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Cancer
Ruler: Moon / Element: Water / Mode: Cardinal
Pole: Negative / Third: Primordial / Half: Subjective

Nurturing, support, belonging, emotional bonds; your roots, source, ground of your being; the unconscious, feelings, emotion; the Great Mother, Universal Womb; spirit's first emotional attachments to the world.

Mothering, emotional and physical nurturance; experiences and imprinting during infancy and childhood; family, ancestors, heritage, relationships to the past; belonging, feeling "at home"; maternal love, caring; feeling supported by the world, that your needs are provided for; insecurities and fears if your needs haven't been fulfilled; possessiveness, "twisted love", inability to nurture others are negative expressions.

Cancer (June 21 -- July 22): Attuned to emotions and feelings of self and others; often alternate between introversion and extroversion; strong appreciation for the earth and its natural resources; protective of personal security and also any persons who are included in the "inner circle"; loyal and devoted lovers and parents; good cooks; prone to weight difficulty; will work to make the living environment cozy; must learn to stabilize emotions.

Water Signs (Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces) are fluidly feeling and the range of their dispositions moves readily from ice storm to placid river to hot steam. Waters love the comforts of home and family and generally are strongly nurturing of anything that lives. They have compassionate instincts and are drawn to care for whomever or whatever seems weakened, defective or on the losing side. Waters are adept in the world of feeling and rarely are unduly frightened by any emotion they encounter. Airs (Gemini, Libra and Aquarius) and Waters are often mutually attracted. Airs need support when encountering deep feelings and past memories--they are prone to minimize the value of their emotional experiences. Waters, on the other hand, need help in the realm of logic and reason, so they draw heavily from the more verbal Airs.

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Disregard the plea
death has no father to look up to
nor is its mother given
to random acts of kindness.

i am death
a coagulation of blood
black blood
a centuries-old vampire
a lion pride
stalking the old and infirmed
that the strong may live
(occasionally a wildebeest may stumble
breaking its neck on rocky ground
but don't concern yourself with pointless relativities)

the old code is
was
and will be:

i am death
there is no other.

i am death
the giver of life
the giver of hope
the deliverer from pain
the resurrector of life
the train to hogwarts

i am charon's boat

no matter who you are
two coins are all i ask
and i don't care
what achilles/brad pitt does
to your well-toned body
you will scream for my release.

i am death
the final orgasm
the final passion of breath
passing into unbreathing
the dull throb in the base of your neck
the sigh caught in your throat
i give you pleasure beyong rapture
i am the death of you
orgasmic
explosive
the last moan
the final reminder
that ghosts don't have sex
that's why they haunt hotels,
bedrooms
and bathrooms
and any other conceivable place coital in nature

i am death
coitus
non interruptus
i am your passion without end
so unlike
this poem.




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