation and the beginning of Spring. Aries marks the beginning of the zodiac and the first of the fire signs. Aries is idealistic, courageous and seeks to live in a way that is truly larger than life. Aries is not interested in ordinary mundane reality; give them a quest, a mission, and they are happy. Ruled by Mars, Aries individuals tend to have strong desires and an independent streak, they are […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2006-03-20T00:17:00-05:00March 20th, 2006|Miscellany|Comments Off