The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Rules the World

Posted on September 17, 2023 by cdsmiller17

International Women’s Day Protests (March 8, 1917)

Watching a documentary program on PBS last night, I learned that the true Russian Revolution actually began on February 23rd [O.S.] of 1917, and not in October. The Russian women in Saint Petersburg decided to protest how they were treated by the Tsarist government. Their efforts set in motion the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, and a new “peoples’ government” to be set up. It was only months later that the Red Bolsheviks seized the governmental controls of Russia and created the Soviet Union.

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Notice how the Moon (mother) is opposed to the Sun (Tsar), Mars (men) and Venus (love). Saturn (control) is on the Cancer Ascendant and inconjunct to Uranus (sudden change). Neptune (hidden motives) is inconjunct to Mercury (thinking) and Venus (love, again). By all accounts, after three days of increasing numbers, the “women’s” revolution succeeded against all odds. (It did help that the leaders of the protest went to the police stations and asked them not to fire on the protesters, in advance. The army followed suit and did not gun them down.)

International Women’s Day Protests (March 8, 1979)

Another protest, this time in Tehran, Iran, Came after the Shah was toppled and sent into exile. The Iranian Revolution, which started before this freedom march, turned into an ever more oppressive government by Islamic clerics. Why do these things turn out that way?

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I randomized the timing, since all anyone can say is that it started in the morning. I didn’t expect a Yod pointing at Pluto, formed by inconjuncts to the Sun and the Ascendant in Taurus. This seems to suggest that the Hand of God was involved. Really?

An oppressive regime tries to keep their women under control, so the events of one year ago, when Iranian women protested the death of a young woman who died after being detained by the “morality police” show that the spirit of protest never dies, but does not always lead to a revolution.

Just comparing these two International Women’s Day protests demonstrates how circular time really is.

Will we learn from history? If not, we are doomed to repeat it. You have been warned.

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Their Political Leanings May Have Been Inspired…

Posted on September 16, 2023 by cdsmiller17

The Democrats’ “Squad”

I told you, yesterday, to watch this space. Half an hour later the initials AOC came to my mind. A-ha!

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (October 31, 1989)

Ilhan Omar (October 4, 1982)

Rashida Tlaib (July 24, 1976)

Ayanna Pressley (February 3, 1974)

Now, doesn’t that just make sense?

The composite chart of the Squad.

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A Footnote in History from 60 Years Ago

Posted on September 15, 2023 by cdsmiller17

16th Street Baptist Church Bombing (September 15, 1963)

Today is the 60th anniversary of this domestic terrorism attack on a church in Alabama by the KKK.

Because the exact time of the dynamite explosion is known, this is an accurate chart. But, since the dynamite was triggered by a timer set for 10:22 am, I’m not sure the chart can ‘prove’ who actually set it.

These four girls gave their lives for a cause they did not sign up for. Such is the ‘accidental’ nature of history. What would be interesting to discover is whether any of these girls reincarnated into the present time period. I’ll keep a look out for that connection, since, effectively, this date is the day of their deaths.

Watch this space…

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And Writing about the Timing of Poems being Published

Posted on September 15, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Last Words of an Unknown Soldier Poem (June 15, 1944)

I wrote about this poem in my post “Why I Write…” and now that I have explored the idea of charting when a poem is published widely for the first time, I thought it might be timely to try that with this one.

I randomized this chart for the day in question. What surprised me was Pluto being almost exactly conjunct the Leo Ascendant. This chart is reminiscent of the D-Day chart, with most of the planets in the final quadrant of the circle. But, obviously, the Moon has moved on since June 6th of that year. Perhaps the timing of the publication coincided with the news of the burgeoning success of the Normandy invasion. As always, it would have been informative if we were able to know when (what battle, for example) and where (somewhere in Italy, I guess) this poem was originally written. Timing is everything.

So, I’m Not Totally Convinced that I Wrote This Poem

This thought comes to me because I have since researched a great many past lives, and none of them seem to be attached to Italy during WWII. Was I just ‘inspired’ to write my “Reflective Sonnet” in the same colloquial style?

At first glance, I believe the answer is “yes.” But then, I wondered if I compared the poem’s chart with the publication of “Reflective Sonnet” would that yield a different story?

OK. This is where it gets weird. As I set up the chart for “Reflective Sonnet” I realized that it was published on the same day, but 31 years later. I have also randomized this chart, just to see what pops out. The Mars/Jupiter conjunction in Reflective’s chart is conjunct the Moon in Last Word’s chart. Hmm.

The Pluto/Ascendant conjunction in Last Word’s chart is conjunct Reflective’s Venus (all in its 12th House of the Unconscious). And Neptune in Reflective’s chart is opposite Last Word’s Uranus. That says it all: yes, definitely, these two poems are linked by divine inspiration. Wow.

There: another mystery is solved.

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Can a False Jewish Messiah Prove the Truth about Jesus?

Posted on September 14, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Sabbatai Zevi (August 1, 1626 – September 17, 1676)

It’s not something just for the present believers of Christ’s return: in the 17th century, European Jews longed for their own Messiah, to lead them from their slavery and bring them back to their Promised Land. Sabbatai Zevi claimed to be that man.

Here is his randomized birth chart:

This chart looks very one-sided. That makes me suspicious of the motives of the individual. But, when I raised his death chart, I noted that a more balanced energy set is evident. That made me ponder which came first in history, Jesus or Sabbatai (Satan). This is very deep and disturbing.

Do you see what I’m alluding to? Is Sabbatai Jesus’ evil twin? (Zevi’s natal North/South Nodes are conjunct Jesus’ ‘fatal’ Venus/Ascendant opposition.) Hmm, I wonder.

Is this where the idea of an Antichrist comes from? The year 1666 seems to point to this truth.

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Finally, Jack the Ripper has Been Unmasked as a Lunatic

Posted on September 14, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Hyam Hyams (February 8, 1855 – March 22, 1913)

Previously unpublished photo of Hyam Hyams at Colney Hatch Asylum

It’s been a mystery that has gone on for far too long. The Whitechapel murders were violent and nasty and all of London, and the rest of England, were scandalized by their execution. For years, people have speculated about who the killer could have been. Click this link to read all about Hyam Hyams. One look at his birth chart, randomized here, was enough to confirm him as the Ripper.

The stellium of planets in Pisces (here split between the 6th and 7th Houses and in opposition to the Virgo Ascendant) presents a picture of someone not in control of their life. In fact, the Venus/Mars conjunction (Love and Hate) is aided and abetted by a close conjunction with Mercury (Mental Issues), and a distant conjunction with Neptune (Confusion). This is definitely a troubled individual. Even if the time is changed, this line-up will still exist. This is what is known as being born under a “bad sign”.

It’s a shame these women had to pay for his lunacy with their lives.

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A Man Who Seemed Larger Than Life Itself

Posted on September 13, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Arthur Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 – July 7, 1930)

I probably wouldn’t have considered looking at this man astrologically except for two shows: Houdini and Sherlock. Arthur Conan Doyle was a spiritualist, who could be fooled by psychic fraudsters. That seems impossible, given that his creation, Sherlock Holmes, was mostly never fooled by anyone.

Scientific enquiry into psychic phenomena? Not quite the same thing.

One online astrology site claims that this birth time was from his birth certificate. I cannot disagree, but I reserve the right to question it at a later date. That heavily loaded T-square might be why he couldn’t see the forest for the trees: Moon/Midheaven conjunction in opposition to Saturn, all squared to Mercury/Venus/Pluto conjunction. Very potent, to be sure, but the Venus portion may have been the blind spot.

In 1885 Doyle married Louisa (sometimes called “Touie”) Hawkins (1857–1906). She was the youngest daughter of J. Hawkins, of Minsterworth, Gloucestershire, and the sister of one of Doyle’s patients. Louisa had tuberculosis. In 1907, the year after Louisa’s death, he married Jean Elizabeth Leckie (1874–1940). He had met and fallen in love with Jean in 1897, but had maintained a platonic relationship with her while his first wife was still alive, out of loyalty to her. Jean outlived him by ten years, and died in London.

Family Life (Wikipedia)

In Houdini, his second wife is portrayed as a psychic medium, using automatic writing as her instrument. Harry Houdini calls her out as a fraud and Conan Doyle breaks off any further work with him. (Now, that may have been ‘just’ a poetic device to explain their ‘feud’ but it does present us with a conundrum. Was Conan Doyle blind to her unconscious fraud, as this show demonstrates?)

Doyle Suggested That He Had a Second Birthday (November 14, 1893)

This was the day that he finally turned his back on a Catholic life and joined the Society for Psychical Research. I’ve done a chart for that event, set for noon.

Ah, yes, there’s a Yod pointing at Pluto, formed by inconjuncts to Venus and Uranus. Interesting.

So, that’s alright, then…

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Here is Henry VII’s Youngest Surviving Child:

Posted on September 12, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Mary Rose Tudor (March 18, 1496 – June 25, 1533)

She was Henry VIII’s youngest sister and a short-time Queen of France. In other words, her father’s pride and joy. Mary Rose Tudor is always referred to as that, since it distinguishes her from others.

Does this look like the chart of a Queen of France (if only for three months)? There are no inconjuncts, so no hidden agenda. The two interesting things about her life is that her own mother was Elizabeth of York and she was the maternal grandmother of Lady Jane Grey. (My daughter Rosanna will see the irony of these connections.)

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It Would Be Wise to Remember This:

Posted on September 12, 2023 by cdsmiller17

The Serenity Prayer (1st Published March 15, 1933)

AA medallion?

This prayer received a short mention in Ellie’s Meat and Potatoes Tarot video about the 16th Major Arcana card, The Tower:

Well, that spurred the idea that we could look at the chart for that event. Now, admittedly, on the day of publication, midnight plus 1 second could be the ‘real’ time, but, in this case, I let the time be randomized. The result looks like this:

Talk about surrendering…the Yod, pointing at Neptune, is made up of inconjuncts from Mercury and the Midheaven. Alongside the Mercury/Neptune inconjunct is a second inconjunct linking Mercury and Mars. That seems to tell the story in a completely obvious way. Saturn is conjunct the Midheaven, and that aspect represents the God of this material world. Mercury in Aries is our human intellect. Mars/Neptune is our fight to rid ourselves from bondage/addiction to our passions. And when you put them together, it demonstrates that we need help to overcome our problems. Is that clear enough?

This picture hangs in the hall of my house and I look at it every time I pass it on my way to another part.

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I’m Entertaining a New Thought Process about Past Lives

Posted on September 11, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Sarah Bernhardt (October 22, 1844 – March 26, 1923)

Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), French stage actress, 1890. Bernhardt was the most famous stage actress of the 19th century.From The Cabinet Portrait Gallery, first series, Cassell and Company Limited (London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

This woman is waaaay before my present time. In fact, I wouldn’t normally have thought about her, at all, except for a comment made by Ian McKellen made during a National Television Awards program, which spoke about it being 100 years since her death. Sarah Bernhardt was everyone’s favourite actress.

Supposedly, the 2 a.m. birth time was written on her birth certificate. I’ll go with that, too, just because it has some interesting planetary aspects. There is one inconjunct, linking the Moon and 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.

I’m going to suggest that the Moon being in opposition to the Ascendant gives her that emotional edge.

Sarah Lancashire (October 10, 1964)

Now this is a hint from the Universe that may yet yield a new way of looking at reincarnation: Sarah Lancashire is a English actress I have watched over the years, especially when she was on “Coronation Street”. It could be that I always knew there was something ‘special’ about her, but what exactly is it?

Although this chart timing is randomized, I wonder if it might also be accurate, as the Moon is in the 1st House (of Personality), just under 4° from her Sagittarius Ascendant. Hmm. Here is her acceptance speech from the same National Television awards program:

Isn’t she lovely?

How Do the Charts from These Two Sarah’s Line Up?

There are a couple of strong links between them, the most startling being Bernhardt’s natal North Node and Lancashire’s Ascendant. (And yet that could be totally derailed if Sarah Lancashire’s birth time is wrong.) Lancashire’s Mercury is almost exactly conjunct Bernhardt’s natal Mercury. Lancashire’s Sun is conjunct Bernhardt’s ‘fatal’ Saturn. Lancashire’s Neptune is conjunct Bernhardt’s ‘fatal’ Jupiter, and opposite Bernhardt’s ‘fatal’ Mars. Finally, Lancashire’s natal Mars is conjunct Bernhardt’s ‘fatal’ Neptune.

So, going out on a limb again, this may show an affinity between these two actresses, even an inspiration of one by the other, but perhaps not really reincarnation. Do you see how my thinking has shifted? Sarah Lancashire is an emotional performer, too, but now it doesn’t rule her.

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