Here there is no harmony
Blanketed by the wings of a dove.
Here there is concentrated hate
Potently, poetically mixed
With this flagrant need to mate.
Here there is the desire to give pain
To hurt, to rent , to tear, to scratch
And then count every wound given a gain.
Here there is a roaring rage
I’m quite surprised
It’s not burning up this page!
Here there is the nothingness of grief
It was so little joy
Not even the memories bring relief.
Here is the rot of passion gone bad
Look closely and you will see
Beneath the mask, a face that is so sad.
Here is the madness that wants to kill
Shattered and shattering
A bitter destiny to fulfill.
Here is the dark moonless night of the heart
Alone, lonely shadow: it wanders in circles
Without an end, without a start.
We will leave it now with this, this our blessing,
And as we go away, we go away gently hoping
That it found some comfort in its anguished confessing.
Amazing! Have you considered starting a new astrological poetry movement?! You’ve got the essence of it spot on.
I have this placement as well. Have you read Jeremy Neal’s delineation of Venus-Pluto? It’s powerfully insightful (as all of his work is) but also depressing… Sigh.
My darling Hitch, the sun is slowly making its way into Leo and the sign is much on my mind these days; that might be it, because I’m feeling this need to gush (hush, my Scorpio Moon):
You liked this? *You* did? Because along with JD’s and Jeremy Neal’s yours is one blog that AWES me.
About this one, the first line just popped into my head when I was walking my dog. Mostly, when I write, I’m feeling quite impassioned, but this was written when I was calm. My Scorpio moon must have channeled it and my Venus-Neptune square naturally wanted to write it down
Really? *faint*
*gasps* What? You didn’t know?
There is such purity and beauty in what you’ve created. Such peace and perfection.
I remember the afternoon I discovered your blog (A Question of Mindfulness). It was like being in a temple, a place where you feel reverence.
There are six blogs I really follow. Yours is one. Each has a different style, a different thrust. If I try and put what makes yours so special into words, I’d say yours takes the human, the ordinary and makes it sublime. I don’t know how you do it, Hitch, I just know I’m always so happy when you post.
nray i want to quote your poem on my blog, who ARE you?
Hi Nancy, I’m Neeti Ray
You’ve got a really good thing going here. Keep it up, ‘coz there are 144 aspects to cover!
There’s definitely more than 144 aspects…
Considering only the major planets and aspects, the conjunctions bring us to 144, but then there’s the square, trine, opposition, perhaps the inconjunct… If you throw in Chiron too, my mathematically-challenged brain can’t compute!
You’ve picked the really good ones to wax poetical about, though, Neeti.
I wonder if Sanju meant “sun-sign combos” and wrote “aspects” instead.
Talking of Chiron, Hitch: I’m dying to get my hands on JD’s book! I don’t know enough!
I meant aspects, Neeti, but got the number wrong. Like Hitch says, I think there are just too many aspects, but I’m sure you can find the exact number (just the main planets) somewhere.
My Venus (in Cancer) squares my Pluto (in Libra), and if this wasn’t enough, my Venus squares my partner’s Pluto as well. Does that mean this relationship has no chance? In the meantime, we do have some positive aspects, such as: his Venus conjuncts my Mars, his Moon conjuncts my Jupiter, his Mercury conjuncts my Sun, his Sun conjuncts my Ascendant, his Sun sextiles my Moon, etc. Oh, his Saturn also conjuncts my Venus, which I don’t know if it’s good or bad…How does this relationship looks to you?
Hi Zada, since I am an amateur astrologer, you must take everything I say with a pinch of salt! I have so much more to learn!
Your Venus would square anyone who is close to you in age, since they would have a Pluto Libra. How has this square played out in your life? If you can understand that and work with that, this need not be a negative aspect.
Again, speaking as an amateur, I love the conjunctions you two share.
If his Saturn is conjuncting your Venus, it is also squaring your Pluto. How is that playing out?
Oh God, I’ve never thought of that, because in all the astro-reports I’ve done for this relationship, that has never been highlighted. Actually, his Saturn is at the very end of Gemini and my Venus at the very beginning of Cancer, but because they’re within 10 degrees of each other, astrologers consider it a conjunction I guess. My partner and I are both Cancers, (we’re both emotional and somehow needy), with a need for security. The relationship is overall good, but not as romantic as I would like to be…and I don’t know if that’s because of the negative aspects of some of the planets.
Within 10 degrees would make it a conjunction. And Saturn conjunctions do give bonds that last even though they might not be very light-hearted.
Most men, I think, tend not to be as romantic as women want them to be. At least as far as the romantic gestures are concerned. Since Gemini rules communication (even though I don’t know which house it is for him) he may be someone who is not very verbally effusive.
Is your natal Venus making aspects to Neptune? That usually gives a longing for romance that’s not always very easy to satisfy.
I don’t think so, but I can tell you that my Venus conjuncts my own Saturn in Cancer, which is kind of a hard aspect on me, because it makes me feel that I’m not emotionally fulfilled in my personal relationships and that I also have to work hard to maintain them. Plus, my Venus in Cancer makes me a natural caregiver, thus choosing somehow needy partners, which can leave me a little drained at the end of the day, especially if my care and devotion don’t go appreciated. And that’s exactly how I sometime feel with my partner, like he takes me for granted and don’t appreciate all I’m doing. Our relationship started as a very strong physical attraction, given that his Venus and my Mars conjunct in Leo, but now some of that passion has faded a little, maybe because it doesn’t have much emotional support…I don’t know.