Intimate Partner Violence is a Hidden Issue These Days

Posted on May 15, 2026 by cdsmiller17

It Ends With Us (2024)

I suppose if it weren’t for the subsequent lawsuits after this film’s release, there wouldn’t have been any better way to advertise the hidden background of this complicated story. Domestic violence is a silent epidemic that gets swept under the living room carpet. In some ways, it’s multigenerational. But unless one is caught up in the relationship itself, the reasons why a woman would tolerate it are unknowable.

To be honest, I didn’t know what we were going to be seeing by watching this film. It got interrupted at the point when Lily meets Atlas in the restaurant he named “Root” which he had named in her honour.

At that point, I shut the Netflix stream off, and never returned to it. It seems I missed the violence.

For my part, I cannot remember a time that a director of a film has lovingly captured the beauty of its female lead. For the first half, at least, Blake Lively is ‘seen’ in a way that is a wonder to behold.

But then things went awry in post-production and nothing was ever the same again.

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Is He the Legendary Precursor of Israel’s Messiah?

Posted on May 14, 2026 by cdsmiller17

King David (1040 BC – 970 BC)

It’s a question that occurs to any historian worth his salt: does one myth deserve another? Like King Arthur, David the Shepherding unifier of Israel is celebrated by modern (and ancient) Jews as the ancestor who made Jerusalem the capital of the Kingdom of Israel. When Jesus (born in the town of Bethlehem, David’s birthplace), came on the scene in early 1st Century Judea, he was celebrated as the second coming of their liberator. They expected a Priestly King who would remove the scourge of Roman occupation. But, the question remains: did David really exist?

When you reads David’s story, it seems that he led a charmed life. So, to see if he can be placed in time, I have raised his birth chart for our Gregorian equivalent of the Shavuot. He was said to have died on the same date 70 years later.

I randomized the timing, just to see what came up. So, take everything with a pinch of salt, please. Jupiter @ 3° Aquarius, and Saturn @ 11° Aquarius could be the proof of his defeat of Goliath as a young man, followed by his becoming King. The Jupiter/Saturn (wide) conjunction is an echo of the “Star of Bethlehem” which heralded Jesus’ birth in 6 BC. Jupiter is inconjunct Mars, Saturn is inconjunct Neptune. Together, they suggest a legendary status to his life. Jupiter and Saturn are in opposition to the (accidental) Leo Ascendant. Hmm.

The only other inconjunct connects Uranus and Pluto. Hmm, again. And because his South Node is conjunct the Midheaven, there’s a good chance that one of his past lives is connected to a leadership position (like Moses, perhaps).

Just for fun(!) I am comparing the birth and death charts of David with Jesus’ birth chart. Does anything obvious stand out for you? Jesus’ South Node is conjunct David’s Pluto in Libra. Hmm, again.

Even David’s fatal North Node is (almost exactly) conjunct his natal Jupiter, and about 3° from Jesus’ natal Mercury. And their natal Moons are in the same sign of Libra, within 4° of each other. Is it enough to prove reincarnation? Maybe. But the more relevant question is: are they both made-up stories?

Hmm.

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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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