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May 2015

May 18, 2015

Mercury turns retrograde today, May 18 2015

Mercury difficulties came early this year with a challenging square from the planet Saturn, the...

January 2015

January 19, 2015

Mercury retrograde at the Aquarius New Moon, January 2015

Mercury turns retrograde on January 21st where it will encourage us to look back rather...

October 2014

October 15, 2014

Mercury Retrograde Musings: Blogging is hard

When Mercury is retrograde we tend to look back at the past and revise things....

June 2014

June 18, 2014

Mars is back, with Mercury Rx! Practical advice for stressful times.

Since last December Mars, currently traveling through Libra, has been tied to the intense Uranus/Pluto dynamic....

June 01, 2014

Retrogrades: A discussion for June 2014

As I was writing the Planetary Illuminations report for June (coming soon to an inbox...

August 2013

August 12, 2013

About Retrogrades

I'm in the process of migrating old articles to the blog platform, here's a chance...

July 2013

July 01, 2013

Planetary Illuminations for July 2013

My Skywatch article, Planetary Illuminations for 2013, is now posted and you can read it...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Mercury retrograde, June 26th through July 20th 2013

Mercury turned retrograde this morning and will appear to travel backwards from our perspective on...

February 2013

February 24, 2013

Mercury retrograde, and a Virgo Full Moon: February 2013

Mercury turns retrograde today (February 23) and it's time to go over the things we've...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

The Frankenstorm and the US Election

First let me say that after living in North Carolina for many years I always...

August 2012

August 02, 2012

Mercury retrograde roundup: Wild times

I knew this would be a tough Mercury Retrograde period when I wrote this post....

July 2012

July 16, 2012

Planetary news this week: expect intensity

Storm Brewing by Mikey Studios. Rebellious Uranus in a challenging square to intensely transformational Pluto....

July 13, 2012

Mercury and Uranus turn retrograde in tandem

You might want to read about the concept of "higher octave planets" if you missed that...

July 01, 2012

Lynn’s Skywatch! Planetary Illuminations for July are posted

To get your own subscription, which includes a translation into simple English from the original...

April 2012

April 19, 2012

Communication systems go haywire: Mercury conjunct Uranus

by Lynn Hayes Mercury represents communication and the transmission of energy, and Uranus represents radical...

April 11, 2012

Mars turns direct, April 13-15 2012

Note: Planets are said to be "retrograde" when they appear to move backwards from our...

March 2012

March 27, 2012

Mercury and Mars and the Trayvon Martin case

revised with correct birthdate for Trayvon Martin. Being in the middle of my own personal...

March 10, 2012

Mercury retrograde March 13th: Two steps forward, one step back

Get ready folks, Mercury is preparing to turn retrograde on March 13th and its motion...

August 2011

August 03, 2011

Mercury retrograde alert!

Mercury retrograde is already wreaking some confusion regarding the date and time that it actually...

July 2011

July 29, 2011

New Moon in Leo, July 30 2011

The New Moon marks the beginning of a new lunar cycle - the time when...

April 2011

April 15, 2011

Don’t fall for this!

Mercury retrograde spray? Really? Maybe I'm just a skeptic, but I don't think aromatherapy will...

April 09, 2011

Pluto retrograde, April-September 2011

As we know, astrology is not astronomically correct and planets don't really move backwards. But...

April 03, 2011

Aries New Moon April 3, 2011

Much of this article is taken from the Planetary Illuminations for April. Aries is self-directed,...

March 2011

March 30, 2011

Mercury retrograde, March 30 – April 23 2011

Mercury turns retrograde today, taking us into three weeks of reconsideration and re-evaluation with potential...

March 29, 2011

Jupiter/Saturn and Mercury Retrogrades

This week the expansive urge of Jupiter bumps up against the contraction of Saturn for...

December 2010

December 30, 2010

Mercury turns direct! When is it over?

Mercury will soon officially turned direct, meaning it will begin to move forward again through...

December 28, 2010

Mercury retrograde roundup

Mercury is still retrograde for another few days or so, and there are signs of...

December 07, 2010

Thoughts on the upcoming Mercury retrograde

This Mercury retrograde period may be more challenging than some, especially during the first week...

December 04, 2010

New Moon in Sagittarius, December 5 2010

Mars and Uranus are locked in a challenging square at the moment, and even though...

November 2010

November 26, 2010

“The stars align to ruin Christmas”

It evidently takes bad astrology news to make the mainstream blogosphere. The Daily Beast has...