An Octopus is the Narrator

Posted on May 13, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)

This Netflix film is a bit of an odd one. The two main characters are fairly anti-social, but seem to develop a rapport with the octopus in their care. For his part, the octopus senses something similar with the two of them, a hole in their hearts. So he hatches a plot to help them find out the truth and effect a healing. The remarkably bright creature is the octopus, and he lets you know often that he is the one.

Anyone who has ever been to Deep Cove in North Vancouver, B.C. will instantly recognize the location of this film. The interior shots of the aquarium were filmed at the Vancouver Aquarium, of course. The story is set in Washington State which is logical because of the similarity with the (mostly) wet weather.

If you’re looking for a feel good movie, this Spring, this one is for you. I hope you’ll enjoy it, like I did.

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Is It Just Me, or are We Being Prepped for a Pandemic?

Posted on May 12, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Hantavirus

It’s a familiar playbook: take an isolated health issue that has ‘appeared’ in the middle of the Atlantic on board a cruise ship and then publicize the hell out of it, until the world and his uncle start to worry, Is this another pandemic? Are we all going to die?

It turns out that the X-Files had an episode about this ‘incurable’ virus, years ago.

Hmm.

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What the Foxtrot!?

Posted on May 11, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Foot Prints on Our Outdoor Rug

I’d mentioned previously that we’d seen a fox passing through the grounds behind our unit.

During the winter we saw pawprints in the snow, but couldn’t identify if they were fox paw prints or not.

Surprise! Now we have the proof. We didn’t expect the fox to come this close to our back door, though.

Wonders of nature never cease.

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Was It Real, or Faked?

Posted on May 10, 2026 by cdsmiller17

The Calvine UFO Photo (August 4, 1990)

This photo is said to be the clearest one ever of a UFO. With the newest American ‘distraction’ of disclosure, this one is coming back into prominence. Here’s a video by the BBC about it:

Here’s the event chart.

Warning, warning! The Sun is inconjunct to a Neptune/Ascendant conjunction. That implies that everything is not as it seems. It is definitely there, but perhaps it’s not an alien craft at all. It’s probably manmade: Mars opposition Pluto; and Venus opposition the Moon/Saturn conjunction.

That’s my opinion, and I’m sticking with it, even though I want to believe. The Truth is Out There.

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In an Amazon Essentials Ad, a Subliminal was Flashed

Posted on May 10, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Ariadne

Hmm.

My Google search of the word yielded this:

Ariadne means “most holy,” derived from Greek origins and associated with devotion, intelligence, and guidance.

That may be the hidden message: as in, pay devoted attention to this smart ad because it is good advice.

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Were These Two Brothers-in-Arms in a Past Life?

Posted on May 8, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump

I’m not sure why I haven’t seen anything about this from the posts of other astrologers. Am I really the first to put two-and-two together?

Mars in their charts are only 2 minutes apart. That implies circa the year 998 BC in common to them. That timing relates to King David establishing Jerusalem to be the capital of the Kingdom of Israel…

Could that be the reason for their joint “venture” against Iran?

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“Thar’s [TV] Gold in Them Thar Hills”

Posted on May 8, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Yellowstone (2018 – 2024) Equals Bonanza (1959 – 1973)

I woke up from my afternoon nap, yesterday, with the thought that Yellowstone (gold) was equivalent to Bonanza (of gold). I’d never put those two together before. So, I did a little research and this illustration came up. I’m not the only one, obviously.

(This video’s sound is a bit low, so turn your volume up as high as it can go.)

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In My Opinion: War is Hell; an Illegal War is Worse

Posted on May 7, 2026 by cdsmiller17

The Wisdom of Mahatma Gandhi

There is no path to peace; peace is the path.

AZ Quotes

Mohandas Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948)

This birth chart was already on my Kepler 8.0 computer program. Other sites suggest 7:08 am for his birth time. I’m not going to quibble for a 3 minute difference.

He has that classic Venus/Mars conjunction which is usually expressed as, “I love and I hate.” Both planets are inconjunct to Neptune. These aspects could perhaps help us understand him better.

Venus Inconjunct Neptune

You are willing to serve, help and assist those you love, but you may honestly feel that you don’t deserve to be loved unless you are forced to serve your loved one in some way. This is because you feel that loving someone requires you to make sacrifices and to deny your own needs and that love may not necessarily make you feel good and warm.

Robert Hand, Planets in Youth (1977) page 204

Mars Inconjunct Neptune

With this aspect you must learn to stand up for yourself and demand your rights forthrightly and directly. Often you feel that you don’t have enough energy to assert yourself or that any such effort would be futile. Unfortunately, some people with this aspect learn to work behind the scenes or dishonestly. Others simply give up or take a defeatist attitude toward life.

Ibid page 236

His death in 1948, by an assassin’s bullet, can be seen as the way that India achieved its freedom from British rule. Martyrdom is a very powerful motivator.

Notice that Venus is again inconjunct to Neptune, but this time Venus is also inconjunct Pluto, which creates a Yod (Finger of God) pointing at Venus. In other words, he made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. Amazing.

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Named Next Governor-General of Canada Yesterday

Posted on May 6, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Louise Arbour (February 10, 1947)

The issue of a Governor-General being fully bilingual must have been the deciding factor in her nomination by Prime Minister Mark Carney. Ms. Arbour’s life story is interesting, to say the least.

She attended convent school, during which time her parents divorced. As editor of the school magazine, she earned a reputation for irreverence.

Wikipedia

That irreverence shows up in her (randomized) birth chart as the Saturn/Pluto conjunction in Leo bookending her 5th House cusp. I would say that this makes her chart, more-or-less, correct.

Saturn is the apex of a Yod (Finger of God), formed by inconjuncts to Mercury and Venus. Hmm. The other inconjunct links Uranus to her Midheaven, so take that aspect with a pinch of salt. Just sayin’. Venus is conjunct the Part of Fortune @ 4° Capricorn, and since they are both in the 9th House, they indicate that her greatest achievement in her experience is beyond the three score and ten years of a normal life. Overall, I get the impression that she dearly loves her country, Canada, and justice.

Amen.

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Peter Rabbit was Her Childhood Companion

Posted on May 5, 2026 by cdsmiller17

Beatrix Potter (July 28, 1866 – December 22, 1943)

This might seem a strange subject for an astrological portrait, but my interest in her came about by watching the 2006 BBC film “Miss Potter”, starring Renée Zellweger. I guess it doesn’t hurt to have the star of “Bridget Jones’s Diary” (2001) playing the lead role.

Meet Miss Potter

Miss Potter’s birth time is unknown. I moved the clock until the Neptune/South Node in Aries clicked into the age of 36, when her first book was published. With Venus conjunct the Scorpio Ascendant seemed appropriate, too. Note that Neptune and the Moon are both inconjunct to Venus and the Ascendant, forming a Yod, pointing to them. There is one other inconjunct, linking Mars with Saturn. That may be significant in that she (more of less) dictated the terms of her relationship with the publisher’s agent, Norman Warne. In the end, they couldn’t marry, because he got sick and died first.

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