False Fire Alarm (December 23, 2025)

What a rude awakening! The fire alarm in our unit went off at 1:30 this morning. “Fire, Fire!” it screamed, while its strobe-flashing light made the bedroom look like a scene from a slow motion nightmare. Of course, I did everything wrong: I didn’t put my housecoat on (until later); I ran through the unit turning on lights, to see where the fire was; and I opened the front door. The last action stopped the alarm from doing its job.

What set it off? Was its battery low? Was it a build up of Scentsy pot aromas? Or was it something to do with the venting system? The mystery has yet to be solved.

These days I look at the inconjuncts to see what the Universe is revealing. There are two in this event chart: one links Mercury and the Midheaven; the other exactly links Venus and Uranus. Well, that’s interesting. Was it a loved one from the Other Side saying “Hi”? Susan’s mother, Mavis, died eleven years ago on December 19th. Stranger things have happened, I’m sure.

Functioning fire alarms are a matter of life and death. (Did you see what I just did there?) Maybe, Mavis came for a visit, last night, and set the alarm off. If so, that would explain the false nature of the event.

What do you think?