That jawline could cut
glass.
Desire
from here was a whispered,
Sss-iiighhhhh
through lips,
that wouldn’t skim it.
Skating on
thin ice breaks
jaw.
Diamond cuts glass,
Ice breaks jaw.
Life is more complicated
than rock, paper scissors.
No bets were placed,
on that
fine stone,
or
jaw.
Image – Tim Mossholder & Simon Rae (Unsplash)
Melting Time
Time,
is a piece
of wax.
It’s losing form and shape.
But wait!
It never had these,
fhat’s a
fact.
It measures —
lives
relationships
jobs, events in
seconds, minutes,
days,
years.
But life lived without the time,
Is one
Big Silly Putty, or
Smushable,
Shrinkable,
Expansive
and stretched into infinithin cotton candy
webs
then, into a
No-
thing
into
a galax-see
a memory.
It’s a star speck
It’s a sand fleck.
And it’s a piece of Beck.
You say you talk to yourself.
But, I do, too.
So there must be times
we talk together,
at the same time!
Maybe not in the same room,
on the same line.
One may be a conversation
with the mind,
with the ego,
with the past,
with the future,
with God,
with Angels,
with all that’s Divine.
We’re not alone,
talking to ourselves,
our thoughts may meet somewhere
in the middle of nowhere.
We are just fine,
in this time.
Watching spring emerge
and meld into
what May
come.
Seasons shift,
days cycle.
I find myself,
tethered to,
spiderweb bloodlines,
stretched
over years,
over destiny, over stories,
to be told, learned from,
and
let go.
Whether you said it aloud,
or whispered it as a prayer,
when you laid your head down at night,
or said it as a soul intention,
when you dressed for work,
‘I just want to stop.’
Stop rushing,
stop the pushing,
stop the proving,
stop the disapproving,
stop the doing, doing, doing,
stop the going, going,
going.
The world said it so much
over time,
we crowned a virus
a temporary king,
to make sure –
we did,
just,
stop.
If only for a while we stop to do more:
loving,
reflecting,
giving,
resting,
dreaming,
creating,
appreciating,
and
stop,
to just be –
enough.
Copper shines through the grit,
as it merges into fiery flame,
over,
and
over
again.
Its new form and potential is emerging,
like mine,
our processes
intertwined
and
alchemical.
The transformation is well
under way,
and I can see our newly designed
patterns,
crystalize together,
and I am excited about the next day.
Image – Hafidh Satyanto
Did you know Saturn’s rings are disintegrating? Though Saturn’s ring loss is a slow event that’ll take millions of years to conclude, I see some interesting metaphorical, miraculous relationships with what’s happening in the astrological world.
Saturn, Capricorn & Aquarius Astrological Connections
The planet Saturn is currently in the sign of Capricorn. Saturn is Capricorn’s and Aquarius’s ruling planet in Western Astrology. Saturn represents structures, our day-to-day world, time, hard work, life lessons and authority. Capricorn and Aquarius shared Saturnian influences are – karma, diligence, tradition and progress.
Saturn, Pluto in Capricorn – Astrological Influence
Pluto in astrology rules destruction, transformation and a revealing of truth. It also reveals what’s always been there, what’s been hidden. Pluto is currently in the sign of Capricorn. It entered Capricorn in late 2008 and remains till 2024. It In the past years, since Capricorn entered into the sign of Pluto, there’s been notable, sometimes abrupt, violent change or increase, as well as revealing of long-existing truths amid our traditional social, political and religious structures to an intense degree worldwide.
Saturn, the planet itself, has always existed within the rings, but partially ‘hidden’. To use previous examples mentioned, women have always had the power to say ‘me too’ but haven’t felt encouraged or emboldened collectively to do so till 2017. Hetero norms have been the most widely accepted for ages, but other gender preferences weren’t, but because of that fact, hidden or controlled. Pluto in Capricorn is revealing the truths of what was kept secret and or, controlled, (Both Pluto and Saturn feature elements of control – rules, boundaries, endings, limits, etc.).
As mentioned earlier, Saturn rules tradition, karma, lessons, authority, hard work. Capricorn’s movement into Saturn – it’s ruling planet has only strengthened a collective focus to establish order, structures, tradition, who has authority (or should) and or, our daily routines and habits.
These two planetary energies seem intense together, but on a positive note, these energies are creating a friction. Without friction there is no fire, and with no fire, things remain the same or, at least don’t burn away the old to transform and or give way to progress – the latter which is also ruled by Saturn and are the theme Aquarius and Capricorn have in common.
Saturn, Jupiter in Capricorn – Astrological Expansion, Dissolution, Refinement of Beliefs, Joy
As Saturn’s rings fall away, I feel it’s also a good visual representation of Jupiter
moving into Capricorn December 2nd,, too. Jupiter is the bringer of expansion,
joviality, wealth to high-dollar excess (sometimes), higher wisdom, adventure and
exploration. Jupiter moving into the sign of Capricorn, with its Saturnian
structures of rules and structure may find our ability to expand limited to
where our beliefs ( both positive and negative) and joyful activities are
focused in life.
Real-life Metaphors to the Cosmic Happenings
The disintegration of Saturnian rings is like a metaphor for the progressed changes of our societal ways and traditional structures that have been around for decades to thousands of years, like: coins and paper to Venmo and bitcoin, views of gender norms, marriage and relationships, a shift in power dynamics between women and men to name a few.
Final Cosmic Thoughts
Western astrologers, like David Palmer (a.k.a. the Leo King) whose works are among some I follow, are in agreement that Capricorn in Pluto is transforming/eliminating old ways of doing things and is working with Capricorn in Saturn to do so. We’re approaching the Age of Aquarius (the sign follows Capricorn in astrology). Aquarius rules disruption, change-makers, innovation, new ways of doing things, as well as miracles and divine order.
Astrologically speaking, Saturn doesn’t transition from the it’s home sign of Capricorn to Aquarius until March of 2020. Even though the Aquarian Age has many years to come before it commences, Saturn’s coming move into that sign will aid in the implementing of new ways of society working, living and playing together.
Also, as we’re astrologically moving this Aquarian Age, it’s interesting to note, that Uranus rules Aquarius and that planet has 9 rings. As if Saturn’s old rings/structures made of dust are being replaced by Uranus’ icy-rock rings in the astronomical scheme of things.
I see Saturn’s rings disappearing/deteriorating as representative of the next changes coming. Old structures, traditions and boundaries (rings), being broken to make way for the new (Uranian rings?). Also, I see it as a physical, collective release of our letting go of long-held ideas An Aquarian age is calling.
{Disclaimer: I’m a lifelong student of Astrology – for over 12 years. I’m a content writer by day. In sharing my interpretations noted here, I make no claim to be a professional astrologer, but an observer of the cosmos and astrology, a lover of the stars, metaphor and synchronicity.}
That big fiery moon,
illuminating and burning away,
those petty, shadowy fears.
You know the ones.
Fear of competition.
Fear of rejection.
Fear of not being
enough
(enough for who – who cares,
who decides that?)!
Ramming right through
and destroying those lies.
Because fears, are lies that live in our heads,
dance around our heart, create doubts,
before they’re true,
and make you less YOU.
It’s time for us to be as
whole, full and fiery as that moon tonight.
Claim your truth,
there’s no time for anything else.
I AM.
Said it from my diaphragm.
You heard, of course.
But still didn’t see ME.
Like a typical Pi*SEE*an,
We disappear beneath,
your gossip sea,
your drunken waves,
your chest-thumping swells,
your vast, cold, black ocean void.
No need to linger there,
the underbelly of a sad whale.
I AM on a new current today.
Said it from my diaphragm.
Ocean depths carried my sound
to a better destination.
These crystal clear waters guide the way.
In the hells of a desert summer,
I’m immersed in 5 bodies deep of water.
I’m calm,
but weighed
down.
I move forward,
but I am in the same space.
Coming up for air,
between
earth and sky.
in a vast liminal, looming
sea.
So much unseen.
So, Did You Notice? 