How the Chinese Snuck Up on the World’s Chat Apps

Posted on January 29, 2025 by cdsmiller17

DeepSeek (January 10, 2025)

They say that the Chinese have ingenuity. What they also have is the ability to spy on western industries and ‘borrow’ ideas (and even computer programs). The chosen icon for the DeepSeek app is a whale. Hmm.

On January 10th, this year, DeepSeek offered a free app for the public to download its chat program. Within two weeks, this program became the most popular addition to the world’s downloads.

I suspect the event Mars being in opposition to both Sun and Pluto gave this program its aggressive action against other chat programs. At the same time, there is an inconjunct linking the Moon and Mercury. That may be significant.

Moon Inconjunct Mercury

You [the public] shouldn’t allow your feelings to overrun your reason. The best thing to do whenever there seems to be a conflict between these two areas is to not make a decision immediately. Reflect and wait for further information that might help you make up your mind.

Planets in Youth (page 116) by Robert Hand (1977)

That whale has swallowed the competition.

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When a Newscaster Decides He’s Had Enough

Posted on January 29, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Jim Acosta (April 17, 1971)

When CNN offered him a move to the midnight slot, Jim Acosta decided to quit instead. That takes courage. Since Acosta’s birth time is unknown, I randomized it.

There are two inconjuncts, both of which would remain for the whole day, so time is irrelevant here.

Sun Inconjunct Pluto

You have a very strong will and can be quite stubborn, even when you don’t have any particular reason to be. It is as if you automatically resist any pressure to act in a particular way, even if you know it is good for you. This may arise from a fear of being controlled, helpless or manipulated by anyone else.

You are very serious for your age, perhaps too much so, for taking everything very seriously can destroy much of the joy in life. Not all encounters are important and require you to put yourself on the line, although you may try to live that way.

Planets in Youth (page 95) by Robert Hand (1977)

Mercury Inconjunct Neptune

Sometimes this aspect means that you are so nervously sensitive that you pick up all the negative psychology energies around you and react to them very strongly. If this is true for you, the only way to deal with it is to be moved to a peaceful, positive environment. If there is too much noise or too many bad vibrations in your life, you will withdraw more and more and refuse to face reality.

Your self-confidence needs to be built up as much as possible so that you can face people without fear, tell the truth about yourself and be honest in other ways as well.

Ibid (page 169)

Acosta’s Final Signoff from CNN (January 28, 2025)

This is the first minute of the final hour of his broadcast. Neptune had just transited the Pisces Ascendant and there is an overload of planets and lights in the 11th and 12th Houses. Acosta’s natal Pluto is (almost) exactly in opposition to the transiting Neptune. Thereby hangs the tale. Hmm.

Happy trails, amigo.

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What a Planetary Alignment Looks Like in Astrology

Posted on January 28, 2025 by cdsmiller17

January 25, 2025

There’s been a lot of hoo-ha about the night sky last Saturday. This is just the beginning, because there will be an even greater spectacular sight in late February.

Here’s the chart I raised for the local time of 8 pm.

Interestingly, there are three inconjuncts, two of which form a Yod pointing at the Moon (which was not visible at the time of viewing). If the Moon had been visible, it is doubtful that any of the planets would have been visible at all.

Planetary Alignment (February 28, 2025)

Here’s what that chart looks like:

I set the clock for 6 pm, when the Sun would be setting in the western sky. Notice how, in more than a month, Venus has moved on to almost 11° Aries, leaving Mercury, Saturn and Neptune behind in Pisces. Because the Sun and the Moon are also in Pisces, this becomes an interesting line-up of energies, all in the 7th House (of Open Enemies and Relationships). Hmm.

There now is only one inconjunct.

Venus Inconjunct Ascendant

You should realize that others will respect you if you stand up for yourself and ask for a reasonable return in a relationship. If you constantly seem to be apologizing for who and what you are, people begin to wonder if they have overlooked something that is wrong with you, and they begin to lose confidence in you. Thus you may bring about the criticism that you are afraid of. You are as good and as worthy of being loved as anyone. Be yourself with others, and many people will love you.

Planets in Youth (page 209) by Robert Hand (1977)

“When the Moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with Mars. Then peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars.” (“Aquarius” from “Hair”)

Is this a collective message for mankind?

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Does It Fit the Description of the Chariot in Ezekiel?

Posted on January 27, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Plasmoids Over New Jersey

They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. They also say that people will see what they want to see, despite ‘proof’ to the contrary. I guess it’s time to tackle this situation head-on.

Ezek 1:4 I looked, and lo, a stormy wind came sweeping out of the north—a huge cloud and flashing fire, surrounded by a radiance; and in the center of it, in the center of the fire, a gleam as of amber.

The Torah.com

Obviously, none of this is new: for example, I saw in a photograph of ‘something’ in the evening sky in 2017, a structure that (under magnification) appeared as a Merkaba. In spiritual terms, this is a vehicle for visiting the earthly plane, without fear of crashing and burning. But now the question is being asked: are these angels?

What do you think?

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There was an Earlier JFK Assassination Attempt?

Posted on January 27, 2025 by cdsmiller17

On December 11, 1960 in Palm Beach, Florida

I never knew about this assassination attempt. But the next day two planes colliding into each other and crashing onto a New York City street probably kept the story off the front pages of the national news.

Here’s a look at the moment that Richard Pavlick changed his mind:

Venus on the Ascendant is Jackie Kennedy in this chart. Pavlick’s seeing her and the kids stopped him.

Shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday, December 11, as Kennedy was preparing to leave for Mass at St. Edward Church in Palm Beach, Pavlick waited in his dynamite-laden car hoping to detonate his 1950 Buick to cause a fatal explosion. However, Pavlick changed his mind after seeing Kennedy with his wife, Jacqueline, and the couple’s two small children. Pavlick said, “I did not want to harm her or the children.” While waiting for another opportunity over the next few days, Pavlick visited the church to learn its interior, but the Secret Service had informed local Palm Beach police to look out for Pavlick’s automobile.

Wikipedia

The things we do for love.

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The Miracle of Childbirth with the Help of IVF

Posted on January 26, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Joy (2024)

We probably couldn’t have picked a better day to watch this Netflix film: a great grandson in our extended family tree was born earlier in the morning. And because we all take the propagation of the species to be a given, it is sobering to be reminded that it isn’t so simple for some mothers.

This is based on the true story of the conception and birth of the world’s first “test-tube baby” Louise Joy Brown in 1978.

Louise Joy Brown (July 25, 1978)

Louise was born by Caesarian, at a time chosen by her doctor, but her birth chart is still quite informative.

Note that there are NO inconjuncts. What you see is what you get, folks. Mercury and Saturn are closely conjunct and that may represent the birth of in vitro fertilization, itself.

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Paranoia: This Show is All About a Storm in a…

Posted on January 25, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Teacup (2024)

This is a human horror show about alien visitors. We’re halfway through the first (and only) season. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone, unless you’re interested in how paranoia can spread in a small rural community in the southern United States.

In episode 5, “I’m a Witness to the Sickness” Travis explains how he became a believer in the evil presence in their neighbourhood. It’s a study in how a person can get sucked into a vortex of conspiracy theories and otherworldly events. It doesn’t end well.

Sometimes, you have to wonder why shows such as this one are put out for public consumption. My only guess is that it is a harbinger to a supposed disclosure of an alien ‘invasion’. We are being primed to fight with all our might against ‘them’. Well, that may be the disinformation speaking.

But who really knows?

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My Buddy, Patiently Waiting Me to Stop Working

Posted on January 24, 2025 by cdsmiller17
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Well, That’s a Surprise! Now There’s an Online App for It

Posted on January 24, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Close Encounters of the 5th Kind (CE5)

I’ve been meditating since the late 1980’s. I was taught how to do it in our local Fountain group in the UK. In essence, one goes into a form of self-hypnosis in order to connect with (hopefully) divine energies. It is a form of prayer, but without pleading for riches or fame. It’s a form of dialog with God.

However, these days, it’s become more about contacting UFOs and having the ‘alien’ craft do your bidding. Well, that’s probably what the intention is, but the reality is that it’s a two-way street.

I know it works, based on the second-hand information that my eldest daughter provided. She and a group of like-minded individuals used to camp out (mostly during the summer months) and invite the occupants of UFOs to show themselves. Then blinking lights would appear on the horizon, and provide the group with some kind of confirmation of their existence. She shared a video with me, once, and I can attest to the fact that the lights seemed to be responsive to their collective thoughts.

I have never been in doubt that UFOs exist, but my understanding of the phenomenon may be skewed to my own biases. (Nothing new there.) It is only more recently that the Orbs, of New Jersey, in particular, have woken people up to the fact that these ‘craft’ may in fact be angelic beings. So, we are in safe hands, and we are definitely not on our own.

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It Took Sixteen Years to Solve This Double Murder

Posted on January 23, 2025 by cdsmiller17

The Breakthrough (2025)

We watched this limited series on Netflix last night. There are some questionable plot holes, but that goes with the territory when a story starts in 2004 and is finally finished in 2020.

I, for one, completely understand the power of DNA genealogy. The fact that the local police didn’t make use of it until 2020 shouldn’t be a surprise. The apprehension of the Golden State killer in the States opened up the whole idea of using family trees to aid the police in investigation of a crime.

The Real Double Murder (October 19, 2004)

The double murder of 8-year-old Mohammed Ammouri and 56-year-old Anna-Lena Svensson occurred on October 19th, 2004, in Linköping, Sweden. Both were stabbed to death at Åsgatan in Linköping. The murders remained unsolved and with no suspects for 16 years until the new method of ancestorial DNA was used. In June 2020, a suspect was arrested and later found guilty of the murders and sentenced to psychiatric care indefinitely. It was the first time in Swedish history that the method of ancestorial DNA was used to solve any murder or other crime in Sweden.

Wikipedia

This is the chart for the double murder. Scorpio Ascendant conjunct the South Node and Mercury tells the tale. Neptune in opposition to the Midheaven tells the rest of the story. There is one inconjunct:

Jupiter Inconjunct Uranus

You will always need freedom, but you will also discover that what you do with your life will have meaning only if it means something to others. This is not an artificial rule but a truth that you will discover within yourself. When you do, you may become heavily involved in some social movement that advocates unusual ideas or ways of thinking. When you are an adult, you may join a movement for social reform and change.

Planets in Youth (page 266) by Robert Hand (1977)

That social reform may be DNA profiling of all citizens of the world, thereby opening us up to a whole New World Order. Hmm.

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