Call me ‘late to the table’. I have just looked at the loosely-associated group that is often blamed for stuff that they had nothing to do with, such as the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Antifa (/ænˈtiːfə, ˈænti(ˌ)fə/) is a left-wing anti-fascist and anti-racist political movement in the United States. As a highly decentralized array of autonomous groups, antifa uses both nonviolent and violent direct action to achieve its aims. Much of antifa political activism is nonviolent, involving poster and flyer campaigns, mutual aid, speeches, protest marches, and community organizing. Some who identify as antifa also combat far-right extremists (such as neo-Nazis and white supremacists) and, at times, law enforcement, with tactics including digital activism, doxing, harassment, physical violence, and property damage.
And, even as I’m reading that extended description, I’m thinking, “propaganda.” Talk about fighting fire with fire. But I’m no expert, so I’ll just leave you with this quote:
Strange Bedfellows (first attributed to Charles Dudley Warner)
Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East this week is a reminder of how strange some political maneuvering really is: first Israel, then Palestine, and finally Saudi Arabia. What!? In the same week?
But none of this is news, even though the main stream media want to paint it that way. Whether Biden wants to admit it or not, he has echoed Trump’s meeting with Putin, where Putin said that he wasn’t responsible for some thing or another, and Trump agreed with him. MBS pulled that same stunt yesterday, and Biden reported what he’s said. The difference? I don’t think Biden bought the story.
Biden has a very thin tightrope to walk in the Middle East. He wants to rein in Iran’s nuclear capacities, and he needs Israel’s backing on that. But he also wants to show a humanitarian image in backing the ‘two nations’ fight by Palestinians. And, of course, he needs Saudi oil production to be increased, to drive down gas prices. In reality, this is the one that matters most back home in the States.
The MSM have been hacking away at Biden since he took office in January 2021. Now, because of the Saudis having blood on their collective hands (the Khashoggi murder), they’ve got something to complain about: Biden making any deals with the Kingdom leaders. I think this whole thing has been explored more than once, but George Orwell’s 1984 has done it best with wholesale flips of allies and enemies.
In the past three days, I have had more than a dozen spam emails purporting to be from different sources with an identical company image and notification number. I know DHL is an international service, but really? Who do they think they’re trying to fool?
I suppose the Amazon’s Prime Days have made more people vulnerable to the scam than usual, but I didn’t order anything, so I know that no one would be sending me anything. But it makes me wonder how many people fall victim to these scammers, because they think it works. (One of them had a Norwegian email address, another a German one, and a third wrote the English letters as if in Greek.)
And after last Friday’s Rogers’ outage, I am even more determined to be wary and aware. Beware, folks.
It may be too soon to tell, since the Tories will finally elect their next leader on September 9th but I like the odds of this happening. It feels a bit like Kamala Harris becoming Vice President of the United States. In other words, lightning striking twice…
Sunak‘s birth time is not known. (In my opinion, a prerequisite of public office should be the publication of birth details.) Most astrology sites will use dawn as the significant time, but here I have randomized the timing and then flipped AM to PM. That would make this chart more in line with his marriage at age 29 (Venus). There is a double Yod, with neither dependent on an exact birth time.
Sun Conjunct Mercury
You have a good mind, and you enjoy talking with people. A good conversation means more to you than many other things, but you may have one problem. This aspect indicates that you like to take the active role in any discussion; that is, you are a better talker than a listener. Even when you make a real effort to listen, your mind tends to wander to another topic or to your next remark. To a certain extent you can’t help this, but if you are conscious of it, you can prevent it from becoming a difficult problem. It may mean, however, that you can gain information more readily from reading than from listening to someone.
Sun Inconjunct Neptune
You are very sensitive to your environment and to the people around you. On one level of your being, you feel what is going on very acutely. Unfortunately your understanding often comes in terms that are very difficult to communicate to others, because their meaning is not clear in your own mind.
On the other hand, you can develop into a compassionate and understanding person who instinctively knows what others need and how to serve them. True selfless service to others, giving of yourself voluntarily rather than because you feel there is no choice, will make you feel good…
Sun Inconjunct Pluto
There will be many changes in your life, and you will be affected by deep psychological forces that may be difficult to understand at times, as well as confusing to the people around you. You approach people with great intensity, and your emotional involvements are seldom casual. Either you like people very much or you dislike them intensely. Possibly your attitudes on other matters will be extreme also. One of the most important lessons that you will have to learn is to be more moderate.
Mercury Inconjunct Neptune
The challenge of this aspect is to make your thinking and communication with others more clear. Your rational mind is strongly influenced by your sensitivity, imagination and ideals, although you aren’t always sure how this happens. You tend to spend too much time in your own imaginary world that no one else can share, and this confuses your dealings with others. You will have to learn to face reality, so that you can at least communicate with people. Otherwise you will have a very lonely life.
Mercury Inconjunct Pluto
You are likely to have some problems, but not serious ones, in communicating with others. The problem is that people’s first impression of you may not fit in with what you say or your manner of thinking and speaking. People tend to hear what they expect to hear, and they may not listen to you as carefully as they should. So you will have to be as clear as possible and insist that others listen to what you are really saying. If others do not understand you, it is up to you to set them straight.
(Ah, the politician’s curse, and blessing, no doubt.)
As far as memory banks go, I have an inkling that I remember reading about this case. It turns out that the convicted murderer, Ian Simms, died on June 24, 2022 without ever revealing the final resting place of his victim. He was convicted on DNA evidence alone, the first of its kind in the UK.
I started watching this series last night on Netflix. Its format allows for a very clear timeline of events, which then allows me to do ‘missing’ charts. This one hinges on the mother’s intuition that something was wrong @ 5:40 pm on that fateful day.
First, Let’s Meet Helen McCourt
This is a randomized chart. But I wasn’t surprised by the double-ended Yod focused on Mars and Saturn and supported by inconjuncts to the Moon and the Midheaven. The story of her life couldn’t be more clear. However, depending on the actual time of her birth, Helen’s only enduring inconjunct could be between Mars and Saturn.
Mars Inconjunct Saturn
This can be a difficult aspect because it signifies a conflict between your sense of responsibility and your desire to fulfill your own needs and do what you want. This leads to a struggle within you that may keep you from acting decisively. Instead of deciding what you will do, you feel caught between these two forces, wondering whether you have the right to do what you want. You may feel that others are trying to frustrate you, but it is only your own indecisiveness that is causing the trouble. Sometimes this conflict makes you very irritable and resentful about nothing in particular. Then, when someone happens to act in a way that is obviously annoying, you focus all your built-up anger on that person.
Sometimes with this aspect there really is someone in your life wo discourages you and makes you feel that your efforts are futile. You must learn to avoid negative people who make you feel bad about yourself.
The “Event”
Helen McCourt spoke with her mother Marie by telephone before 4:00 pm on 9 February 1988, shortly before she was due to leave work. She was planning to go out for the evening with her new boyfriend and wanted her tea ready earlier so she had time to wash her hair.
Two days before her disappearance, Helen had been involved in a heated argument with a woman in a pub called the George and Dragon (now the Billinge Arms). The landlord was Ian Simms, who was aged 31 at the time and married with two small children. After the argument, Simms had banned Helen from the pub and, according to several customers, had used obscene language about her and said how much he “hated” her. He had made repeated sexual advances to Helen which she had rejected, and also believed Helen knew about his affair with his 21-year-old mistress – who he had moved into the pub flat behind his wife’s back – and was gossiping about it.
Helen alighted from her bus around 5:15 pm and set off on the short journey home, a route that took her past the pub. Within minutes, a man getting off another bus heard a loud scream coming from the pub that was cut short. Helen has never been seen or heard from since that night.
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You can see by the lineup of the planets that the deck was stacked against her: Moon/Pluto opposite the Midheaven; Sun/Mercury opposite the Ascendant; Mars/Saturn/Uranus part of a Grand Trine with Jupiter and the Ascendant. I suspect the Universe had a hand in the ‘event’ in order to try out the use of DNA as proof in court (Jupiter). At any rate, blood, fibers and hair were enough to do the job.
Combining the Charts
Literally, it seems that Helen’s ending should not have happened this way. But the real truth would probably be revealed if we looked at this case from Ian Simms’ point-of-view. I might explore this case further. In the meantime, here’s the full episode for your viewing ‘pleasure’…
After watching yesterday’s hearing from the January 6th Select Committee, I got the distinct feeling that Trump didn’t really know what (or who) he was dealing with. It’s giving him far too much credit to suggest that he planned it all. Don’t get me wrong, he knew what his end game was, and there wasn’t any level to which he wouldn’t stoop to get the desired result, but the combined forces of militiamen and duped supporters were far more dangerous than he could ever imagine. Imagine: these were the people that loved him. And he told them that he loved them back. “Proud Boys: stand back and stand by…”
I originally combined these two charts yesterday before writing my post about Trump’s tweet. I decided to omit them, because I thought they might muddy the waters (especially since the slow moving planets had hardly shifted between the two dates). But, today, I feel ready to point out the obvious ‘trigger’: the ‘breach’ Moon @ 21° Libra 52′ conjunct the ‘tweet’ Ascendant and opposite the ‘tweet’ Mars. That, together with the ‘breach’ Ascendant opposing the ‘tweet’ Venus, shows how that ‘innocent’ internet message unleashed so much anger and frustration. The poison of the “Big Lie” had infected Trump supporters into going to war for him. The Oath Keepers must have switched their allegiance from their country to their Supreme Commander, and Trump must have known they were willing to die for him.
Trump should never be allowed anywhere near the White House again.
As far as lies go, this is the whopper that made Trump supporters decide to take the US Constitution into their own hands. He told them where and he told them when. Then he sat back and waited for the mob.
Make no mistake about it: this was timed to perfection: the Sun is exactly conjunct Mercury @ 27° Sagittarius. This is an arrow across the bow of the American ‘ship of state’. This is the warning shot of an American civil war. But no one thought it would result in the storming of the Capitol. Proof? Mars in Aries opposite the Libra Ascendant. You cannot get any clearer than that.
Venus Inconjunct Uranus
You feel mixed up about whether you want to be close to others or be free. When you are really close to a loved one, you feel smothered and want to get away by yourself to do what you want. But when you are alone and free to do what you want, you miss your loved ones and want to be with them. It will take you several years to understand yourself enough so that you can strike a balance between these two needs, so be patient.
Neptune Inconjunct Ascendant
This aspect can be a sign that you feel you must give way to others in order to get along with them. As you get older, if you do not learn to stand up for your rights, this problem will get worse, because you express your unconscious resentment as a martyred attitude, which makes it impossible for others to appreciate or use anything they get from you. Thus the results of your sacrifice are totally negative, because you are not happy with giving and they are not happy with receiving.
Mars Opposition Ascendant
This aspect can signify real problems in getting along with other people. You may be either the obvious cause of these problems or the apparent victim of them through other people.
In the first instance, the problem is your own aggressiveness and competitiveness. You see others as a challenge to prove yourself, and you may act very defensively, taking offense at the slightest unfavorable remark. And then you demand that the other person fight back, which may startle your opponent, who probably didn’t mean anything bad at all.
On the other hand, you may not consciously seek fights, but you seem to attract people who are very strong-willed and aggressive, often at your expense. Actually, these are the only people you respect, even though they give you a hard time.
Yes this last one definitely sounds like Trump. We should be grateful that it didn’t turn out worse than it did. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Would you buy a used car from this man?Patrick Brown has been ejected from the federal Conservative Party’s leadership race for ‘irregularities’. Hmm. This happened once before when he was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. That’s how Doug Ford became the leader and then elected Premier. Lightning seems to have struck twice, which is very suspicious to me.
No one knows Brown’s birth time, so I set the clock for noon to see what the energies were for that day. That double Yod pointing at Mercury and the Midheaven seems to be accurate, as does the Saturn conjunct the Leo Ascendant. People don’t like him and definitely don’t trust him as their leader.
Here’s why:
Mercury Conjunct Midheaven
Your most important task is to be disciplined, so that you can stick to a task long enough to get some real benefit from it. There is a danger that your interest in any subject will be shallow.
Another possible problem, which may seem less serious but is actually greater, is that you prefer to deal with the world through your mind rather than your feelings.
Mercury Inconjunct Neptune
The challenge of this aspect is to make your thinking and communication with others more clear. Your rational mind is strongly influenced by your sensitivity, imagination and ideals, although you aren’t always sure how this happens. You tend to spend too much time in your own imaginary world that no one else can share, and this confuses your dealings with others. You will have to learn to face reality, so that you can at least communicate with people. Otherwise you will have a very lonely life.
Mercury Inconjunct Pluto
You have a rather complicated and sometimes tricky mind. You usually prefer to do things in roundabout and involved ways instead of being simple and direct.
On another level, this aspect can mean that at certain times in your life you will go through tremendous psychological changes. All your thoughts and opinions will change completely. These stages may seem difficult, but you will be much better off if you let go of the past and welcome the new ideas.
Neptune Inconjunct Midheaven
You are very impressionable, in that you pick up the energies around you very quickly. Therefore it is very important that you be surrounded by wholesome influences in your early years, because negative influences will weaken your self-esteem and make it much more difficult to accomplish anything when you are older.
Pluto Inconjunct Midheaven
A problem that can arise if you are not treated properly is that you may withdraw into yourself and become very secretive, as though you have something to hide even when you don’t. This can make people distrust you.
Saturn Conjunct Ascendant
You may find it hard to simply relax and have a good time, but even if life seems to be hard sometimes, you should try to relax and enjoy yourself when you can. Otherwise, with this aspect you might become the type of person who always seems to put a damper on other people’s good spirits. You get so wrapped up in your own worries and responsibilities that you remind others of their own problems, even when they want to escape from them.
(Admittedly, only the inconjuncts to Mercury can be considered ‘factual’, but my feeling is that the rest apply as well.)
I wanted to see what the energies were when the announcement was made late last Tuesday night. I wasn’t surprised to see Saturn conjunct the Ascendant, again, this time in Aquarius. There are two inconjuncts: one connecting the Sun and the Midheaven, the other the Moon and Mars. Appropriate.
Now let’s compare the two charts together.
I love it when the combined charts take on a symmetry of their own. Brown’s natal Saturn/Ascendant is exactly opposed by the ‘event’ Saturn/Ascendant. Oh-ho, says I, he’s hoist on his own petard. And the Moon (representing ‘the public’) in the ‘event’ chart is conjunct Brown’s natal North Node. This is his destiny, for sure. Brown started out as an Member of Parliament for Barrie. He then became the Member of Provincial Parliament (in Ontario) for North Simcoe (with an office based in Midland). He became the leader of the Opposition that year, only to be undone by two scandals, the more serious being of a sexual nature. (The other scandal dealt with him singing up membership of the Progressive Conservatives by paying the fees himself. I thought for sure that he had done the same again, this time around, but it turned out that he had a volunteer paid by a separate business, including her expenses totaling $10K, That’s what the irregularity actually was, in the end.) He has been Mayor of Brampton ever since.
The lesson here is that you cannot take short-cuts, no matter how enticing they seem. You’ll get found out, and your work will all come to nothing…
This one came up as a suggested video on YouTube. There is enough vagueness in the event description to allow me some latitude in terms of date and timing. “Early 536 AD” let me choose the beginning of the month of February; the timing was randomized to see what jumped out at me. Here’s the full video:
Interesting, is it not? The double T-Squares, linking an (almost) exact conjunction between the Moon and Jupiter with oppositions to Saturn and Uranus on one side and Venus and Neptune on the other, should give us pause to consider the ramifications of a cosmic winter of (at least) 18 months. Like the “Day After Tomorrow” film, this could happen again, overnight.
Mercury Inconjunct Uranus
Your mind moves quickly from topic to topic, often without pausing long enough for you to understand what you have learned. And if there is a lot of excitement or activity around you, your mind may race so fast to keep up with it all that you work yourself into a state of nervous frenzy. Under these circumstances it is almost impossible for you to concentrate or do any useful mental work.
Yes, that sounds about right, doesn’t it? This is the implicit message that “Don’t Look Up” was trying to convey. It’s too late to worry about it now, isn’t it? We should have done something years ago.
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