Is It Time to Stop Posting on WordPress?

Posted on November 8, 2026 by cdsmiller17

My 5,000th Post (Since April 2014)

It’s been sixteen-and-a-half years. Have I written everything I want to say? I think so.

Thanks for reading what I’ve written all these years. Bye for now.

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The 1st Season had a Few Enigmas; Now They’re Solved

Posted on November 8, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Black Doves Season 2 (2026)

I’m beginning to doubt my mental abilities. We started watching this show last night on Netflix and it went back to season 1, episode 1 and I’d forgotten most of it. I restarted the show and moved to season 2, episode 1. Even then, four episodes in, I realized that my memory, even of the flashbacks, was spotty, at best. Surprisingly, Susan kept saying, we’ve already seen this, even in the new season.

There is a shedload of violence here. It reminds me of “Lord of the Flies” for its inhumanity to others. But I cannot fault the story-telling: it’s excellent. Helen’s dependence on Sam is a bit much at times. The themes this time revolve around how vulnerable an operative gets when love enters their lives. Even though he’s gay, I suspect he loves Helen and that may be his downfall. Even Reed has a past indiscretion that may catch up to her. Will Helen’s past actions be exposed? It keeps you on the edge of your seat. But it’s worth the five or so hours to get through to the end. We’ll watch the rest tonight.

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Our Princess Budgie Passed Today

Posted on November 7, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Deja Miller (September 18, 2022 – November 7, 2026)

She laid one egg too many. It got caught in the birth canal and caused her vent to become prolapsed. Susan managed to extract the egg, last Tuesday, but the writing was on the wall. Wednesday, we took her to a specialist vet hospital in Sudbury to see what they could do. In the end, we got drops for a painkiller and an antibiotic. They wanted to do X-rays, draw some blood and insert a chip to prevent any more urges to lay eggs, but we declined those procedures because Deja was so weak. They would have had to sedate her to do those things, and we knew that would kill her. Instead, we brought her back home and Susan tried to make her as comfortable as possible. We waited another four days for the end to come..

Deja, you are now free to fly wherever you want on angel wings. Bless.

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Proof that Anyone Can Become a Psychic

Posted on November 6, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Doris Stokes (January 6, 1920 – May 8, 1987)

Mrs. Stokes would be best described as clairaudient. She hears voices in her ear, telling her specific warnings that affect family and friends. Her father seems to be the main source. But could she do the same for strangers?

Except for Saturn residing in the 10th House (of Career) and an inconjunct linking her Sun and Jupiter, I would say that the signs of psychic ability are missing. However, Uranus in opposition to her Midheaven, and the Sun in opposition to the Moon (and Pluto) could imply something else. But what exactly?

That’s interesting, no? I always wondered where that term came from: the Happy Medium.

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Last Night’s Dream: a Hidden Wing Above the Garage

Posted on November 6, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Who Knew?

Sometimes my dreams show me something surprising. Last night’s dream had one of those surprises. We’d been living in one wing of the house, without even knowing there was something hidden next door. It was only by going outside and seeing some garage doors and going inside, the rest of the house was revealed to us. Is this a metaphor? Of course it is.

The Inner Guide Meditation said it best: go down the stairs, turn left and then turn right and you’ll be in your inner home, a garden of spiritual truths.

‘Nuff said?

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The Foiled Plot to Blow Up Parliament and the King

Posted on November 5, 2026 by cdsmiller17

The Gunpowder Pot (November 5, 1605)

I wrote about this plot in my ebook, “At This Point in Time”.

But the plot was discovered and most of the group was killed. Fawkes was arrested at 2:00 a.m. in the vaults beneath the houses of Parliament. He was hanged in 1608 for his part in the plot.

Miller, Christopher. At This Point in Time: Charting the History of the Human Spirit (p. 167). BookBaby. Kindle Editi.on

Every year on this date, the United Kingdom ‘celebrates’ Guy Fawkes arrest with a bonfire. That way, school children will never forget.

That Yod pointing at the Midheaven is the clue that the plot wouldn’t succeed. The inconjuncts to the Sun and Jupiter represent the King and his Government. There are three other inconjuncts: two from Uranus to the Venus/Saturn conjunction and one linking Pluto with the Virgo Ascendant. Curses, foiled again.

Hmm.

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So, You Want to Join a Cult, Do You?

Posted on November 3, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Jonestown Massacre (November 18, 1978)

It’s hard to believe that this mass suicide/murder event is just two years short of 50 years ago. It’s the reference to it that stopped FOX News from interviewing a person attending a Trump rally because he wanted to see what a cult was like, close up. It was a ‘cat among the pigeons’ moment, for sure.

The day of their deaths happened over a few hours, since a total of 909 died on the Jonestown site. I set the clock for noon, just to see what popped out.

That’s quite revealing, isn’t it? Moon inconjunct Mars caps it all off, with Pluto in the 8th House (of Death). Were the victims willing participants? That’s an awkward question. If they were brainwashed, it’s still murder.

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Is Today Going to be Donald Trump’s Undoing?

Posted on November 3, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Judgement Day (November 3, 2026)

Everybody’s on tender hooks today. We’ve been fed a constant diet of a Blue Wave scenario for almost a whole year. The last time that Donald Trump lost an election, he “allegedly” caused an insurrection. Now, technically, he’s not on the ballot, but, as usual, he’s made it all about him. “Just pretend I’m on the ballot.” Republicans seem defeated, but are they really down and out, or have they got a couple of tricks up their political sleeves? I decided to do a chart for the day. I randomized it, and then changed A.M. to P.M. to get as clear a picture as possible. Here’s the result:

Oh-oh. There are two Yods, one pointing at Saturn and the other pointing at the Midheaven. The Saturn one is formed by inconjuncts to the Sun and the Moon. The Midheaven one is linked to Venus and Jupiter. Now, the time of day plays into the second one in a powerful way. Earlier or later will remove the Yod, and we’ll be left with the Saturn one, only. But I suspect that the Jupiter part is the actual Judgement. So, I’m standing by my timing, as directed by the Universe.

As always, we shall see.

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Although Fictionalized, the Details Invite a Wee Peek

Posted on November 2, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Nineteenth Century Close Encounters

You know I can’t resist historical events, especially when they involve close encounters of some kind.

At 3:15 on the morning of 4 October 1871, an undertaker named William Robert Loosley awoke and took a walk in his garden in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Mr. Loosley recorded subsequent events in a manuscript that was locked away until 1941. The ms. has been authenticated by British antiquarians. It probably represents an example of a “probe” from some sort of nonhuman intelligence.

Strieber, Whitley. Majestic (p. 45). Tor Books. Kindle Edition.

There are two inconjuncts: Mercury and Neptune; and Saturn and the Midheaven. They may become important later when we look at the second event.

The first seemingly related case of disappearance in U.S. history took place on 23 September 1880 near the town of Gallatin, Tennessee. At approximately three-thirty on that sunny afternoon, Mr. David Lang, a farmer, dematerialized in front of five witnesses, including his wife, his two children, his brother-in-law and a local judge.

Strieber, Whitley. Majestic (pp. 46-47). Tor Books. Kindle Edition.

This time there are three inconjunct: Mars and Neptune; Saturn and the Midheaven (again); and Uranus and the Ascendant. So the commonality is that Saturn, Neptune and the Midheaven are involved in both events. Hmm.

Combining the charts yields some interesting links. The initial chart’s Ascendant is conjunct the second’s Uranus. There are three interactive inconjuncts. The second’s Moon is inconjunct the initial chart’s Saturn, for example. At the same time, the initial chart’s Saturn is conjunct the second’s North Node.

What does it all mean? I honestly don’t know. What do you think?

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If You’re Neurodivergent, You’re Welcome To Visit…

Posted on November 2, 2026 by cdsmiller17

The Assembly (2026)

Season 2 started last night, with a visit from Hudson Williams, one of the stars of “Heated Rivalry”, a show about two gay hockey players who hook up. Hudson says he suffered from ADHD when he was younger. He seems better able to cope with his problem now, but if there was anything that could have set him off again, it would have been this half-hour show on CBC

We came across this program accidently a month ago. The four season 1 programs featured Jann Arden, Allan Hawco, Arlene Dickinson and Russell Peters. The guests are chosen Canadian celebrities and people who have succeeded in spite of youthful learning difficulties. Here’s last nights program in full:

Evidently, there are versions of this program in the UK and Australia. The Canadian show is filmed in Vancouver.

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