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    As scientists around the world employ artificial intelligence to communicate with elephants, bees, and whales, a breakthrough in interspecies communication has been made possible by technological advancements in AI.... a German research team is using artificial intelligence to decode patterns in nonhuman sound. Nov. 1 https://bit.ly/3TWQfCF     The phases of the Moon are among the most reliable indicators of events on earth. A Moon phase can act as a local “step down transformer” for powerful energies generated by far away stars and planets that it aspects. To understand how their energies are focused at any place of interest astrologers routinely draw charts of monthly lunations.  A chart for the First Quarter Moon of Nov. 1 drawn for Berlin, Germany has the Sun-Moon square straddling the horizon building up to form a T-square with Saturn-Uranus also on the horizon axis. Among other things a Saturn-Uranus combination is about technological or scientifi...

    Perseus Freeing Andromeda (Rubens) While Europe continues the unvarnished hypocrisy of pretending it is imposing draconian sanctions against Russian oil and gas, when instead it is merely buying the country's natural resources via such middlemen as India and China (an exercise in virtue signaling that costs it a 20% mark-up to Russian prices), less than a year since the start of the Ukraine war, some countries have had enough of pretending. Today, the Japanese government decided to officially screw the sanctions, and remain involved in the (formerly Exxon-led) Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project in Russia, as it seeks a stable supply of energy (who doesn't) despite international sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, the Nikkei reported. Nov.1 https://bit.ly/3DPyMWV     To understand the current developments in the context of Japan’s mundane chart, an earlier post Will Japan remain a US vassal ? [1] is a must read.     A study of a national ch...

  “The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.” Albert Camus’, The Myth of Sisyphus Lula wins but his room for maneuver will be limited by powerful forces aligned against his Global South agenda. Luis Ignacio “Lula” da Silva may be the ultimate 21st century political comeback kid. At 77, fit and sharp, leading an alliance of 10 political parties, he has just been elected as Brazilian president for what will be a de facto third term after his first two from 2003 to 2010. http://thesaker.is/comeback-kid-lula-in-the-eye-of-a-volcano/     Pepe Escobar, the author of the article, goes on to state:  Lula’s Sisyphean task starts now.... he will face a deeply hostile Congress and Senate and even Bolsonarist governors, including in the most powerful state of the federat...

  The Festival of Dionysus At least 151 people were killed and 150 others were injured after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital of Seoul, South Korean officials said. https://bit.ly/3WeZ1xi     The Solar Eclipse of October 25 at 2º00’ Scorpio is applying closely to a conjunction with Venus at 2º39’ Scorpio. The reanimation of Venus by the Sun on October 22 marked a point of renewal in our relationship with Venus, the planet we associate with enjoyment. Experiences of various forms of Venus (revelry here), for example, can bring release as part of the regeneration underway.   On Oct. 28, Jupiter re-entered Pisces in retrograde motion coming together with Neptune again within seven degrees in the same sign. Astrologers have connected Pisces and Neptune to the god Dionysus. In his destruction of form, we see the dissolving and death of Pisces necessary to prepare for the equinox birth of ...

      As cyclone Sitrang battered parts of Bangladesh on Monday, at least nine people lost their lives, including three members of a family in Cumilla, two in Bhola and one each in Narail, Shariatpur, Barguna and Dhaka. Most deaths were reported after uprooted trees fell on them. Following the casualties, a monitoring cell by the Fire Service and Civil Defence was made functional. https://bit.ly/3DJzmpl Mundane Astrology is the application of astrology to world affairs and world events , taking its name from the Roman word Mundus , meaning "the World". Among the horoscopes used are those of eclipses, ingresses, lunations, exact planetary aspects etc. Like in any other branch of astrology, the four angles created by the horizon and meridian are of paramount importance. The four important angles on a chart are the Ascendant (cusp of the 1st house) Descendant (cusp of the 7th house), Midheaven (cusp of the 10th house) and IC (cusp of the 4th house). Planets and star const...

  The US-led West’s Golden Billion and their proxies in Kiev have all scoffed at Russia’s dire warning shared at the highest levels of newly restored world power’s military–diplomatic leadership over the past few days that a dirty bomb false flag provocation is being plotted against it. According to this New Cold War bloc, it’s actually Moscow that’s supposedly orchestrating all of this behind the scenes in order to invent the pretext for escalating its special operation in that crumbling former Soviet Republic...The very fact that Russia’s warning about Kiev’s false flag dirty bomb provocation is so credible speaks to just how ideologically radical the US’ ruling Democrat elite have become that they’re seriously countenancing this scenario in order to cling to power ahead of the midterms and the 2024 elections. Oct.25 https://bit.ly/3sEFlVO   Many astrologers regard the horoscope of the leader as the horoscope of the nation during the leader’s tenure. So in order to unders...

Warrior Orion and the charging Bull In a wholly unexpected development, given that until just yesterday any prominent person wishing to talk Ukraine peace plan possibilities or who expressed hope for a negotiated end to the war was denounced and shouted down as a 'Kremlin agent', a group of 30 House Democrats is now urging the Biden administration to pursue a diplomatic track with Moscow.   The Washington Post, which detailed the contents of a letter sent to President Biden by the Congressional Dems, underscored they are calling for the US to "dramatically shift" its strategy on the Ukraine war for the first time, with the grinding conflict now reaching the eight-month mark. Oct 25 https://bit.ly/3FdG8ES     Columba - the Dove Events on earth reflect changes in the sky. The news of Democrats urging the administration to avoid war comes just as Mars prepares to station retrograde on Oct. 30. Mars loses his steam for aggressive action when it turns retrograde and m...

    New island rising from ocean   Chinese former leader Hu Jintao has been led out of the closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress. The frail-looking 79-year-old was sitting beside President Xi Jinping when he was escorted away by officials. There has been no official statement by the Chinese government concerning the incident, but state news agency Xinhua said Mr Hu had not been feeling well. The footage of Mr Hu being asked to leave the stage is drawing global attention as people try to work out what happened, says the BBC's China correspondent, Stephen McDonell.  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63358627     The use of solar return charts in astrology can be a great tool for understanding events. What is a solar return chart? A solar return chart is erected for the exact moment when the Sun returns to its position in the natal chart. Properly understood, the solar return chart indicates what themes will be important over the comi...

  Ceres - the Goddess of grain Millions of British households are being forced to skip meals or buy cheaper food due to the rising cost of basic products, a consumer watchdog group has said, citing a new poll. More than eight in 10 people in the UK (85%) are changing their eating habits in response to the rising cost of living, consumer champion Which? said on Thursday. The most popular way of coping with inflation is to seek promotional offers, which is what more than half (55%) of the respondents reported doing. https://bit.ly/3CTcAth     For mundane astrologers, the most important chart is a country’s national chart. C.E.O. Carter and H.S. Green among other pioneers have used national charts extensively in the first half of the last century. Unfortunately, despite advances in techniques, not many modern mundane astrologers are willing to continue with the methods used by the pioneers. If we remember that a national chart is much like an individual’s chart, all met...

    A common error that astrology practitioners make when analyzing events is giving too much importance to (a) a slow moving transit or even (b) the event chart.   This should be easy to understand with an example. According to reports Liz Truss resigned at 1:34 pm BST on 20.10.22. Here is the chart for the resignation. The MC is just about 3 degrees away from triggering the Saturn-Uranus-Node T-square so the event chart is certainly meaningful. Among other things, a Saturn-Uranus activation does mean a sudden removal of a leader. But the same chart would apply to the previous day or the next day within +/- 4 minutes. So shouldn’t we treat the event chart as the minute or second hand of the cosmic clock? Where then is the hour hand? Some astrologers have referred to transit Uranus [17ta42] conjunct Truss’ Mars [17ta29] as the primary indicator for her resignation. That again is certainly not correct since Uranus has been retrograding very slowly over her Mars for...