What I noticed when the first news reports came through about this Russian jet full of Ukraine POWs being shot down, was this indistinct ‘something’ ejecting from the aircraft going down. It is at 8 seconds:
My impression is that the jet did in fact go down, but not all hands went with it. This could have been Russian disinformation in order to deflect blame to the Ukrainians for the loss of their soldiers’ lives.
What I also noticed on almost every subsequent showing of this video is a truncated version which doesn’t highlight this evasive action before the jet crashed, just the fireball after it went down.
It’s a match made in entertainment heaven. And not since Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe got married in 1954 has the sports world been able to be so starry-eyed with an entertainer being featured so prominently. But is it a conspiracy theory to get Joe Biden re-elected?No. It’s simply a perfect union to sell (and double-sell) advertising space in newspapers and on-line sports/entertainment magazines.
Ahh. Ain’t love grand?
Post Script
Because I’m an astrologer, I thought it might be instructive to see how Taylor’s and Travis’ birth charts align. Call it professional curiosity. It turns out that their birth times are not known, but someone, in their wisdom, decided that Taylor’s birth time was 5:17 am, local time in Pennsylvania. So, I’ve gone with that, but then had Travis’ birth time be randomized. Here are their charts together:
Oh, boy. I care not one jot for any other aspects between them, because the one that counts, in my own experience, is the Mars (in Taylor’s chart) being exactly conjunct the Venus (in Travis’ chart).
Brigid: History, Mystery, and Magick of the Celtic Goddess (2015)
I’ve had this book in my library since 2016. I only picked it up to read yesterday. The passage I came across is a quote from another source:
BRIGID: MOTHER OF CREATION
At the beginning of time, when the world was dark and quiet, a great tree grew from the new soil. It was the tallest and the strongest tree that ever was, called Bile: The Sacred Oak. The sacred waters from above nurtured and cherished this great tree. The waters were called Dana. Through the conjunction of Dana and Bile, there dropped two great acorns. From the first acorn sprang the Dagda, “The Good God.” From the second emerged Brigantu, or Brigid, “the Excellent One.” The Dagda and Brigid gazed upon their new world in awe. They chose to create order in the world, and to propagate the beautiful place with the children of Dana, the Divine Goddess who had nourished them from the beginning.
Brigid and the Dagda took to a fertile valley, one that faced outward to the eastern sea, where the waters of the divine Mother Dana would nourish the land on which they lived. They named these waters Danavius, known forever after as the mighty Danube. Brigid and the Dagda built the four greatest cities the world had ever seen: Falias, Gorias, Finias, and Marias. In these cities, the children of Dana would thrive for all time. These children named the Dagda as their father and the “Father of All Gods.” Brigid was the wise Mother, having taken the great knowledge of the world from the Sacred Oak called Bile.
Brigid was hailed for teaching the children of Dana healing, craftsmanship, and poetry, but most of all, she showed her children that true wisdom was first garnered from the feet of Dana, the Mother Goddess, and only where the water meets the land.
Inspired by “The Ever Living Ones” in The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends by Peter Berresford Ellis
It’s a creation myth, for sure, and the two acorns could be considered Adam and Eve, but the story takes on a Gnostic theme when the two are thought of as Christ and Sophia. I think I’ll stop here, for now.
Yemenis gather during a pro-Palestinian protest to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Sanaa, Yemen, October 20, 2023. Houthi Media Center/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
Israel-Hamas War
What must be obvious by now is that the agenda that Israel has about terrorist organizations that have attacked (or are threatening to attack) is total eradication of their enemies. No amount of coercion by Western nations, led by the USA and the European Union, will change their mindset. And the fact that American troops and ships are being attacked directly by Iran-backed militants, from Syria and Yemen, shows that the world and his uncle want a larger military conflict to engulf the Middle East.
Was this planned from the very beginning?
And no amount of protesting will change the outcome, I promise…
Sometimes, the opening images of a series can tell the whole story in a few words. Elsa Dutton’s internalized words were underscored by an Indian attack that destroyed the pioneer wagons and killed their occupants.
This is the origin story of the Dutton family’s journey to Yellowstone Ranch in Paradise Valley.
My only quibble is that the wild West is so attractive for Americans that the law of the gun permeates the United States, even now. Sure it was the overly simplistic way to tame the country, but many, many, many people paid the ultimate price for freedom.
The thing about watching shows about storylines with time loops is that there are paradoxes that cannot be easily explained away. Bodies is a case in point. I came away from the final episode with too many questions unanswered. That’s not a good result.
The most obvious is the question: how could Elias be in a time loop of his own making, when it is obvious that he was not the initiator of any of the events?
The next obvious question is: how can Iris exist in 2023, at the end of the final episode, if she doesn’t have her SPYNE equipment augmentation, when in 1890, it was missing and she was a cripple without it? Everyone else who time travelled disappeared after Elias chose to (finally) not set off the nuclear weapon. Iris was driving a taxi, and called the 2023 detective by name. That implies that Iris is an alternative version from the future. A sharp-eyed critic noted that KYAL (Know You Are Loved) was in the background of the final London scene in 2023. Does this imply that another season is coming?
In the Real World
Donald Trump seems to be having all his chickens coming home to roost. I’ll bet he’s searching frantically for a loophole that will get him out of his jeopardy. The only one he’s coming up with is total immunity as President. Will that hold up to SCOTUS scrutiny? His fingers are crossed, for sure. That’s why he threw his hat into the ring so early on. Hmm.
Trump is a real life version of Elias Mannix, the once and future dictator. His version of ‘paradise’ is a living hell for anyone who doesn’t agree with him. In Trump’s world, he doesn’t get mad, he gets even.
Will his loopholes be closed, legally? Or will he have to trigger a change? Who knows? I don’t.
Science fiction can be fun, if done lightly and with humour. This series on Netflix isn’t fun, at all.
In fact, it’s downright frightening.
Bodies is a British crime and science fiction limited series primarily written and created for Netflix by Paul Tomalin. It is based on the 2015 DC Vertigo graphic novel of the same name, written by Si Spencer and illustrated by Dean Ormston, Tula Lotay, Meghan Hetrick and Phil Winslade. The series consists of eight episodes and premiered on Netflix on 19 October 2023.
The story starts with the appearance of a dead body in Longharvest Lane in London. This event happens in the same location in four different years – 1890, 1941, 2023 and 2053 – and leads to four different detective investigations that eventually become interlinked with far-reaching consequences
Christopher Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004)
This is a hard story to relate to: Christopher Reeve was our hero, especially when he played Superman, but his world came crashing down when he had an equestrian accident on May 27, 1995. Then he became paralyzed from the neck down. He lasted another 9-ish years before slipping into a coma and passing away. Now there’s a documentary about his life, entitled “Super/Man”.
I haven’t investigated it yet, but that Pluto/South Node conjunction with his Leo Ascendant is very interesting. He came into this world definitely with a disruptive past life vibe. However, he has an interactive double Yod, pointing at Mars and Jupiter, and a single inconjunct linking the Moon and his Midheaven.
Moon Inconjunct Midheaven
You need to feel that your family, especially your parents, give you consistent and reliable emotional guidance and support. Without it, you may really feel that you are being pulled in two directions, which can only result in going nowhere.
Mars Inconjunct Jupiter
You have a great need for personal freedom. But while you are young, you may not be very responsible about the way you use your freedom. You may take too many liberties or even interfere with other people’s freedom. Here again the problem is rashness and lack of self-control.
Mars Inconjunct Uranus
Sometimes you may make sudden moves that startle people. You may make a decision very quickly and start to act on it immediately, but that is not such a good idea. Make up your mind more slowly, or at least wait for a while until you start to act. If your idea looks good a couple of days later, it is probably all right to go ahead with it.
Jupiter Inconjunct Neptune
Probably you should not gamble or take excessive risks at any time in your life. Your dreams in this area also will probably go far beyond reality, and you will take chances that can’t possibly be realized. Your idealism can be the source of much creative imagination, leading to profound insights and realizations, but only if you remain connected with the actual day-to-day universe in which the rest of the human race lives.
Hmm.
When comparing his birth, accident and death charts, it is informative that everything looks exactly as it should, including the accidental Mars energy being transited by its Virgo Ascendant. Even his ‘fatal’ Sagittarius Ascendant is conjunct Pluto. You cannot get better time markers than these.
As we’ve seen before, the irony of Superman becoming a paraplegic is not lost on the rest of us. Bless.
Most of us remember the story of Cain and Abel, the first murder mystery solved by a crime scene investigation (CSI). What has always struck me is the way the true crime detective spoke to his suspect.
That’s probably the best description for how a blood analysis would be interpreted by a scientist.
The story of Mary Magdalene mistaking Jesus for the gardener, after his resurrection, has always puzzled me. Wouldn’t she have recognized him? Or was she so grief-stricken that she couldn’t see properly? (And I’m sure that he wouldn’t have been dressed in his usual robes, or that would have been a giveaway to her.)
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
John 20:16 NIV
Honestly, you cannot make these things up, and I will show you why by recounting a story of my own.
When I returned to Canada after 22 years (literally, returning from the dead), I went to see one of my best friends from the 70’s. I looked for her at her place of employment, and was informed that she was on her lunch break, and that she had gone downtown. I exited the building and literally had a choice of four directions to go. After mentally eliminating three of them, I set out to go down the last street, in hopes of seeing her in the road.
Sure enough, as I passed a set of traffic lights, I could see her coming up the street. When she was passing me by, I said her name, Mary. She then realized it was me and stopped to talk for a bit.
