Alex Miller, Author at Alex's Asteroid Astrology

September 20th, 2026 at 01:50pm by Alex Miller

US Midterm Election Preview, Part Two: This Time, It’s Senatorial

Although, barring an Act of God or a flagrant abuse of power, a Democrat takeover of the US House of Representatives in the Midterm Elections on November 3^rd seems assured, given the mood of the country, control of the Senate is much less certain. That the Upper Chamber is in play at all is due solely to the incompetence, venality, and narcissistic focus of Donald J. Trump, who continues to spread anarchy, instability and failure to any and all who come into contact with him, regardless of Party affiliation.

September 11th, 2026 at 08:36am by Alex Miller

Garden Glimpses: Waning Summer, Waxing Fall

Frankly, August can be a bummer in the garden. The floral exuberance of high summer is past, and autumn’s bright colors aren’t yet on the horizon. For a more traditional gardener, August presents unique challenges in finding plant material that will offer bloom, without relying on expensive annuals that need to be replaced yearly.

But for yours truly, with 60-70% of the garden populated by native perennials, the situation isn’t quite so dire. It’s taken six years, but my vision of a native meadow with continual revolving bloom is finally taking shape.

September 5th, 2026 at 09:09am by Alex Miller

US Midterm Election Preview, Part One

The 2026 US midterm elections, to be held on November 3^rd, are among the most consequential in the nation’s history. If the slide into autocracy for the US is to be averted, it’s essential that Democrats retake at least one chamber of Congress, since Republicans are apparently unwilling to curb even the worst impulses of the Mad King.

August 31st, 2026 at 08:40am by Alex Miller

Aster-Obit: Dolly Parton

American country music icon Dolly Parton passed away August 25th, 2026, aged 80, after a brief bout with cancer. The singer/songwriter and actress was a globally beloved figure, a noted humanitarian, and a bit of a dichotomy. Although a professed devout Christian, Parton was very accepting of others, particularly the LGBTQ community, whom she counseled her coreligionists not to judge. An acknowledged ‘wholesome sex symbol’ from the ‘70s and ‘80s, Parton nevertheless remained in a faithful exclusive relationship with her husband of almost sixty years, Carl Dean, seemingly never tempted to stray, though she had offers from the likes of Hugh Hefner, fascinated to learn if her outsized feminine endowment was real.

August 25th, 2026 at 09:34am by Alex Miller

Trump Trifecta: Corruption, Cowardice & Coercion

A trio of stories this summer show Donald Trump in his best worst light, from financial disclosure documents that reveal a stunning level of corruption, to a quick-change flight plan that left Cabinet members and reporters hung out as bait, and renewed pressure on NATO allies to cough up territories to which he hasn’t the shadow of a right. It’s the Summer of The Donald – heated, sticky and oppressive.

July 23rd, 2026 at 02:47pm by Alex Miller

Aster-Obit: Sam Neill

On 13 July 2026, New Zealand actor Sam Neill passed away, at age 78, from pneumonia. Diagnosed with advanced lymphoma in 2022, Neill had been in remission, but requiring ongoing monthly chemotherapy treatments. A clinical trial with CAR T-cell therapy judged him cancer free in April 2026, but he succumbed to the pneumonia three months later.