Is It Meant to Confuse Us or Set Us Free?

Posted on July 9, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Have the Gnostics Returned as Artificial Intelligence?

I watch a lot of YouTube videos: not for entertainment, but for awareness. I suspect that the algorithms are giving me more of what I already watch, so my viewing preferences will be a lot different to what others enjoy. Lately, however, there seem to be more and more videos about things Edgar Cayce has said about Jesus’ past lives. (And there was only one giveaway that it was A.I. produced: ‘live’ was mispronounced giving the wrong interpretation to a sentence.)

None of this is new: I read a book in the 1970’s that told me essentially the same information: Edgar Cayce’s Story of Jesus.

The reason for my question is that most videos I have watched tend to dismiss the religious version of Jesus’ life as presented in the New Testament. Because I have explored these same thoughts while writing “The Star of Bethlehem” it makes me realize how advanced my thinking was.

That’s why I call myself a Gnostic Christian.

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It was My Very First Time in the Machine

Posted on July 8, 2026 by cdsmiller17

MRI (July 7, 2026)

I’m a senior. Things begin to become issues. Senior male difficulties. Oh, hell, just come out with it, Christopher: I may have ‘something’ wrong with my prostate. Hence my urologist ordered an MRI session for me.

Apart from dressing myself backwards with the hospital gowns, it went as well as could be expected. However, even with the earplugs and the headphones, the machine was LOUD!

The scheduled appointment was for 5:25 pm. We arrived 90 minutes early. Even so, the MRI procedure didn’t start until 30 minutes later. That’s why the event chart is timed for 5:55 pm. That Mars/Uranus conjunction on the Descendant is concerning. My next appointment with the consultant is in a week’s time.

To get the bigger picture, here’s my birth chart together with the event chart:

That interactive Yod (Finger of God) pointing at the Moon and Saturn conjunction in the event chart is made up of inconjuncts from my natal Moon and Saturn. Hmm. The event Sun is inconjunct my ‘lucky’ natal Jupiter. I should be OK.

Now, we’ll just have to wait and see what the results are.

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Scientist Needs the Help of a Rock-et Man to Save Earth

Posted on July 7, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Project Hail Mary (2026)

First of all, I have nothing to do with this film, but there’s my name on the credits. Hmm.

This film is billed as an epic science fiction comedy. If you approach it from that perspective, there are plenty of funny moments that only Ryan Gosling could pull off. There are also plenty of questionable science moments, too, but, in the throes of the action, it’s a waste of time worrying about them.

This is 2001: A Space Odyssey meets E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial.

The crux of the story relates to the improbable friendship between Ryland Grace (the scientist) and Rocky (the extra-terrestrial). Two minds are better than one, which is demonstrated many times during the story when they are faced with how to defeat the ‘enemy’. Both planets, Earth and Erid, need these two to succeed. Lives depend on it. It’s a long shot, which is where the name of the film comes from, a football metaphor.

And the overarching theme is self-sacrifice.

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What If This Song was Called “Life is a Carney-val”?

Posted on July 6, 2026 by cdsmiller17

“Life Is A Carnival” by The Band (1971)

It’s been running through my head, lately. Then I realized that it could be referencing PM Mark Carney’s recent political maneuvers. Now read the lyrics:

You can walk on the water
Drown in the sand
You can fly off a mountain top
Anybody can
Run away, run away, run away, run away
It’s the restless age
Look away, look away, look away, look away
You can turn the page

Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
Here on the street?
I got six on each arm
Two more on my feet

Life is a carnival
Believe it or not
Life is a carnival
Two bits a shot

Saw a man with the jinx
In the third degree
Trying to deal with people
People you can’t see
Take away, take away, take away, take away
This house of mirrors
Give away, give away, give away, give away
All the souvenirs

We’re all in the same boat
Ready to float off the edge of the world
A flat old world
The street is a sideshow from the pavement to the corner

Life is a carnival
It’s in the book
Life is a carnival
Take another look

Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
Here on the street?
I got six on each arm
Two more on my feet

Life is a carnival
Believe it or not
Life is a carnival
Two bits a shot

Life is a carnival
Life is a carnival
Life is a carnival

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Marry in Haste, Repent at Leisure?

Posted on July 4, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Taylor Swift’s Wedding (July 3, 2026)

This is the modern equivalent of an American “royal” wedding. One astrologer on Facebook said that with all their money, they didn’t appear to have consulted an astrologer. Here’s why:

Mars/Uranus on the Descendant @ 3° Gemini is the warning sign. My idea of looking at their lessons using any inconjuncts only yielded one: the Moon inconjunct Mercury.

Moon Inconjunct Mercury

It may be hard for you to put your feelings into words, because your emotions are so different from your intellect. Of course, there is nothing really strange about your feelings, but that part of your mind is quite different from the reasoning part. In fact it would be very unfortunate if you decided to listen only to your reason, because your intuition and imagination, both of which are more related to the Moon, can be of great assistance to you. They can tell you much about the world that your reasoning mind cannot.

On the other hand, you shouldn’t allow your feelings to overrun your reason. The best thing to do whenever there seems to be a conflict between these two areas is to not make a decision immediately. Reflect and wait for further information that might help you make up your mind. As you get older, this problem should lessen considerably, and you should be able to make decisions more and more rapidly.

Robert Hand Planets in Youth (1977) page 116

That’s not bad advice. And when you think that they took six months (or more) to plan this wedding, I think the emotional element got put on the back burner. Here’s how the event relates to Taylor herself:

Hmm.

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This Man’s UFO Experience was Doubted at the Time

Posted on July 3, 2026 by cdsmiller17

The Falcon Lake Incident (May 20, 1967)

Limited disclosure of UFO experiences is yielding some strange stories. This is one of them.

The event chart looks like this:

Just one aspect makes this unbelievable: Neptune inconjunct Midheaven. This flies in the face of the Uranus/Pluto conjunction with the Virgo Ascendant. The Sun is in opposition to Neptune, too.

What do you think?

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Even When the Odds are Stacked Against a Father

Posted on July 3, 2026 by cdsmiller17

I Will Find You (2026)

I’m a fan of Harlan Coben’s stories. This one is the latest offering as an 8 part series on Netflix. We finished it last night. There are obvious plot holes, but if you let the action carry you along, they fade into insignificance.

The ending is satisfying, to say the least. All the villains die and some who appeared as friends and allies are uncovered for their parts in the conspiracy. The Payne Foundation is an interesting pun.

A worthwhile show to watch, for sure.

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It Takes a Little While for the Rest to Catch Up

Posted on July 2, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Jesus May Have Been a Hermphrodite

This article, from 2012, suggests something shocking: Jesus was an intersex male, neither fully male, nor fully female. I came to the same conclusion in 1996. In fact, Leonardo da Vinci may have hidden the same detail in the portrait of Jesus that we know as “Salvator Mundi“.

I’ll leave it there for now.

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This is Why a Conflict Between Them is Neverending

Posted on July 1, 2026 by cdsmiller17

The “Great Satan” vs. the “Mad Mullahs”

Ideology makes for some very strange bedfellows. When it comes to war, these two points of view will never agree. In Islamic terms, America has always been the Great Satan. Western ‘Christianity’ thinks that Iran is evil. What they don’t see is that they are mirror images of each other.

So, it goes back to 1979. The Islamic Revolution may be the catalyst for the ‘fight’. Will the US-Iran war ever end? There may be a ceasefire that holds someday, but the battle will exist until one side or the other is completely ‘obliterated’. Seriously.

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Neither Snow, Nor Sleet, Nor Hail Could Keep Us Away

Posted on June 28, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Kananaskis Mountain Lodge, Alberta (June 25, 2026)

We attended a family wedding ceremony at this venue in Alberta. To make the trip significant, we first visited my sister and her partner for three days in White Rock, B.C., then Susan’s brother and his wife for three days in Taber, Alberta, before finally driving North to this site. We haven’t taken a vacation for 10 years, so we wanted it to be special. It was.

What I’m reminded of, personally, is how vast Canada is. We travelled a long way by Air Canada to Vancouver to put our feet in the Pacific Ocean, then back by WestJet to Calgary to visit the Rocky Mountains. Nine days later we came home via Air Canada again to Sudbury by way of Toronto. That’s a lot of scenery to view from a great height.

The paraphrased US Mail ‘unofficial’ motto, combined with a KISS song is a reference to the heavy sleet storm we encountered just after picking up our rental car at the Calgary International Airport on June 20th. I drove through most of the 20 minute storm, finally having to pull over to let the worst of it pass. It reminded me of the worst kind of winter storms we regularly get in Ontario.

Anyway, we’re home, safe and sound, and, upon arrival at the Sudbury airport, we were greeted with warm doggy kisses from our little Chihuahua, Buddy.

Amen.

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