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The responsibility of karma and free will

This article was originally posted in 2019 and very appropriate this week in light of the Mars-ruled Aries Full Moon opposite the Sun/Mars conjunction, squared by Pluto. Mars represents our idea that we have Free Will and Pluto represents Fate so this question is very relevant right now.

Sometimes people write me asking for a reading, saying they want to know what their karmic lessons are in this lifetime. One gentleman wrote me saying he wanted a “straight” reading, with no attempt to frame the difficult […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2021-10-08T14:32:12-04:00October 21st, 2021|Fate|1 Comment

Friday repost: A Saturn lesson

Saturn will be moving into Aquarius on March 21, 2020 so I thought it might be a good idea to review the meaning of Saturn. Astrologer Frederick Woodruff has some interesting things to say about Saturn.

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The Greeks associated Saturn with gravitas, the quality of substance or depth of personality. Gravitas is a sort of plumb line for the soul and it’s time we employ it. This means creating a way for and welcoming the effects of depression. The Jungian James Hillman has written extensively about depression serving as a curative for […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2020-03-13T13:06:06-04:00March 13th, 2020|Planetary cycles|0 Comments

Seven year growth cycles of the human experience

The number seven has great significance in spiritual numerology (seven planets, seven chakras, seven days of the week, seven heavens in Islam and ancient Judaism, seven deadly sins and seven virtues, etc.) but it also has meaning in human evolution. Astrologers and astrology enthusiasts will recognize a seven year cycle as being part of the Saturn cycle. Saturn takes 28 years to circle the Sun, and the synodic cycle of Saturn (relative to its placement in the birthchart) brings about a peak event every seven years. At age seven we have […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2018-06-11T13:06:01-04:00January 21st, 2018|Life, Planetary cycles|11 Comments

Sunday Saturn inspiration: “Routine is freedom from time”

“Routine is not a prison, but the way to freedom from time. The apparently measured time has immeasurable space within it, and in this it resembles music.”

― May Sarton

I’m afraid I have still been a bit in the Underworld after a very trying twelve months, but a bit more rest and rejuvenation and I will be back in full swing. The Planetary Illuminations report had to go on hiatus in October but will be back in November.

Saturn is preparing to square my Moon, and as […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2021-05-22T14:57:20-04:00October 27th, 2013|Astrology in my world, Inspiration|3 Comments

Pluto in Capricorn: Passing through the gate of wisdom

Wisdom of the elderly My friend Gary shared this article by Michael Meade and it’s so applicable to the current passage of Pluto through Capricorn. Capricorn is ruled by Saturn, also known as the Greek Kronos, also known as “Father Time.” Saturn and Capricorn remind us that our life is short and that we must be smart about how we spend the time that is allotted to us.

In traditional cultures, the elders are expected to remember the essential things that everyone else keeps forgetting. After “growing up,” a person is […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2011-09-20T04:05:21-04:00September 20th, 2011|Life|8 Comments

Saturn gets a bad rap

Dharmaruci has a good article about Saturn’s role in Western society. DR and I have known each other for about four years – we follow each other’s blog and at one point cross-posted for each other. On Sunday we’ll be having lunch together in Glastonbury! Life is an adventure.

Saturn sits on my Sun in my own chart, and I am very familiar with his many virtues so I particularly like the spin in this article.

Saturn sets boundaries and limitations and pushes us to achieve, to become good at what we do and to gain recognition for it. Negatively, he fills […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2010-05-28T06:47:01-04:00May 28th, 2010|Life|Comments Off

Jeff Jawer on Saturn’s Last Days in Virgo

Jeff Jawer has a great new article on Saturn’s last days through the sign of Virgo. My favorite part:

Saturn is the planet that says “no” but means “yes”. It exposes problems and places of dissatisfaction. Yet the clarity that it brings can reveal the steps necessary to improve the situation. Traditional astrology focused on the “no” side, calling Saturn “the Greater Malefic,” or biggest bad guy of all the planets. This extremely negative perspective has shifted a bit with modern psychological astrology that recognizes the transformational power of individuals as […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2009-10-21T11:08:42-04:00October 21st, 2009|Planetary cycles|Comments Off

The Nature of Grief and Astrological Cycles

Throughout this year, with Chiron and Neptune traveling together, many of my clients have called me with overwhelming feelings of grief. Often there is an event that appears to have caused these intense emotions, but sometimes the feelings appear to stem from events that occurred long ago. A client who had mourned the loss of her mother that happened nine years ago. Another who grieved the loss of her first marriage many years ago. Suddenly, after many years, the emotions welled up seemingly from nowhere to take over their lives.

From my article on the Chiron/Neptune conjunction:

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By Lynn Hayes|2020-11-03T14:09:21-05:00October 9th, 2009|Health & Healing, Psychology|Comments Off

Astrology in my world: Saturn in action

A few weeks ago I went to Dulcimer Week at the Swannanoa Gathering, which is a series of music workshops held at a wonderful little college outside of Asheville. I’ve been taking hammered dulcimer lessons for about a year and a half, and it’s been one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Even harder than learning astrology!

I’ve always been fairly musical (Neptune is conjunct my Sun within one degree) and with Gemini rising I like to say I’ve forgotten more instruments than most people ever learn. Gemini needs constantly […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2009-08-22T07:58:07-04:00August 22nd, 2009|Astrology|Comments Off

Saturn, Saturn, Saturn, and a lesson on retrogrades

Saturn, you may remember, is the planet that surrounds itself with rings. This is an apt metaphor for the restrictive quality that Saturn represents and which is the predominant influence right now. We have Pluto having just entered the sign of Capricorn, which is ruled by Saturn and shares its love of restriction, limitation, hard work, social mores, governmental structures. And now we have Saturn preparing to turn retrograde.

Planets obviously don’t ever move backwards, but astrology is not astronomically correct. Yes, scientists – it’s true, because astrologers view the motion […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-27T14:12:10-05:00January 2nd, 2009|Planetary cycles|Comments Off