Bhavachakra, Wheel of Existence (Tibetan)

 

Dance with Demons, 

Eat Death, Root out Corruption

 

(Come on, twill be fun!

More fun than not)

 

Slough of Despond, Gertrude Hermes 1928

 

(Possibly customized to myself disclaimer:)

 

As in “Pilgrim’s Progress”- Satyrnday- 

(the day of the Saturn-Pluto etc, conjunction) 

I found myself in the well-known 

“Slough of Despond.” In that book 

’tis a stop for all Pilgrims…

 

We can add customized names for this pit-stop 

Feel encouraged to play! 

by customizing one’s name for arghhhy place.

(Naming something makes it available 

for cooperative play.)

 

Actually tis a Pit Stop

in the “Pit of Futility”…

 

I learned this in my chemo, poisonous allies, adventure, 

where on certain days, journeyers on this path would 

visit the realm of “no one loves me,

And I have made many 

unwise decisions in my life.” 

 

But once the map is known, 

one can play with the wit of it,

an amusement ride- stop, 

at the “Amusement Park.” 

(Let’s Consider the etymology of that…)

 

(Or Bemusement Park) …

(Bemuse retains more of the original meaning.

 Greek amousos meant “without Muses,” 

hence “uneducated.”)

 

But, then aspiring to follow my own counsel, 

and the choreography of the Mythic News,

slowly moved against very thick (Reality Police) inertia, 

went swimming at night, under Venus,

and reverie into the realm of dedicated trickster woof….

 

and now, a much more plausible journey 

unfurls before us…

 

Uranus surrounded by the Dance of the Stars, Karl F. Schinkel 1883

 

So much with which to dance, the lunar eclipse, 

Uranus and Eris forward…

Saturn-Pluto, Ceres, Sun and more aligning…

the fantabulous chart for our gathering tonight.

 

Corruption be all around us in the mundane world… 

have been excavating rodent nests in Kitchen and car, 

mold behind stuff,

dosing with “Thieves Oil.” 

And finding symbolice delight therein.

 

Micro-Macro…

sketchiness rooted out of kitchen, 

and the halls of governance…

 

By adding the dedicated blessing to everything, 

we are allying with Liberating Trickster..

 

And, O, after all that 

I Ching chimes in with a lot 

of “Pit” reference…

 

Heart of the Dragon (Shebehon Forest) Ancient Trees series, Beth Moon

 

3.

Pit over Shake

Sprouting from the World Tree

renewal of the time

Bathed in the Shadow of The Moon Tree

 

to 60. “Articulating the Crossings”

Express things. Take Wise Risks

 

(we shall unfurl together)

 

Moon in Virgo, 

tight sesquiquadrate to Saturn-Pluto…

Tradition of metabolizing poison into nutrient 

for the desirable, rises supportively behind us…