It’s part of a plot development going forward for the next season of Outlander. (Spoiler alert:) When Claire first had her baby, Faith, she sang “I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside” to her. We see this in retrospect from Season 2. Then Claire hears Frances singing this song quietly to herself, a lightbulb goes off in her head. How could this young girl know a song from the 20th Century? Coincidently, Frances’ mother’s name was Faith, too. Ah, so. Faith hadn’t died, after all. And Frances must be Claire and Jamie’s granddaughter. What a twist of fate!
Starting from the chorus, this song has a certain rhythm to it that put me in mind of another song:
The Sherman Brothers must have unconsciously borrowed the music hall hit from 1906 and updated it to “Jolly Holliday” almost 60 years later.
Even Linda McCartney got in on the act, by borrowing on the title: B-Side To Seaside.
Can we take this latest disclosure seriously? The image of an egg-like structure being transported by helicopter is a case in point. Most insiders are afraid to come forward with their testimony about a secret UAP retrieval program because they risk becoming targets of those who want to keep this away from exposure. They’re the chickens. The egg is the hidden artifact. As Chicken Little would say, “The sky is falling!”
Indira Gandhi Become Prime Minister (January 19, 1966)
I wrote about Mrs Gandhi a few years ago. Today is a significant day in her life story, so I’m adding a chart for the day she became Prime Minister of India.
When the day came for Indira to assume the mantel of government, the event Sun was transiting her natal Moon. That has to be significant, does it not? The event Moon, meantime, was transiting her natal North Node. The event’s South Node was midway between her natal Sun/Mercury conjunction, and the event Mars was opposite her natal Leo Ascendant. It’s all very auspicious. Her time had definitely come.
Well, I’ll be damned, here comes your ghost again But that’s not unusual It’s just that the moon is full, and you happened to call And here I sit, hand on the telephone, hearing a voice I’d known A couple of light years ago, heading straight for a fall
As I remember, your eyes were bluer than Robin’s eggs My poetry was lousy, you said, “Where are you calling from?” A booth in the Midwest Ten years ago, I bought you some cufflinks You brought me something We both know what memories can bring They bring diamonds and rust
Well, you burst on the scene already a legend The unwashed phenomenon, the original vagabond, you strayed into my arms And there you stayed, temporarily lost at sea, the Madonna was yours for free Yes, the girl on the half-shell could keep you unharmed
Now I see you standing with brown leaves falling around and snow in your hair Now you’re smiling out the window of that crummy hotel over Washington Square Our breath comes out in white clouds, mingles and hangs in the air
Speaking strictly for me, we both could have died then and there
Now you’re telling me, you’re not nostalgic Then give me another word for it, you were so good with words And at keeping things vague ‘Cause I need some of that vagueness now, it’s all come back too clearly Yes I loved you dearly And if you’re offering me diamonds and rust, I’ve already paid
I watched the first half of her documentary, “I Am a Noise” yesterday. It was the phrase she used in discussing her relationship with Dylan that made my astrological ears perk up. She said that meeting him brought out the mothering side of her nature. Huh!?
So, first we have to look at her birth chart, and, not surprising there are two inconjuncts (from the Moon and Pluto) forming a Yod pointing at the Midheaven. There is a secondary inconjunct linking Venus and Uranus. The North Node conjunct the Descendant, with the South Node conjunct the Ascendant suggests that this isn’t her first rodeo. Neptune is also in opposition to the Aries Ascendant, which implies that she was a reluctant performer, preferring to be a dancer rather than a singer.
Because they were born only four-and-a-half months apart, their slower outer planets are going to be very close. The (not so) surprising aspect was the conjunction of his Sun to her Moon @ 3° Gemini.
Sun/Moon
This is the classic compatibility combination, with the masculine and positive Sun joined to his natural mate, the feminine, receptive and passive Moon. The forces represented by the luminaries complement each other, just as Night complements Day.
In the marriage relationship the man’s Sun can bring significance and illumination to the woman’s Moon, encouraging her to take pleasure in playing the role of wife, while the woman’s Moon can magnetically draw out the solar qualities that fit her partner to play the husband’s role.
Synastry: Understanding Human Relations Through Astrology (page 102) by Ronald Davison – Auruora Press, New York (1983)
I’ve had these hearing aids for almost 18 months. This is my review of them.
Even before I bought them, I had an aversion to sticking ‘things’ in my ears. But, to keep up with technology, I got myself a pair of earbuds to connect me directly to my Samsung mobile phone.
What I hadn’t realized is that the hearing aids are Bluetooth connected to my phone. That means I can have a two-way conversation with a caller, but only have one side of the communication be heard in the room. The only problem with that is that on Messenger calls I have to turn the Bluetooth connection off to share the verbal part with my wife, Susan. And my dog can’t hear anyone say, “Hi, Buddy!”
In our home, my having hearing aids means that Susan no longer has to shout to make herself heard and understood. Unless I happen to be watching a video on Facebook or YouTube and then she’s in competition with whatever I’m listening to. Just last night, for example, I was watching a video of a Hawaiian volcano that my sister, Anne, filmed; she added the Adele track “Set Fire to the Rain” (from 2011). The song was so captivating that I couldn’t take my ears away from it, much to Susan’s frustration.
Out in public, the hearing aids add a dimension to my hearing that isn’t always welcome, especially when I’m in a restaurant: I can hear EVERYTHING. I know that the control for my hearing aids has different settings, but every one of them brings the same overwhelming noise. It makes quiet conversations almost impossible. That’s when I take them out of my ears and leave them out until it’s time to go.
Family get-togethers are the final ‘problem’. Because the hearing aids pick up almost everything in audible range, I can listen in to conversations from the other side of the room. Sometimes, that’s not a good idea, especially when Susan wants to recount a bit of gossip or secret news she’s heard: I’m tempted to say, “I know, I heard it, too.” But then, I stop myself because that would spoil her fun.
Would I recommend hearing aids? Of course, especially if your hearing has deteriorated over time (I blame playing an electric guitar in a rock band in my teens). If you can stand your ears itching from the buds in them, you will thrive. After all, we all want to live our best lives.
Recent rightwing media outlets are publicizing the fact that NVIDIA is intending to built a half-billion supercomputer factory in Israel. The leftwing media is ignoring this. That raises a question mark in my mind.
This chart is randomized. The Cancer Mars in the 1st House (of Personality) in opposition to the Uranus/Neptune conjunction in the Capricorn 7th House (of Open Enemies) shows the astrological ‘purpose’ of this corporation: it’s a defiant middle finger to the established tech giants of that time frame.
And then they went public. There’s Mars again, this time in a Libra 7th House inconjunct to a Pisces 1st House Jupiter. This aspect would be active all day. Let’s look at that, shall we?
Mars Inconjunct Jupiter
With this aspect you probably are quite active, with abundant energy for anything you want to do. But you must learn to control your energies rather than have them control you. You may be inclined to take excessive risks, to try out things that you are not sure you can do. But be careful, because with this aspect the energies of Mars and Jupiter do not work very smoothly together. If you overextend yourself and try to do more than you are physically capable of, you may have an accident. Also you may be clumsy when you take up a new activity until you learn to control your physical body better.
Planets in Youth (page 228) by Robert Hand (1977)
Now, you have to take this aspect with a grain of salt: it was not intended to describe a corporate entity nor the stocks and shares thereof. The last ten years have shown a considerable amount of financial growth, especially in 2023. But this may be the only tech giant to basically ignore Trump’s 2nd term.
I took this photo in the fall. While looking for an illustration for today’s post, I remembered it. Symbolic, eh?
My computer program has a chart for the beginning of Canada as an independent country. Of course, that’s the simple way of looking at it, when in fact it was a law passed in the British Parliament that ‘allowed’ Canada to be born. The British North America Act did it.
Those two Yods explain a lot. One is pointed at Jupiter, the other, at Saturn. Hmm. Church and State, again. And the South Node @ 17° Pisces reminds me that the Star of Bethlehem was formed by Jupiter and Saturn being conjunct on or about this same degree in Pisces.
It’s a little bit early to be predicting who will be our next Prime Minister, since the Liberals haven’t even chosen their next leader yet, but, as an exercise in astrological prognostication, I thought I would compare Canada’s ‘birth’ chart with Mark Carney’s and Pierre Poilievre’s.
At first glance I really like the look of the connections between these two charts. Carney is going to be popular, with the Moon in the 12th House (of the Unconscious) of Canada. But logically, that’s a given.
The question is: will he be the right man to lead Canada at this volatile time?
Dare I say it? Pierre Poilievre looks to be destined to become Prime Minister in 2025. His links to Canada look karmic, especially the North and South Nodes in his chart are just over 4° from Canada’s.
Even the country’s Saturn is closer to Poilievre’s Uranus, that it is to Carney’s Neptune. And, as proof of what we have seen for the past few years, Poilievre’s Mars is within 2° of Canada’s Pluto @ 15° Taurus.
Carney talked about Poilievre being a lifelong politician, the Sun/Mercury conjunction in Gemini is split by Canada’s Venus. And just to show that Carney isn’t the only one who is popular, especially among Conservatives, Poilievre has his Moon in Virgo in the country’s 12th House, too.
Conclusion
In a head-to-head matchup between Carney and Poilievre, either one could lead their party to an General Election victory. The only thing going against Mark Carney is the country being tired of the Liberal brand of politics. After almost 10 years, people want a change.
Just two months from his 60th birthday, Mark Carney is expected to throw his political hat into the ring to become leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, today. From a running start, he will be the oldest Prime Minister in recent history. Will that gravitas make him electable? Or are we just ready for someone with a sense of humour, for a change?
Let’s look at his rectified birth chart, shall we?
I set the time so that Venus would appear at about age 33 when he married his wife. Hmm. The 1st House/7th House oppositions seem to speak volumes of his work as an economist. Would that make him an effective Prime Minister? I’m not entirely sure. Mercury at his 9th House cusp of 15° Aries is inconjunct to the Mars/Uranus/Pluto conjunction in Virgo. He may surprise all of us.
We watched this film on Prime Video last night. It was set in 1974, during the height of the IRA trying to liberate Northern Ireland from the British, through terrorist bombing and sectarian intimidation.
It’s a bit of ancient history, but “The Troubles” are a minefield of questionable choices and problematic results. This film gives us but a glimpse into that dichotomy. Strangely enough, Liam Neeson’s accent was the only one I didn’t have a problem with. He was probably the only actor in this film from Northern Ireland. The rest were mostly from the Republic of Ireland.
As the story is set in Donegal, just outside the western border of Northern Ireland, it makes sense that Finbar Murphy’s best friend was a Garda constable. But he managed to keep his double life a secret from him as well, until the end.
As with all violent shows, there are moments of pathos and self-reflection. This one has it in spades.
Finbar practices shooting while his constable friend looks on. (c) The Samuel Goldwyn Company
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