Democracy: Is it okay to…

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Trish and Rob

I would like to believe there’s something in trump’s natal chart and the transits to it that portends the end off his administration before the 2020 election. I would like to see some massive explosion to his chart, something that forever removes it – and him – from our collective awareness. I’ve looked for these indicators before and have pinpointed  dates and events that approached and passed without much impact to his chart or to him. He really is the teflon guy. Regardless off what outrageous thing he says or does, his  approval rating remains slightly above 40 percent.

This figure comes from 538, whose statistics I trust most of the time.  Today, July 28, they have his approval rating at 42.5 percent, an average based on various polls you can see at their website. As of 2018, the population of the U.S. was 327.2 million. That means that more than 140 million people in this country approve of trump. Granted, not all of them vote, but honestly, if that number is anywhere near right, what country do I live in?

Do these 140 million people think it’s okay for children to be held at the border in cages, without proper food, without a toothbrush or soap, some of them so young they have other children taking care of them? Do these people believe it’s fine to have a liar, racist and mysoginist for president? This man’s administration has raised the deficit to 3 TRILLION (so much for Republican fiscal conservatism), has trashed health care, denies that climate change is real, appointed every swamp monster to his cabinet, many of whom have been removed due to ethical violations and outright crimes, and has created chaos in world markets.

These 140 million plus Americans have been conned by the biggest con man of all times.

I used to think trump was just stupid. I still think that, but even stupid people have strengths and his are TV and Twitter. The Apprentice made You’re fired a kind of meme. His Twitter rants are daily news. He has his enablers, too, Mitch McConnell, who just blocked two bills in the senate concerning election security, and most of the Republicans in the senate. And of course he has his behind-the-scenes enablers – Putin, the Saudis.

I think what we’re seeing is the old paradigm rearing up and declaring that it won’t go out with a whimper, that white men must always rule, that women and their bodies must be commandeered by these white man, and that they’re jamming the courts at ever level with their brethren to make sure they’ve got the three branches of government in their pockets.

Democracy is headed toward an Apocalypse, a type of government that has horrifying parallels to Fascism, but which may be some new type of nightmare that surpasses anything adolf  envisioned. And the Democrats are dragging their collective feet about impeachment because they know the senate won’t convict.

But so what? At least get the process going so we can see everything that’s been hidden.

If internment camps like what we now have at the borders are in the future for the more than 157 million who disapprove of trump, then we deserve to know that so that we can make alternate plans for our own futures. In fact, many of us are already making those plans. What are yours?

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Serial Baldies

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Trish and Rob

A fringe issue? Thanks to Alejandro Rojas for posting this photo. Notice that besides the three seemingly identical (from behind) men with white fringes and tan heads, there are two more baldies in front of them. One has a dark fringe, the other appears to have a shaved head. 

Breaking the pattern, the driver has hair and a beard, which is visible in the mirror in front of him. We can only wonder about the person who took the pic.

These kind of serial coincidences are baffling. We featured another one a couple of years ago that showed four or five people, men and women, all wearing white t-shirts with black horizontal stripes. As for a meaning, I would say it’s about awareness of the unusual. How many would sit on the bus in the back and not even notice. Fortunately, the photographer tuned into the pattern. 

Random or something more?

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When Mercury retro ends, it’s time to impeach!

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Trish and Rob

How has Mercury retro treated YOU? Let us know.

Since this retro also included a challenging lunar eclipse in Capricorn, I’m curious to hear how the retro has been for other people. We took a car trip  to Georgia to see my sister and her family and the actual car trip was fine – no breakdowns, no flats, no engines blowing up. BUT…

On a global scale, we had the Mueller hearing about his 22-month report. What I took away from it was that the Russian hacking of the 2016 election is ongoing. That trump wasn’t exonerated of anything, that Mueller couldn’t charge him with anything because DOJ policy says you can’t indict a sitting president. In other words, a sitting prez can do virtually anything and get away with it – until he’s out of office, then he can be indicted.

Imagine the uproar if this was Obama.

The senate doesn’t give a damn about election security. Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell just blocked two election security bills from a vote. Why? Because he knows the russians helped get trump elected? Because the repubs would love another boost from them in 2020?

Pelosi still hasn’t budged on impeachment. Foolish. If trump is never held accountable for anything, he’ll keep on breaking laws, obstructing justice, putting kids in cages at the border, shout that more caravans of illegal immigrants are coming, and generally go bonkers on twitter.

The dems are weak, spineless, and no longer know who or what they stand for. The repubs have no moral compass. trump marches on, eroding democracy and herding the country closer and closer to Fascism.

My hope is that something in this grim picture will change, however slightly, once Mercury turns direct. Like:  more than half of dems in the house sign on for impeachment even if dies in the senate. Forget political expediency. It’s time to do what’s right. START AN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

 

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The Compressor

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Trish and Rob

 

A few months after Irma hit us in 2017, our AC died. You really can’t live in South Florida without air conditioning during the hot months, so we called our AC company. The news wasn’t good – the unit needed to be replaced. Less than a year later, the new AC stopped working.

The technician – Dustin – who came by the house took the whole thing apart and announced we needed a new compressor. Since the unit was still new, he suggested we email Trane to find out if we could get a partial refund. I emailed them and they did refund about a third of the cost. Four months later, the AC unit started making weird sounds, the same thing it had done when the compressor had gone out. Rob called and the tech said he had two other stops to make, but would be by tonight. Free of charge. The technician was Dustin. It was also ten o’clock at night.

“Wow,” I said as he went to work. “Talk about dedicated. I hope you’re getting double time for this. What were your other calls tonight?”

“One was a clogged line, like what you guys have. The other was a compressor I have to put in tomorrow. This woman just lost her husband this morning. And then the compressor on her AC goes a few hours later. I’m thinking, Lady, go buy a Lottery ticket because your luck’s got to change.”

Rob and I looked at each other, recognizing the synchronicity. We’ve written about clocks stopping when a loved one dies, about car batteries failing before hearing about a death, about certain books falling at someone’s feet shortly before or after a loved one dies. We’ve heard about animal messengers – birds, butterflies, white feathers – connected to the passing of a loved one. But an AC compressor is a first.

Just look at the symbolism. From a website  on what a compressor does: “

“In simple terms, an A/C Compressor is a pump. The compressor is the ‘heart’ of the air conditioning system, moving refrigerant through the system. … Refrigerant is ‘sucked’ into the compressor, compressed, and ‘discharged’ through the outlet, headed for the condenser.”

In other words, the compressor is the heart and breath of an AC unit, the same processes that help keep us alive.

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Sun Salute

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Trish and Rob

 

Here’s a good morning from the inner world. A salute to the sun and maybe a message to look within for answers.

Skeptics call these marvels of nature that resemble something familiar as pareidolia, defined as a type of illusion or misperception involving a vague or obscure stimulus being perceived as something clear and distinct.

They apparently are concerned that we might read too much into such an image and delude ourselves. But for me finding symbolism in nature and making personal interpretations , and possibly receiving guidance, is preferable to ignoring them as meaningless.  Your thoughts?

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EXPEDITION UNKNOWN goes to the Bermuda Triangle

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Trish and Rob

 

 

The image above shows a thunderstorm sweeping across the Atlantic toward Key Biscayne and the lighthouse where I was perched high above the water. I was there to be interviewed by Josh Gates of the Discovery Channel’s Expedition Unknown. The show was working on an episode about the Bermuda Triangle. Josh picked me (Rob) to open up the show with him from atop the lighthouse after a referral from Dave Shrader of Beyond the Darkness Radio.

The interview was pretty basic. Since I’d co-authored two Bermuda Triangle-related books,  he started out by asking me to define the B.T.—where it is and what it is. We talked some about the origins going back to 1492 and Colombus’s first voyage to the New World.  We also talked about the theories and I told him that I had been somewhat skeptical about the BT until I started researching stories and hearing some first-hand encounters, such as the ones by my co-author Bruce Gernon.

We did take after take with slightly different wordings or postures. At times, it was more like acting than being interviewed. But it was a lot of fun.

Josh’s last question to me prompted a startling synchronicity. He asked  if I’d ever had a Bermuda Triangle experience myself. In fact, I had. It was on a flight from Andros Island in the Bahamas to West Palm Beach with Trish and Bruce and his wife, Lynn. The flight had followed interviews Bruce and I had done for the History Channel’s UFO Hunters. We took off, flew out over the Tongue of the Ocean, the 6,500-foot trench on the west side of the island, after circling past the U.S. Navy base on the island, known as AUTEC, Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation Center.

The GPS screen showed a string of Bahama Islands spreading out to the west toward Florida. Abruptly, the navigation system shut down. No more islands, no more GPS. Just as I said the system shut down, a booming peal of thunder startled us. Josh was amazed and quickly check with the sound guy to make sure he recorded the boom and he asked the two cameramen if they had turned and filmed the approaching storm.

I continued the story, explaining that fortunately Bruce is a very experienced pilot and was able to find the way back to Florida without getting confused or lost. Curiously, as we passed over the mainland, the GPS screen popped back up. The next day, Bruce had the system checked and it was found to be in perfect order.

If you’ve ever seen an episode of Expedition Unknown, you probably know that Josh Gates likes to push it to the edge and he has found himself in some dangerous and precarious situations. So it wasn’t surprising when he continued the interview, repeating segments of it over and over—seeking the perfect combination of picture and sound—as the storm moved our way. By the end, the storm hit us as lightning flashed and thunder rumbled and we were still doing takes literally shouting above the storm. That’s just the way he likes it! It was fun, a little scary, and we were both very wet as we wrapped.

After the shoot was over, I told Robert Vanover, the chief producer, about the timing of the initial blast of thunder, and he responded: “Synchronicity!”

Josh Gates: Expedition Unknown

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The Beauty of 11, 111, 11:11

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Trish and Rob

Ah, those 11s, 111s, 1111s. I love synchronicities that involve these numbers. They’ve held different meanings over the years – spirit contact, that I’m on the right track with a project, that I’m exactly where I should be in a relationship or situation. Our friend Melissa sees these numbers frequently and associates them with her cat, who passed last year. What the numbers mean to any individual depends on what’s going on when they occur.

So here’s what was happening. Nancy Pickard and I trade ideas about our respective novels and how they relate to Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat books. There’s a cat book for script writing and a cat book for writing a novel, but both use the same “beats” and provide the page number where a particular scene should occur. For a 400-page novel, the beats occur later than in a script of 110 pages.

Nancy and I were both trying to find the right logline for our respective novels. After she helped me with mine yesterday, she sent me hers today. In both instances, our novels are already underway and we needed a blueprint of what the stories are about.

Here’s what we decided on for mine:

The island home of a reluctant psychic is invaded by people with terrifying powers from centuries in the future. She discovers their brilliant, misguided leader is her descendant, fleeing a world devastated by climate change, and that he will seize the island unless she can defeat him – by joining him.

It’s 50 words. Nancy thought hers should be shorter. Here it is:

A chemist fired from his dream job, an athlete who is viciously injured, a faithful husband accused of infidelity, a secret poet who is stymied at every turn when she tries to save her dying little town–the four of them are old friends who feel like failures. But when a desperate girl tries to kill herself at the same spot where a  popular friend of theirs died twenty years ago, they begin to wonder if there is a connection between those kids and their own stories, and together, they launch a dangerous search to identify their hidden enemy–and the motive–before other lives, and their home town, are destroyed.

When I read it, I thought it was perfect, but wondered if there could be a way to shorten it by starting with the protagonist – the poet. But the more I read it, the more perfect it seemed. I did a word count: 111 words. My phone buzzed as I was doing that and I glanced at it. The time was exactly 11:11.

To me, this synchronicity indicated her logline was perfect. Don’t change a thing! I wrote her, and explained why.

If you Google these numbers, you’ll find all kinds of meanings. But in the end, the only meaning that matters is yours and it will be obvious if you’re paying attention to what you’re doing, thinking, or saying at the time.

 

P.S. As I put this on the dashboard to be published, I noticed it’s the 11th post in the lineup for publication. I think that officially makes this a cluster.

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Viper hits a viper!

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Trish and Rob

This is a strange visual synchronicity: a disc golf disc called Viper actually strikes a viper. This is how Manual Tavares of  Odessa, Texas explains what happened:

“Threw my Viper off the tee pad on Com South 19 and the wind got it and it spike hyzered left of the basket in the brush. I heard the rattle and as I got closer this is what I found. A rattlesnake under my disc. It must have spiked it just under the head because it was not moving it’s head area at all. The skin was even ripped from the muscle. Craziest thing I’ve ever seen or heard of.”

While putting this post together, I Googled viper and this came up. Double synchro!

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Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Trish and Rob

 

Here comes the month’s second eclipse – a lunar eclipse in Capricorn. This one may be rough. Not only is Mercury retrograde, but Pluto is conjunct this eclipse, which could result in power struggles. Saturn is widely conjunct the eclipse degree, so the power struggles could be with someone who has authority over you – a boss, employer, parent.

Uranus, the planet that represents sudden, unexpected events that can be jarring, forms a challenging angle to Mercury and to Mars. There could be problems with a contractual agreement, communication project, or with travel plans. You won’t be thinking as clearly as you usually do. Tempers may be short, particularly on the road, so be vigilant for careless drivers and stick to the speed limit.

Full moons often live up to their lore – ask anyone who has worked in an emergency room about the crazies who appear on full moon days – and since the moon will be eclipsed, that craziness factor may be multiplied. Best to lay low on July 16, mind your own business, and avoid confrontations. Remember: this too shall pass.

Check out the July forecast in the masthead for a description of this eclipse’s impact on your sign.

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Indiana Jones and the Space Between

Posted on July 13, 2019 by Trish and Rob

“The space between…is the space that lies between the observer and the observed; it is the space of the creative act that brings a poem or painting to life.” – F. David Peat, Pathways of Chance

In The Seven Secrets of Synchronicity, we designated Secret 4 as The Creative. We could’ve called it ‘imagination,’ which is the essence of creativity. But imagination is a somewhat vague term with a variety of meanings. Imagination can be defined as a phantasm or an irrational notion. Ie. It’s your imagination. So we stuck with The Creative.

Recently, I came across a great example, or actually a series of examples, of how creativity generates synchronicities that serve as guidance on the creative path. But it’s also an example of how imagination might actually start out as an irrational notion. In this case, what might’ve seemed a phantasm came full circle to fruition as a creative accomplishment.

These synchros were described by Dale Dassel, a frequent visitor to the blog and an ardent fan of all that is related to the Indiana Jones saga. Ten years ago, at a time when Dale was captivated by an Indiana Jones computer game called, The Fate of Atlantis, he was struck by inspiration as he drove one day on his morning commute. The first line of a novel, adapted from the computer game story, flashed into his mind.

Indiana Jones crawled through the narrow tunnel, aiming a thick electric flashlight into the darkness.

Dale jotted it down on a piece of paper and stuffed it in his pocket. Great idea, he thought, then realized that he would have to write the entire novel. It was a long game and he thought it would take forever, especially since he’s a perfectionist. For many people, that would be the end of it. After all, it would be a fan novel, one that would be offered free on the internet at fan sites. It would take a long time to complete, and there would be no financial benefits. Yet Dale pursued the inspired notion.

“…as I drove down the street, the scene continued to play like a movie inside my head. I could see Indy clambering through that dusty passage leading to God-knows-where, and the words escalated into a torrent that literally would not stop. I had to pull over and commit them to paper before I forgot anything. I’d been writing since I was a kid, but never before had I experienced such an overwhelming flood of excitement for a story. Creatively, my mind was on fire. By that afternoon, I was practically bursting with zeal to leave work and start writing in earnest.”

When he arrived home, he was eager to begin writing. He stepped inside and was astonished to see the word ATLANTIS on the TV screen. It was a commercial for the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas! “It was a sign from the universe, confirming that I was meant to write the Fate of Atlantis novel!”

A month later, he was driving his car, en route to Home Depot, and obsessing with details of a particular scene that takes place on the island of Crete. He entered the parking lot of Home Depot, passed a series of wooden sheds, turned a corner, and there was a semi truck occupying the space where he usually parked. To his astonishment, the word CRETE was displayed in bold red letters across the side of the truck. Another synchro, another sign that he should continue his creative pursuit.

A few weeks later, he decided to see if he could get a vanity license plate with the word ATLANTIS to commemorate his all-time favorite game and his new passion, the novel. He requested ATLNTIS or ATLNTS. Both were already taken. The clerk told him to try again later and so he returned on his birthday and requested: ATLANTS. Once again, taken.

A few months later, he was behind the wheel again when he pulled up behind the minivan at the traffic light and was astonished to see that its plate read: ATLNTIS. “I was floored. What are the odds that, in the *entire* state, I see the exact vanity tag that I tried in vain to secure? How about the odds that the person driving that vehicle lived in my city? Positively astronomical. It was yet another friendly nudge from the cosmos, assuring me that I was on the right path.”

Dale full story about the magic related to his creative endeavor can be found here at deviantart.com. He goes on tell more synchronicities related to the actress Julianne Moore, who he envisioned as the model for his character named Sophia.

Dale posted his Fate of Atlantis novelization online in June 2013, four years after he was struck with that flash of inspiration.

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