There's an
entire thread at tribe.net in which contributors post links to music that reminds them of Venus in Scorpio energy. ;) I often hear music, read books/poems/stories, or watch films that I find resonating with a particular astrological archetype (with Saturn or Neptune, for instance, or on one odd occasion even the 2nd/8th house axis). So I thought it might be nice to begin a series here at the
MetaQuizzical Blog called "Planetary Poetry." This is a very Neptunian way of getting in touch with the meanings of planets, signs, etc, right? :D
Today I was struck by the wintery, bleak Saturnian oppressed feeling of Emily Dickinson's "There's a Certain Slant of Light." Dickinson is a Sagittarius (I share her birthday of Dec. 10, actually) but she does have Saturn conjunct her Midheaven and North Node (see
DICKINSON'S CHART), and so it does make sense that her poetry would deal so often with heavy subjects. This poem seems to speak of depression that seems to come out of nowhere (this time influenced only by a certain kind of wintry lighting). Though she feels the weight and oppression of this "certain slant of light," she has almost an awestruck admiration for it as well. Like Saturn, she thinks, this mood-inducing light is powerful. Oppressive, but powerful. That's Saturn, right? The following is an excerpt from the poem. The link will take you to the full text at the poets.org website, where it is printed in full with permission.
Poem 258 by Emily DickinsonThere's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons –
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes –
(continued...)
