Cycles, Time, and Numerology: We've been through this before

This was originally published in late 2025 over at my Patreon. I have updated it because I was using Gemini like a crutch to structure my notes while I was recovering from a lengthy illness. This is a much more rambling post, but fuck it. It's all me. I'm getting my attention span back, so make a sandwich and a cup of tea, and strap in. This is not short, and there will be more blog posts about this as I write them. If you've felt like the world has become a raging dumpster fire over the last nine years, it's not you. Well, it might be you just a little bit. The world has actually always been a dumpster fire, but now we have these charming little devices in our pockets that stream 24/7 just how bad it is out there. If there's one good thing that can come from being bombarded with sensory information from a part of the internet ruled by Rahu (that would be social media), it's that we have a much better sense of the world we live in. But, as many people have noticed over the years,…