ON A CELL PHONE, THE ADDED FEATURES (PLATFORMS, SHORT STORIES, YEAR AHEAD, ETC.) CAN BE ACCESSED FROM THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER (STACKED LINES). ALSO, THE ‘TRANSLATE’ & WORLD CLOCK WILL APPEAR AT THE BOTTOM.
在手機上，添加的功能（平臺，短篇小說，提前一年等） 可以從左上角訪問（堆疊線）。
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PREAMBLE:
A week or three ago I said the Elon Musk-Sam Altman AI court case would go nowhere. I just learned that the suit was initiated by Musk, so he will be the loser here.
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I really think the Jews in New York should buy guns with a conceal permit and pepper or bear spray.
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Don’t short the (stock) market before August 2027.
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Today I’m putting one of my short stories, “The Coming,” at the end of this column, in the AFTERAMBLE.
I’ve decided to put some of my short stories in the blog. I’m just going to put them after the weekly forecast as a kind of modified Afteramble or whatever. The first one, this week, is a kind of cosmic comedy. Some of the stories that I have are, to some readers — well, I admit to most readers — grizzly. So I am going to put the most gentle stories first. For my own sake, I hope you find them, if not enjoyable, at least intriguing. For humanity’s sake, I hope they have some idea or message to contribute.
WEEKLY FORECAST:
ARIES: March 21-April 19
It’s your last few days of focus on money and possessions, Aries. Wednesday begins a month of paperwork, communications and short trips. Earlier, Sun./Mon., three planets and the moon change signs. So a lot of “new waves” or influences starting. The two most obvious effects: 1) money will “rush” to you for the next six weeks (bank it, don’t spend) and 2) your home and family will be affectionate and pliable until June 13. Remember, your real estate luck is tremendous — but only for six more weeks. Sun./Mon. bring the paperwork, travel and communications mentioned above, and in a good way — but only with appreciable result Sunday morning (PDT). (Maybe a genius idea Sunday?) Suppertime Monday to Wednesday eve nudges you toward home, nature, rest. Give spouse, kids a hug or compliment. Destiny works for you Tuesday and pre-dawn Wednesday, but Tuesday isn’t easy. Beware fantasy: look practical reality right in the eye. Wednesday suppertime brings romance, creative surges, risk-taking, beauty and pleasure, through Friday. Again, beware fantasy — did he/she really shoot you that “come to me” look? (Etc.) Otherwise, though, a great interval. Tackle chores Sat. — they go slowly, perhaps because it’s hard to define what your work is.
TAURUS: April 20-May 20
You’re still on top, popular and filled with energetic determination, Taurus. But Wednesday starts a month that is more specialized, points toward money, income, possessions, casual sex and rote learning. The nice thing is, this will be a mellow phase, until late June. Well, maybe not that mellow, as feisty Mars travels through Taurus from this Monday to June’s end. This can make you more temperamental, impatient; it can draw the gov’t’s attention; and/or it can shunt you into a managerial role. (In a sense, it’s your choice.) Sunday/Monday point to shopping, collecting money, casual sex, and rote learning. However, although these are two smooth, satisfying days, only Sunday morning (PDT — afternoon EDT, all day in Europe) brings any lasting results. (So get up early!) Monday suppertime to Wed. eve accents communications, short trips and paperwork — remember, you’re still quite lucky in these areas, and with casual acquaintances, until, again, June’s end. Be cautious Tuesday to noon (PDT) — success after that. Home and family call Wed. eve through Fri. Mostly good stuff until Thursday afternoon (PDT) — stick to routine chores after that. Avoid a romantic fantasy. Saturday’s for romance and creativity.
GEMINI: May 21-June 20
Only four days left of a wearying, duty/work-filled month, Gemini. Late Wednesday, you begin a month of power, recognition, energy, charisma, effectiveness and clout. Don’t waste it! Approach others, state your case, ask favours. Your money/income luck remains solid and beneficial until late June. (Spend on household items now through June; spend on travel or a vehicle July onward (to July 2027). You’re going to become more talkative and restless over the next few weeks. Now to June 28, avoid sketchy venues and belligerent people. (This is the aspect under which Trump, a Gemini, was first shot in Butler, PA.) Your social life is expanding, but with “serious characters” or old people, and dreamy types. Your energy and charisma are high Sun./Mon., but only the first half of Sunday (PDT) yields lasting results. So act early, then tackle routine things until suppertime Monday, when a mellow mood and a money influence enters, to Wed. eve. Money matters run into obstacles Tuesday morning (PDT), then veer into big, good luck this night and pre-dawn Wed. Paperwork,, travel and communications fill Wednesday night through Friday. Mostly good stuff here, but avoid romantic fantasy. Be home, hug the family Saturday.
CANCER: June 21-July 22
The tail-end of a happy month comes Sunday to Wednesday, Cancer, with Wed. starting a new month of rest, quietude, low energy and low charisma, planning and liaising with gov’t or management levels. You remain very lucky, upbeat, and hard working. Venus in your sign will make you more “domestic” — and attractive, while Mars will continue some of the social vibes right into and through June. So the “restful” month ahead won’t be a deep withdrawal or dip in energy. Sun./Mon., though, are probably the deepest “rest days” off the weeks ahead. Lie low, seek advice, deal with bureaucrats, and plan. Best Sunday morning (PDT) but good for routine things after, into Monday. Your energy rises Monday eve to Wed. night. Careful Wednesday morning, when deception and obstacles exist. After this, good —even great — luck arrives. Buy/sell, pursue money, hug a “sometime lover,” and/or learn from studying, Wednesday night through Friday. Almost all good stuff here, but watch for love fantasies that are just that. Not good for buying films, audio-visual. Saturday brings errands, short trips, paperwork, communications and casual friends — nothing spectacular, so follow your curiosity.
LEO: July 23-Aug. 22
Your ambitions might ease a bit after Wednesday, Leo, because that day starts a month of socializing and popularity, optimism and wishes, entertainment and flirting. (Even earlier, Sunday/Monday give a “preview” of this “happiness phase.” — best actions/results will occur Sunday morning, PDT.) You’ll be happy! Now to late June, this, higher-ups can be harsh, impatient and temperamental. Be diplomatic, smile and help. Gov’t agencies will help you until mid-June. You might receive a call or text from a talkative, flirtatious person. Monday suppertime to Wednesday eve nudges you to retreat, rest, contemplate and plan. Careful Tuesday — obstacles, and intellectual confusion. (This night’s great, tho.) Your energy and charisma soar Wednesday eve through Friday — charge ahead, make contacts, see and be seen, start projects, ask favours. But take care Thursday night, Friday pre-dawn (PDT) — reject fantasy. Saturday, shop realistically, not indulgently.
VIRGO: Aug. 23-Sept. 22
A mellow, tolerant, thoughtful month will end Wednesday, Virgo, when a new month of ambition, prestige relations and worldly status begins. The next two weeks will bring a lot of career talk — and maybe an opening (upward) for you. A major influence will keep your ambitions and career healthy, but unpredictable and a bit stressful. (Note: TV increases stress; nature outdoors reduces it.) Your popularity buoys gently up until mid-June — an affectionate friend might grow closer. Your social life is very fortunate until June’s end — joining new groups now, will benefit you for years to come. Your financial and sexual forays need caution, depth and commitment, now to 2038. Either could lead to partnership, even marriage. Sunday/Monday focus on career, ambitions and worldly status. Charge ahead here Sunday morning (PDT — all day in Europe) — the rest of this interval is mellow, but bereft of lasting results. Monday eve to Wed. suppertime brings popularity, social delights, optimism and flirting — enjoy yourself! But be cautious Tuesday morning, when deception and refusal occur. Retreat from the fray Wed. eve through Friday. Rest, contemplate, plan, seek advice, deal with management or gov’t. Again, all is smooth, but avoid love fantasies. Your energy and charisma shoot skyward Saturday — early best (I.e., before 6 am PDT, 9 am EDT, etc.).
LIBRA: Sept. 23-Oct. 22
The end of mystery, the beginning of clarity and wide vision, begins Wednesday, Libra. Temptations will dissolve. Remember, your career and ambitions are very favoured (best in 12 years) until June’s end (and a bit in July). Contact important people, display your works/skills, especially next week and into June, when you’ll communicate well. (Bosses will look on you favourably this Tuesday to June 12.) Far travel, international contacts, higher learning, law and media loom importantly for the weeks ahead — and in a new, creative way that hasn’t been seen for over 8 decades. If single, love with a foreign-born person looks likely. Sunday/Monday emphasize all this a bit early, from foreign travel to law to media to love. But only Sunday morning (PDT) yields lasting results — so act early. Your career and ambitions are NOT favoured Tuesday morning (later, EDT, Europe, etc.) but they ARE favoured, very much so, later Tuesday to suppertime Wed. Popularity, social joys, flirting, optimism and anticipation fill Wednesday eve through Friday. A fairly positive interval, but don’t fantasize about love or marriage. Retreat Saturday, find a quiet place to rest, contemplate and plan your future.
SCORPIO: Oct. 23-Nov. 21
Wednesday starts a month of secrets, investigation, analysis, accounting, major finances and strong sexual desires, Scorpio. Sunday/Monday offer a “preview” of these interests — but only Sunday morning (PDT) favours creative action. After this, stick to routine tasks. One you’ve partnered with during the last 30 days might now be the one you share something much more private with. Work continues to be heavy, but the intensity leaves — this intensity now moves to your partnership sector until June’s end, requiring much diplomacy. (Or just get into a fight.) Your international, far travel, legal, publishing and learning zone remains super-lucky until June 30. Take advantage! Someone you admire intellectually might reveal a romantic interest — probably in you! Monday suppertime to Wed. eve brings far travel, law, learning, philosophy, media or gentle love — bad Tuesday morning, good this pm into Wed. Be ambitious Wednesday night through Friday. All good, but avoid fantasy and/or “liquid hazards” at your workplace. Saturday starts a very social weekend, though not an important one. Just flow with the flow.
SAGITTARIUS: Nov. 22-Dec. 21
A month of drudgery ends Wednesday, Sage, when a month of relationships, opportunities, fresh horizons and possible opposition begins. Actually, it begins with a “preview” of these things Sun./Mon. Only Sunday morning (PDT — afternoon EDT, until evening in Europe, to 3 am in China, etc.) — only Sunday morning yields lasting results, so tackle routine things after this. You remain super-lucky in finances and sex until June 30. Same period, work grows intense — follow safety rules, esp. around “hard” things — rocks, steel, etc. — and dust. Sexually, be prepared for enjoyment until mid-June — this period favours investments, too. Romance — hmmm — remains serious, consequential. But your partnership planet and your “friend” planet both crawl through your partnership sign now — the first until June 1, the second until 2038. Monday eve to Wed. eve highlights sex and finances: dig deep, research, be honest — bad luck before 1 pm PDT Tuesday, great luck afterwards. A mellow, tolerant mood flows over you Wed. night through Friday, when far travel, law, profound thoughts, gentle love, learning and media call you (or your heart). Good, but avoid fantasizing about sex and romance — you can have one, not both. Be ambitious Saturday, and thru the weekend.
CAPRICORN: Dec. 22-Jan. 20
Romance and creative urges fade a bit now, Cap, as a month of work and health concerns starts Wednesday. But relations generally will be gracious, affectionate until mid-June, and magnetic or intense until late June. So romance might fade, but attraction could actually grow. (So could argument, if you choose this path.) Sun./Mon. highlight the month ahead’s themes: work and health. But start early Sunday if you have anything complex or uncertain to tackle — you’ll likely solve it. But after lunchtime PDT, and Monday, results are elusive — stick to routine chores. Relationships, opportunities and relocation themes arise Monday night to Wednesday suppertime. Careful Tuesday morning — obstacles and deception — but this night is packed with good luck and opportunity. Late week, Wed. night through Friday, you might dive deeply into secrets, research, a sexual temptation, a large financial action, medical and lifestyle decisions. A good interval, but remain honest and avoid deception or fantasizing, esp. around partnering, love, money. Saturday starts a weekend of pleasure, beauty, charming kids — and (mild) romance.
AQUARIUS: Jan. 21-Feb. 18
You are coming out of a restful, quiet, domestic-leaning time on Wed., Aquarius, when you start a month of romance, beauty, pleasure, sports, games, charming kids, creativity and risk-taking. In some ways, the month that starts mid-week will be one of the most significant romantic (et al) times of a decade, perhaps of your life. For the first time in 84 years, Uranus, your planet, will be in Gemini, your romance sign. And there it will stay, for seven years. You remain lucky in work, health and machinery zones until June’s end. Also to June’s end, you can suffer friction at home — be gentle. Ordinary communications are a bit tough, but creative or romantic speech/writing will come naturally and easily, until May ends. Sun./Mon. provide a “preview” of the month ahead, emphasizing romance, creativity, a gambling urge — but act before 1 pm PDT Sunday. After this, stick to routine. Tackle chores Monday eve to Wednesday eve. Tuesday morning is bad — deception and delay — but this night into Wed. early morning holds opportunities, might be a good time to buy machinery. Exciting meetings come Wed. night through Fri. Don’t argue or press someone late Wednesday night (PDT) nor fall victim to romantic fantasy, inviting words, Thursday. Otherwise, relationships and opportunities abound — avoid opposition. Dive — cautiously — into major finances, sexual lures, medical and lifestyle decisions, and research, find valuable information, all weekend.
PISCES: Feb. 19-March 20
You’re leaving a restless month Wednesday, Pisces, and heading for home in the weeks ahead. Sunday/Monday are a precursor of the month that starts Wednesday — featuring home, kids, garden, security, mother nature, rest and planning. Expect lots of talk on the home front until May ends. Tackle anything challenging Sunday morning — after this, stick to routine. All’s well, but notice a new “feeling” in the home or family. This area is “awake” and perhaps a bit stressful, now to 2033. Your romantic and creative luck are very high until June’s end. Same period, you might talk too much, or drive recklessly. Monday suppertime (PDT) to Wednesday eve supports creative paths, romance, charming kids, beauty …but be careful Tuesday morning, when obstacles and indecision assault you. Tuesday night, next morning are very fortunate — charge after something, someone. Tackle chores Wednesday night through Friday. You’ll get a lot done, but avoid “impossible dreams,” esp. in romance. Saturday starts a weekend of relationships and (some) opportunity. Go slow, be diplomatic, be sure of the ground you’re standing on.
THE END.
AFTERAMBLE:
The first item below is a short story. My usual AFTERAMBLE items will be after the story. I might put a few more of these at the end of future columns. Please don’t email me and say: “Is that supposed to be you?” No, it’s a story!
THE COMING
A SHORT STORY BY TIM
Ben’s head began to shine. Not a “Brylcreem” shine, and not
because he was bald and began to oil his noggin. He saw it one
day in October as the first faint flakes of snow lazed their way to
the ground.
It was very soft and faint at first. Looking in the mirror, he
attributed it to cataracts in his eyes (although he was only thirty-
nine), to headlights out the window or the Sun casting a glow
behind him…
“Is my head shining?” He finally asked his wife.
“Only to you,” Rebecca said without looking up. She was
watching porn. She had read that women should do this to “catch
up.”
At work they took it in stride, even joked about it. “Hey,
Shinerola!” At first they were surprised, even astounded (after they
looked closely and could discover no source) but after a few days
they treated him casually again. Ben seldom had the presence of
mind to lie, so he just stood, speechless.
Or he quietly muttered, “It’ll go away soon.”
Weeks later the glow was as strong as the phosphorescence in
the ocean, but in the sunlight, it disappeared. So he took to
standing in the Sun, and cringed mildly at grey days.
But after awhile the light showed even in sunlight.
People began to follow him, at a distance, hesitantly, but he
could see them if he turned around quickly.
His stomach ballooned with fear and nausea as he woke, lying
on his bed.
“God, are you doing this to me?” (For he believed in God.)
There was no answer, so he rose from bed and stood at the
21window, clutching the sill. The earth, the blue morning and the old
shingled roofs seemed more vivid than usual.
“Am I supposed to do something? Have I done something
wrong?” He directed the thought at God.
A huge, silent voice filled the sky outside; filled the houses
and trees and street and the clouds with their pink and grey caves:
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, it said.
He didn’t ask, what did it mean? He didn’t know, but he felt
no curiosity. The voice didn’t allow curiosity. It merely was. Ben
didn’t move for a long while.
One day, having shaken off his silent pursuers, he sat in an
urban stairwell, just off the sidewalk. A man stumbled by. He
obviously had a neurological illness: his head trembled
uncontrollably, and his steps were jerky. Ben suddenly sensed that
he could cure this poor man. All he had to do was catch up to him
and touch him. He knew it in his heart, in his gut. But he hesitated:
it was an irrational act. People, even the poor afflicted man, would
think he was crazy. What if it didn’t work? Terrible visions
attacked him, of electroshock, extraction of his teeth, comatose
drug regimes, nuthouse windows with steel bars… So…he let the
man go.
At home, his wife complained about the light. How can I sleep
with that light in my eyes? How can you expect to make love with
that light watching? Maybe it’s — maybe you’re an alien.
Yes, dear, he sighed.
Now on the bus no one would sit beside him. In the street,
people stayed back and gawked. Wherever he went, 10, now 20,
now 100 people followed him. At work, they locked the crowd out,
but once the whistle went, a gathering was there, standing outside
the warehouse.
Then the watchers grew to a thousand, even thousands, filling
the streets in all directions, watching with astonishment. He tried to
go to work but he could not get through the crowds. People edged
closer to him, and the crowd followed. As he turned to walk home,
the people surrounded him like he was a finger, and they were the
ring. They filled his yard and the entire neighbourhood, like frogs
at mating time.
He sat on his front stairs, unhappily amazed. Suddenly, he
began to weep. Vendors crawled through the crowds, selling water
bottles. At separate corners, 2 hot dog stands appeared.
“Say something,” one or two in the crowd began. “Tell us!”
“Give us the word!” “Miracles! Miracles!” The crowd began to
chant.
He shook his head sadly. “I have nothing to tell you.”
“What? What? Why are you crying?”
He stood up. “YOU ARE NOT ALONE,” he shouted, though
he began almost in a whisper, and didn’t reach full volume until
“ALONE.”
A sigh or murmur eased through the crowd.
“What did he say?”
“What did he say?”
“What?”
“Oh my God. Oh my God.”
A wave pushed through the crowd, pressed toward him. Then
the reason for the push revealed itself: two Catholic priests
showed, with a third in tow, a higher-up, someone with
embroidered robes and a bright green satin cap. They pushed
through the crowd, and brought the bishop or whatever he was,
before Ben.
He’s not really an old man, thought Ben. He did not get to his
feet; he was too tired. What was the use? This forced the satin-
robed priest to stand a few steps down, to be level with Ben’s face.
Ben could see this angered the “bishop” and forced him to yell
above the general hubbub. But he used this bigger voice to ask
Ben, loudly, so the “congregation” could hear, a series of
questions.
“I don’t know,” Ben said, perhaps twenty times. The bishop or
whatever he was, exasperated, sighed and turned toward the crowd,
23as if for an explanation.
Finally he turned angrily toward Ben and said, “Don’t you
have ANYTHING to say?”
“YOU ARE NOT ALONE,” Ben shouted angrily, more loudly
than he had intended, jumping to his feet, ready to sock the damn
priest. It was as if someone else lifted his throat. The words
expanded and filled the air around him. The crowd surged forward
until the priests were swallowed up. Helicopters began to circle the
event.
In the weeks that followed, Ben became a world phenomenon,
his shining head featured on every tv station. Celebrities flew him
everywhere. He didn’t like this, because he had nothing to say,
which made it awkward on the planes. Hopeful tv pundits, political
campaigners and influencers tried to adopt him, everyday offering
him gourmet meals with wine, and 5-star hotel suites befitting a
celebrity. Ben was naturally shy, so he accepted these invitations,
then wished he hadn’t when the benefactors wanted him to
converse with them. After awhile, all he would say is, “You are not
alone.”
He asked his wife to accompany him to all these places, these
huge cities and strange countries. (Yet in every country, he looked
into the firm eyes of the men, and the open eyes of the women, and
he couldn’t separate himself. When he looked at an Arab, for
instance, he thought, felt, Arabian. Just as easily, a week later he
“was” Chinese.)
But she refused. “I’ll be here when you’re finished,” she said. “But I can’t sleep with that light on.”
Almost nightly, the news carried live footage of the crowds
that coalesced around whatever hotel or billionaire’s mansion he
was in. Half of New Yorkers left their work and homes to see him,
filling hundreds of city blocks; the other half scoffed and tended to
their trading platforms. In Berlin, London, Rome, Tokyo, it was the
same.
Always they wanted a speech, but he didn’t know what to say,
and thought if he started rambling, he’d just say stupid things. So
he just repeated the one phrase that seemed to work: ‘YOU ARE24NOT ALONE.”
On Christmas Day he was shot. His wife came to the hospital
in France. “It’s that damn light,” she said. “I’m giving it to you
when I die,” he said with a smile. Then he died.
The American President, being a spiritual man, had someone
call a respected D.C. pathologist and order him to bring staff and
equipment to Air Force One, stat.
In Paris, the pathologist and his six assistants worked on Ben’s
body for 43 hours. (The President left after 2 hours.) “Okay, Stop!”
he said at last. “Clean up your work, preserve what’s worth
preserving, monos on your findings, soon, please. Maintain
ongoing tests.”
A short, well-groomed mam crept up behind him. “Ow ar you,
Mon Ami?”
“Capitaine! You startled me.”
“It is my job, no? Our occupations form us.” But his curious
eyes lit on the doctor.
The pathologist shrugged, defeated. “Nothing. Nada. No light.
Evidently it didn’t go out right away. It was a kind of halo, it
bounced around for a minute, then disappeared.”
“With his soul, Mon Ami?”
“Perhaps.”
“Il fait — one should always keep their soul.”
“Yes.”
“Anything with the cadaver?”
“Nada. We’re waiting on some tests, but I expect little from
them.”
”Humph. Weird, comme tu dites.”
“Yep. Velly weird.”
Two centuries away, the aliens floated toward Earth. In their
mind-language, one thought:
“Should we light another one ?”
“Naw, let’s do more of those holograms they call UFOs.”
THE END.
AFTERAMBLE ITEMS:
I told you US Senator leader John Thune would be an either conscious or unconscious enemy to his leader, Trump. Now it turns out that Thune has repeatedly refused to bring the Voting Rights Act for a vote in the Senate – I think the commentator said since last February or December. This is the bill that would require people to have ID showing they are American if they want to vote – I think a drivers license is sufficient.
The Democrats don’t want this law, because it would possibly disenfranchise a lot of their voters. But Donald and the Republicans can only benefit from such a law. It seems this bill is a clear cut winner for the Republican Party who now hold a slim majority in both houses. John Thune is a Republican and the head of the Senate. Why then is he blocking a law that would be so favourable to his party? Perhaps he’s afraid that passing the law this early before the midterms, would slowly prejudice people against it, given the certainty that the left will attack it repeatedly, and spread fears about it without any facts or justification. Thune is a Capricorn, a sign that is very attuned to time and timing.
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My biggest regret, now at 77, is that I never really learned anything in depth. A typical Gemini, I know a little bit about 1000 things but almost nothing about one thing. I’m going to start reading history before I’m too old. Kind of an odd pursuit for someone who constantly writes about the future… Oh well, it is what it is.
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The New York Post has accused New York Mayor Mamdani of crossing the line of decency in criticizing the billionaires of New York. When you see phrases like that, “crossing a line of decency” in politics or war, it’s a symptom of sophistication, and it’s worst manifestation: weakness, loss of native vigour accompanied by loss or weakness of desire, of a willingness to fight for something. Lines of decency are delicate, spider lines, beautiful when necklaced by drops of dew in the morning sun, but fragile when youth or enemies run through them.
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The present political climate in the US is like a disease. No one really caused it. It’s like King Lear said: “ when the gods wish to destroy a man, first they drive him mad.” This works on both a micro and macro scale. It aptly describes the would-be Trump assassin of April.
On a macro scale, and in historical distance, this madness came like a stroke of lightning. Many wise people are puzzled by the present political extremes.
Only superficially can we cast blame on the Americans themselves. This little chunk of history, which I said before started in 1984, but intensified some years ago when Pluto returned to Capricorn, has the odour of destiny written all over it.
Yes, the Americans character is involved in this self-destruction, its tendency to overdo and over–own with a constant tussle between enthusiasm and intelligence. So on the one hand, there will always be these kinds of schisms and skirmishes, rising up like little hillocks across the plains. But this is a major one, as big as the Civil War and in deeper reaches more important than that war.
Although the American character was definitely used by destiny to affect the changes we are seeing, destiny simply exploited a flaw in the collective American character. The flaw was always there; but fate/destiny decided to trigger it now. I call it destiny, but it may simply be something that occurs. The curious thing is, it’s occurring at the one time in 247 years when Pluto has returned to the spot where it was when America was born. — And opposite the spot where Pluto was when the Civil War occurred.
The last Pluto return (Nov. 1983) had the Moon’s north node in Gemini and the south in Sagittarius. I recently told you I believed the USA‘s rising sign was Sagittarius. I still see evidence for that. Now I just have to figure out how the south lunar node might affect America.
In many personal lives, when the south note contacts the rising sign we are often presented with luscious temptations that are actually dead ends. But you don’t reach the dead end until you have encountered unexpected problems. Each one seems to promise that if you solve it, you will then grab the object of your desire. But these problems never stop until you’re ready to abandon the temptation. For some people and some projects this can take years.
But this south node in Sagittarius didn’t have anything to do with the USA birthday or birth chart. It was the predictive chart for the 247 years following 1984, affecting the whole world.
Still, there is some overlay, some connection there. Don’t know what it is.
Maybe it means destiny – the Pluto return – will constantly challenge the USA, until approximately 2229 A.D.
It certainly seems beset with them now. For America, I think the major change will come to the bureaucracy and the management of people. This is a perfect challenge for the US with its individualism and love of freedom.
As I said before, a new America is being born.
***
The world should take note of what’s occurring in the US.
The present divisions of left and right, the seemingly crazy acts, and beliefs and stances MIGHT be some temporary aberration which the US will spring back from soon.
This time of the division is actually more important than the one that created the Civil War. Not that I think there will be armies, fighting armies,. One of the manifestations of this division is the election of Mamdani in New York City. He is unabashedly socialist/communist.
The growing power of the socialist, basically the progressive side of the Democrat party, is now clashing with the conservative of the Republicans. They both have very different views in the most abstract, far flowing way. Basically, it seems to me that the Democrats want to grant everyone freedom, while the Republicans want everyone to earn freedom or pay for it in some manner.
The Civil War occurred when Pluto opposed its birth position, putting the emphasis on fighting or a major struggle. The present struggle is more interior,, more mixed into a melange — and more significant, because Pluto now conjuncts its birth position, which causes not war, but a New Birth. The USA will come out of this a different nation, and will fulfil my 1984 prediction that both communism and democracy will tend to merge into a new kind of government. This massive change will reach a kind of full development now to 2043.
***
The other day this guy says the American public is like a huge moderator. It pulls back from extremes. If so, the Republicans should take the looming midterms. I should try to draw birth chart for both parties, to see whether one or the other might be favoured in November. But I’m too old and uninterested to do so.
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I think they will develop a ray that will kill people, but not harm most objects. They might even refine it to one that will kill people, but not nearby animals.