Remember What I Said About Cycles Repeating?

Posted on April 4, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Redeeming Love (2022)

A family member recommended this film on Netflix. We watched it last night. There is no more a depressing story than that of a prostitute in goldrush California times. As a film, it takes its time to tell the tale of her degradation and eventual redemption, but it’s not much fun to watch.

When I started researching the plot, I found out rather quickly that the story is based on Hosea and his wife Gomer. (I should have noticed that the man’s name was Michael Hosea: that would have given me a clue, or two.) His wife, whom he redeemed from a house of prostitution, was called “Angel” and she had kept hidden her true name, Sarah. She left him twice, thinking that she wasn’t worthy of his love and that she could never give him children. Michael’s brother-in-law, Paul, finds her in San Francisco, after three years, and persuades her to return to Michael, in other words, to ‘come home.’

The echo of those times to now seems significant, doesn’t it?

Where “Angel” had been for the three years is as broad a hint as you can get in a film like this: San Francisco’s Magdalen Asylum. Oh-ho, says I, Jesus and Mary Magdalene! The Gospel story of him forgiving her is based on the Old Testament story of Hosea and Gomer. Who would’ve thought it?

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Caught Red-Handed with the Grapes

Posted on April 3, 2024 by cdsmiller17

When I came upon Chants, last night, in the kitchen, he stood statue-like, probably in the hopes that I hadn’t noticed what he was doing. I went a got my phone to capture the image, and he hadn’t moved a muscles.

Do you think he felt guilty?

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The Upcoming Solar Eclipse Begs the Question…

Posted on April 3, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Should I Stay or Should I Go? (The Clash – 1982)

This post is speculative. Ellie Dreams Down Under discussed the idea as to whether she should move away from her seaside town to a quieter (less touristy) old-fashioned Australian town. She says she’s been thinking about it a lot, lately. The solar eclipse may be prompting this decision.

Since Ellie didn’t ask for my opinion, I am doing this to demonstrate how a total eclipse can motivate anyone. Ellie’s Uranus/Pluto conjunction is Virgo is in opposition to the eclipse’s Mars/Saturn conjunction in Pisces. That’s the ‘should I stay/should I go?’ feeling she’s experiencing.

But she’s not the only one. Others will be asking this question in a more life or death situation.

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Can a Tarot Reader Show Discernment Even with a Bias?

Posted on April 2, 2024 by cdsmiller17

A friend and I were having a short discussion on Messenger, last night. He came across a video of Ellie Collins (probably the 5th one from the “Human Ascension with Ellie” series). He noted that she has a bias against Trump. (At this point, I felt like saying, “Who doesn’t?” but I kept my opinion to myself.)

I guess this comes from the ‘leader with five letters in his name’ being in an unholy alliance with ‘another leader with five letters in his name’ prophecy. My friend joked about the fact that she probably couldn’t count because Biden also has five letters in his name. (And, just to be clear, Ellie has stated that the US Presidents since 2008 all have had five letters in their names.) But only one has been associated with Putin, the presumed other leader. “No collusion, no collusion!”

In my friend’s opinion, someone who others look to for spiritual guidance needs to use discernment in all her dealings. I agree, but he hasn’t been watching her processes for the last year, as I’ve done.

In Ellie’s world, the Tarot cards are brilliant. They respond to her questions without hesitation, and if the question is biased, the cards will give Ellie a mixed message. If the questions are clear, the messages they give are also clear. In other words, be careful what you ask for.

Trump’s Two Cards

The overall proof that the cards are listening happens whenever she asks something about Trump. The first card is the King of Wands reversed.

This represents Trump, personally. The second card coming up frequently is the energy behind him.

So, is that clear enough?

Ellie herself says that the cards are “perfect”. But then she says that she, as the reader, can be mistaken. After all, she is only human.

What that implies is that anything that doesn’t suit the viewer can be ignored, especially when it runs counter to their own prejudices. We all have that ability. It’s called discernment.

Amen.

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When It Launched, People Thought It was a Prank

Posted on April 1, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Gmail (April 1, 2004)

It’s hard to believe that it has been 20 years since the launch of this email service. Twenty years!

I arbitrarily set the clock for 1 second past midnight PDT for the service launch, just to see what aspects were operating that day. I should have known that two inconjuncts were in operation, with only one lasting all day.

Sun Inconjunct Jupiter (definitely)

This can be an extremely useful aspect, if you learn to have more self-control in what you do. Jupiter is always high-spirited, wanting to do and encounter everything and enjoy life thoroughly. Yet in some combinations, it means that you are unwilling to work for what you want. You may feel that you are such a fine person that you deserve to have everything done for you. Certainly you are worthwhile in your own way, but that doesn’t give you a right to be taken care of without contributing your share. As with all Sun-Jupiter energies, if you learn to support others, to make them feel good and happy in your presence, you will get their support as well. Then there will always be someone to help you when you need it. But if you act arrogant[ly] toward others, they may not stay around to support you.

Saturn Inconjunct Ascendant (perhaps)

With this aspect you probably have a rather serious attitude toward life and other people. It may be quite difficult to simply go out and have a good time. You want to be serious and to spend all your time performing significant tasks. This attitude may have developed because you were discouraged from enjoying yourself when you were younger. You may have been made to feel that only work is important, that play serves no useful purpose. This is not true, however, because playing has a positive and useful function in the development of the adult mind and body. Not only does it serve to release tensions, but it also actually helps train you in social and physical skills that will be useful in any work you do later.

(Is it me, or do these descriptions fit the whole ethos at Google?)

So, not an April Fool’s prank, after all.

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Wait! Is This Supposed to be an April Fool’s Joke?

Posted on April 1, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Lenny Bruce (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966)

Honestly, I didn’t ever expect to look at this standup comedian. Of course, I knew about him, from the news stories, but, with such a passage of time, it was small reminder from the past that opened this door.

Like yesterday’s post about the Eiffel Tower, here is Yod pointing at Uranus, the revolutionary planet, but this time formed by inconjuncts to the Sun, Mercury and Neptune. I won’t delineate the aspects, because you can read about his life’s story, here.

No, the point of this post is the detail revealed in this recording from Simon and Garfunkel:

My curiosity was peaked by the detail in the 7 o’clock news that Lenny Bruce died that day. That meant I could work out when the newscast was aired on radio: August 3, 1966.

So, the joke (that isn’t funny) I mentioned in the title of this piece is that no matter how much time has passed, there are still wars going on, the US government can’t agree on things, people was still marching for equality, and a former president says things just to upset the press.

When will we ever learn?

Peace at last? Only when we’re dead.

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See How Much We’ve Grown…

Posted on March 31, 2024 by cdsmiller17
Picture courtesy of April Barber

Easter 2024.

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The Paris Skyline has an Eyeful Tower

Posted on March 31, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Eiffel Tower Opens (March 31, 1889)

The main structural work was completed at the end of March 1889 and, on 31 March, Eiffel celebrated by leading a group of government officials, accompanied by representatives of the press, to the top of the tower. Because the lifts were not yet in operation, the ascent was made by foot, and took over an hour, with Eiffel stopping frequently to explain various features. Most of the party chose to stop at the lower levels, but a few, including the structural engineer, Émile Nouguier, the head of construction, Jean Compagnon, the President of the City Council, and reporters from Le Figaro and Le Monde Illustré, completed the ascent. At 2:35 pm, Eiffel hoisted a large Tricolour to the accompaniment of a 25-gun salute fired at the first level.

Wikipedia

Interesting: the Yod pointing at Uranus, is formed by inconjuncts of Mercury, Venus and the Midheaven. Notice how the Sun and Moon are conjunct and widely in opposition to Uranus. These days the Tower is lit at night with the colours of the French flag.

I’ve been there and seen it during the day and during the night in the late 1980’s. It’s impressive.

It is also worth the trip, should you be so inclined.

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Well, That Was Unexpected: a Three Day Waiting Period

Posted on March 30, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Sol Invictus (winter solstice) = The Resurrection (spring equinox)

In the middle of the period between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, I watched a Facebook video of Ellie Collins’ new radio broadcast (Human Ascension) on KGRA Digital. Her search for the meaning of ‘amen’ led her to the conclusion that, at its base, it is a combination of Amun and Ra. Hmm.

So, not to put too fine a point on it, the entity Ahtun-Re is the source of many of the links connecting individuals in the present with their past lives. Is his name the same as Atum and Ra, as seen above?

Hmm, again.

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We’re Not Going to Live Forever

Posted on March 29, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Men’s Health

The British are more open about masculine intimate details than Americans or Canadians. I’m not sure why, but I suspect it has to do with their actors being more in touch with their feminine side.

Take an episode from The Graham Norton Show, featuring Alan Cumming, for example: Alan discussed scrotox. It’s a real thing, you can Google it, here. Unfortunately, the episode contains way too many other people, but I’ll share it starting at the 9 minute mark:

This put me in mind of a talk show I saw years ago, featuring Kenneth Williams. In it, he scandalously discussed the fact that aging has its own detriment: a saggy bottom. He said that no one warned him about that. (We can guess why, can’t we?) Here’s a rather long interview with Parkinson, from 1981:

Are we entertained? You bet we are.

But my point for even going here is the fact that being hyper-masculine is dying out. We can see the death throes, everywhere. Even men’s sperm count is declining at a faster rate than the experts predicted.

So, what is really going on? Some studies have suggested that plastics production is to blame.

Hmm.

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