“The words are not good for the secret meaning, everything always becomes a bit different, as soon as it is put into words, gets distorted a bit, a bit silly—yes, and this is also very good, and I like it a lot, I also very much agree with this, that this what is one man’s treasure and wisdom always sounds like foolishness to another person.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
There is so much hype about Chat GPT and other chatboxes nowadays. There are FB ads that proclaim that AI can write 10 ebooks a week for a person or that it can make one a millionaire in no time at all through stock trading or whatever. Chatboxes are being bandied about as the answer… Continue reading How reliable is AI or Chat GPT and other chatboxes?
Pluto's entry into Aquarius is a significant astrological event, as Pluto represents transformation, power, regeneration, and deep societal change, while Aquarius is associated with innovation, revolution, collective ideals, and humanitarianism. The last time Pluto was in Aquarius was from 1777 to 1798, a period marked by the American and French Revolutions, the rise of Enlightenment… Continue reading Pluto in Aquarius: Trump and the Russia-Ukraine war.
When Pluto entered Aquarius on November 19th, 2024, it will stay for almost twenty years, until Jan 19, 2044. The transit of Pluto into Aquarius is a significant astrological event, as Pluto's slow orbit means it spends about 20 years in each zodiac sign, bringing deep and transformative change to the themes of that sign.… Continue reading Pluto in Aquarius
I owed Henry an article. I told him I'd write about him for a magazine but that magazine closed shop before I could do a piece on him. We already started the preliminary interview at his usual hang-out at the Promenade in Greenhills. Just recently, he asked me to write in his blog. Unfortunately, I… Continue reading Henry Palacios: Farewell, mate!
It is Graduation time again in the Philippines. Young graduates are now about to be thrown into the real world, a world where people work for money, for fulfillment or even for just killing time. As a guide to the graduates, I am posting here an article I wrote for Mr. & Ms. magazine: “Whatever… Continue reading The Midheaven and Your Career Path
“A physician without knowledge of astrology has no right to call himself a physician” – Hippocrates (born ca. 400 BC) Astrology was studied and respected in the ancient Egyptian civilization, in the Greek and Roman civilizations, in the old Islamic civilization, and in the Renaissance. In 1125, the chair of Astrology was founded at… Continue reading ASTROLOGY and HEALTH
Postprandial Musings, 2.0 