Poetry Corner: Capricorn Man Falls for Sagittarian Woman

This is the start of a new feature I hope to keep going on this blog - Poetry Corner.  I'm going to showcase some fine Poetry, mostly Sonnets, but anything that catches my eye astrologically.  This is a fine way to feel how a certain position works - poetry captures the imagination and spirit like no other language.

If anyone out there wishes to contribute then please feel free to contact me at tvowles at theastrologyblog.com - either your own work, or the work of other writers with which you feel describes astrology.  This is called 'To Charles Diodati' - written by John Milton and translated from Italian by William Cowper.

Charles - and I say it wond'ring - thou must know
That I, who once assumed a scornful air,
And scoffed at love, am fallen in his snare,
(Full many an upright man has fallen so)
Yet think me not thus dazzled by the flow
Of golden locks, or damask cheek; more rare
The heart-felt beauties of my foreign fair;
A mien majestic, with dark brows that show
The tranquil lustre of a lofty mind;
Words exquisite, of idioms more than one,
And song, who fascinating pow'r might bind,
And from her sphere draw down the lab'ring Moon,
With such fire-darting eyes, that should I fill
My ears with wax, she would inchant me still.

For me, this speaks of a Capricorn man falling in love with a Sagittarian woman.  The natural Capricorn reserve ('he once scornful and dismissive of romantic love') and the upright man (Capricorn being the highest angle of a chart) is aware the Cancer Moon (opposite angle) epitomised as love could ensnare him, and she does - in the shape of a Sagittarian beauty.  Sagittarius is a sign of travel ('The heart felt beauties of my foreign fair'), higher learning and philosophy ('tranquil lustre of a lofty mind') that is outgoing and expressive with word and action ('words exquisite, idioms more than one').  Sagittarius is also a fire sign ('fire darting eyes').

So, the Sagittarius woman drew down the Capricorns lab'ring Moon.  No ordinary facile beauty could draw this kind of love from that sign and make them open up in such a way ('yet think me not dazzled by the flow of golden locks or damask cheek').  Capricorn love is authentic and honest - rather like its ruling planet Saturn.  When something is set - it is in concrete - and here it is in the poem, it is his love.  There is also a certain naivete in the poem, a childlike innocence.  Sagittarius is the sign preceding Capricorn - we might perhaps view our preceding signs in this way, as having gifts which we ourselves have advanced upon.

Interestingly John Milton was a Sagittarius Sun himself but with Venus, Mercury, Moon and Saturn in Capricorn :-)

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