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Poem: Venus-Neptune Conjunction

I'm starting a new public series of poetry in the Ode form seen here: three verses of ten lines each, in pentameter, dedicated to the two planets in the "regular" conjunctions: each of the inner planets with each of the outer planets that occur roughly …
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Poem: Venus‑Neptune Conjunction

Andrew

March 30

I'm starting a new public series of poetry in the Ode form seen here: three verses of ten lines each, in pentameter, dedicated to the two planets in the "regular" conjunctions: each of the inner planets with each of the outer planets that occur roughly annually at least, such as Venus and Jupiter or Mercury and Mars.

Here's one of the first of these poems, to Venus and Neptune who will be meeting this week on April 3, 2024 at 9:11 am EDT, and then again in a little more than a year, on May 2, 2025 at 12:31 pm EDT.

My hope in creating these poems is that they'll serve as a useful entry point for those who want to study astrology not simply from a set of technical specifications, but also a spiritual or devotional perspective, which I've been doing now for a long time. Other poems in this series currently include the Mercury cazimi and the Venus cazimi in Libra (which doesn't happen all that often, admittedly, but it's a starting point), or even Venus in Pisces.

Here's a poem to help set the tone, and a PDF of advice on using this conjunction in particular

Hail to you, queen of heaven robed in green, and you, mister Neptune, who frames the deep — In your meeting, a new vision is seen, that makes the poor glad and the rich to weep, whom lovers exalt, and the lonely mourn, whom artists praise with intricate designs, dance-moves precocious and brush strokes divine! The filmmaker sees her vision fresh-born as the storyboard artist lays down lines and Venus comes up from the Ocean's brine!  Botticelli painted the scallop shell, Aphrodite emerging from the foam, riding it like a boat on tidal swell.... and then hung it in a Duke's country home to be seen by the glorious and great come to pay respects to their banker-prince — a vision of old goddesses reborn. Did visitors suspect a reprobate? Did the painting, pagan leanings evince? And how would he decide his subjects' fate?  Neptune, you open us to high ideals, and visions that restore sense of beauty. And Venus, your excellent skill appeals to those who make art as happy duty. Open us to perceive beyond the trend, where critics and patrons gape in wonder, where the crowd pauses to see Mystery. There's a place where all artfulness must end; Some artists find it by stupid blunder — more by practice writ in their history.  What are some other conjunctions that I should write poetry for in this "regular" conjunction series? What would you find most useful?
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