Astrological Musings by Lynn Hayes
Thoughts on planetary influences that affect our inner and outer worlds
If you’re wondering why President Bush can’t come up with a plan for Iraq until after the New Year, it’s evidently because of Barney’s Holiday Extravaganza.
But for a real treat, watch the Daily Show version:
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My monthly update of astrological events is posted here. This month I’m adding a new feature: a summary of the month’s planetary events and aspects. I have not been able to find a listing of planetary events that is complete so I did it myself and posted it for your viewing pleasure. You can subscribe to Skywatch for free at my website.
In my counseling practice I often find that clients are stuck in their lives because of their belief systems. These belief systems are rooted at the deepest level of our psyche and have a powerful effect on our fate and future. “I would like to be an artist but I have no talent.” “People always hurt me.” “I’ll never make any money.” The birthchart identifies the underlying psychological complexes that create these beliefs, but from there we need to go further to make lasting changes and create new visions for our lives. This is the “dynamic” part of the Astrodynamics process.
I am living proof that the process works. I was raised in an environment of negativity, with messages such as these: “No matter how hard you work there’s never enough money.” “Don’t try too hard, you’ll just be disappointed.” “Don’t take that risk, it’s too dangerous.” “No one likes you so don’t even bother.” In my early adult years I just did what I had to do to get by and muddle through. It wasn’t until I was in my early 30s and began my real estate career that I discovered the effectiveness of setting goals. Once I saw how well setting goals worked in my real estate business I began setting goals for other aspects of my life including my fledgling astrology practice.
Over time the setting of goals evolved into a technique to create a new vision for my life. A whole new world opened up that had previously been closed to me as the universe revealed itself to be limitless and full of possibility. On a material level I now have much of what I dreamed of 15 years ago: the very house on a pond with five acres that I had envisioned, a soul mate with whom to share my life and evolutionary path, financial stability and success, and a rich social life with friends that I adore.
There’s something powerful in the very act of opening up to the possibility of change in our lives. There are some practical guidelines for making this a daily practice which you can read here. The stronger the practice the more effective it will be, but just opening to possibility will begin the process. I’ll leave you with the cornerstone of my vision statement, perhaps you will want to make it yours as well:
Power to achieve any goal flows through me and I effortlessly manifest all that I wish for, in joyful harmony with my destiny and purpose.
You probably already know Phil from his blog Astrofuture Trends, he is one of my favorite astrobloggers. I am late in posting this review of his excellent book Cosmic Trends which is now available in bookstores. Or order it on this site (see link to the left) which will send a few sheckels in my direction.
Over the past 30 years I have probably read over 200 astrology books, and it takes a lot to excite me. Philip Brown’s new book Cosmic Trends: Astrology Connects the Dots did just that. This is a book that truly does connect the dots between seemingly unrelated events, drawing a beautiful picture of the ebb and flow that connects our popular culture with our inner worlds and gives life a new sense of meaning.
In this book, Phil brings the complex symbols of astrology down to earth in a way that anyone can find useful. This book truly does make connections between astrology and our everyday lives that provide a window ino the workings of astrology and open up the mystery for all to enjoy.
Newbies to astrology will love the way Phil demonstrates the way the planets operate astrologically by using every day examples such as describing the way Neptune cycles have affected fashion trends. Astrology experts will find a new way of thinking about the way astrology connects to our mundane reality. There are profiles of famous people that are entertaining but also offer insight into the role of those individuals in the public culture and astrological cycles.
On every page there is a new surprise that is both educational and enlightening, as well as just plain enjoyable. This is a great book for anyone!
Found this link via Ellie’s World, what an interesting phenomenon (click to enlarge photo):
from the report:
As I was checking out Amasa salt shed a nearby resident pulled up to me and asked if I wanted to hear an interesting story. He went on and said that last night his neighbor was coming home from work at 12:45 am and noticed pulsating lights coming from the area were the Townline Road crosses the Hemlock River. He noticed these lights as he turned off US 141 onto Townline Road. As he approached the hill which breaks into the river basin, the lights disappeared. Thinking he was just going crazy he went home and went to bed.The next morning he called the man I was talking to and told him what he had seen. Curious, he drove down to the bridge and found a perfect circle about 50′ in diameter cut into the ice and it was rotating in clockwise rotation.
As Shakespeare said, there are more things in heaven and earth than our dreamt of in our philosophy.
This is really fascinating.
John Charles Webb Jr. left a comment with a link to his site which postulates that the “star” of Bethlehem was not an astronomical event but was in fact an astrological alignment that occurred on March 2, 5 BC (-4). If you run a HELIOCENTRIC (most Western astrologers use a geocentric system that comes down to us from the ancient Greeks) chart for this date you will see this formation of the Seal of Solomon, later called the Star of David. The story of Jesus is of course that he was of the lineage of the Hebrew King David.
This same configuration was present during the planetary alignment in 2003 that was called the “Harmonic Concordance”. This chart was a geocentric chart rather than heliocentric, but still it is a powerful symbol. The Seal of Solomon is known in the three Abrahamic religions, and is called the Star of David by the Jewish people. Astrologically the configuration includes:
Click image to enlarge this chart of the Harmonic Concordance.
Although conventional history teaches that the rotation of our planets around the sun didn’t gain acceptance until Copernicus, others believe that this knowledge was taught much earlier. The recently discovered “Antikythera-Mechanism” which is postulated to date from the first century b.c.e., may be based on a heliocentric model. (Scientists admit to being baffled by the age of the mechanism and unable to decipher its inscriptions. In addition, there are no other scientific innovations in Greek culture from that time period that comes even close to this instrument, making it likely that this “mechanism” comes from an ancient advanced society such as Atlantis or perhaps even another world.)
There is an organization called the “Magi Society” that uses the heliocentric model, and that connection interests me although I don’t have time to research it right now. If anyone has information about the Magi Society that you would like to share, please leave it in the comment section or email me!
I am a big believer in the abundance of the universe, and I’m very comfortable with the prosperity that my hard work brings into my life. I do charge for my astrological services, and my clients don’t seem to object. For those with limited funds I offer free mini-readings and hourly sessions at reduced rates. But when I see something like this it turns my stomach.
I came to this site from a link titled “Ascension Astrology” in Dermod’s astrology link feed. I am personally undergoing some interesting effects arising from excursions into multidimensional consciousness and many of my clients are experiencing something similar, so I thought this site might offer clues into the process of expanding consciousness. Instead I find this:
Ascension Astrology
Make 50%, = $22.62, selling reports on customers highest potentials with ascended unique astrological aspects in the new energy!
In my view, this goes beyond the boundaries of astrological ethics. Although I don’t charge for the astrological information that I share with the public I don’t object to other professional astrologers that support themselves in this way, but this kind of blatant exploitation should be avoided.
We are experiencing a global time shift, and incidences of anxiety and panic attacks as well as other psychiatric disorders are on the rise. Along with the consciousness changes it appears another dimension of scam artists is opening as well.
I can’t wait til the evangelicals get their hands on this. At first I thought this article was at the very least a joke, or at worst a conspiracy on the part of the patriarchy to send women back to the dark ages of household drudgery:
The researchers analysed data on work, leisure and housework activity levels among 218,169 women aged 20 to 80 from nine European countries including the UK.They followed the women for an average of 6.4 years, during which time 3,423 developed breast cancers. When all forms of activity were combined, being active appeared to offer a protective effect only to post-menopausal women.
However when the results were examined in more detail it was found that women who did the most housework had significantly reduced risks while work- and recreation-based activity had less effect.
From a psychospiritual viewpoint, the breasts represent nurturing and caring for children and loved ones. In astrological symbolism the Moon represents both the way that we nurture others as well as the way we were nurtured ourselves, there is no separation between the two. In my work with clients I have seen women with breast cancer history who have a stressed Moon in their chart, although I have seen a greater number of women with stressed Moons that do not have breast cancer.
Metaphysicians like Louise Hay have suggested that breast cancer is connected to care of others and neglect of the self but I wonder in light of this study whether the connection may have more to do with an imbalance in the nurturing process rather than simple self-neglect. The fact that it was housework in particular and not just physical activity or exercise that reduced the risk seems significant and shows a connection between the act of caring for the home and a healthier physical ecosystem.
At times I have had people clean my house, and although I love the ease that comes from having others do the cleaning I don’t feel the same connection to my home as I do when I am the one who actually cares for it. However, until they study the relationship between housework and cancer for men, I am not letting Rich off the hook for his share of the chores!
The death of Gerald Ford is bringing up a lot of interesting emotions. Ford was ridiculed frequently for his habit of falling down, a quirk memorialized by Chevy Chase in Saturday Night Live) and he brought us the dreaded twosome Cheney and Rumsfeld, but the incompetence in the White House of the last six years has made Ford look good. Now it appears that he told journalist Bob Woodward that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake and that Cheney was a good Chief of Staff but made a bad Vice President. (An interesting revelation considering that Mercury (information) was conjunct Pluto (secrets) when the contents of this interview was disclosed.)
Unfortunately, Ford wanted his comments kept secret until after his death. Ford was a Cancer who cared for those he loved, and his Mercury was opposed by Uranus and squared by Mars which shows that he kept his own counsel and was not easily swayed by others. Perhaps his advanced age (he was 93) kept him from speaking out against the current administration or perhaps it was the Cancer loyalty to his party. Either way, it’s tragic to think how different the world would be if those who now disagree with the present White House would have spoken up sooner.
This saddens me – I feel this guy has so much potential but he’s locked in a prison of pain. National Ledger has my post on this (turn on your popup blockers!).
