This is a poem in this series of 144 poems that I’m writing based on the dodeks, or twelfth parts, of the Zodiac signs. As far as I know, everybody else calls them dodekatemoria, but that’s a very complicated word to say, so I just call them dodeks.
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Leo of Scorpio: Plumbing Problem
22° Scorpio 30′ to 24°Scorpio 59′
The party requires a special bowl,
a serving plate used at holiday meals —
or the pan used to braise filet of sole —
but it's in the cellar, "by the fishing reels?"
stored with camping tents or beach umbrellas,
grandpa's old tools, or grandma's good china,
tongs for barbecuing with the fellas —
junk from the house in North Carolina...
under and around this ancestral junk,
pools and puddles reveal a leaky pipe
that's soaked the contents of aunt Gertrude's trunk
(their rich velvet dress now smells pretty ripe).
and plumber's now an additional guest
as host and hostess are put to the test.
Image: A couple expecting a houseful of guests for a special occasion watch anxiously as a plumber tries to repair a leaking pipe.
Important Relationships
- Part of the Egyptian Term of Venus in Scorpio
- Part of the Egyptian Term of Mercury in Scorpio
- Part of Decan III of Scorpio (administrated by Venus): The Crow
Colophon
This is a part of a series of poems based on the dodekatemoria, or twelfth parts, of the Zodiac signs. The dodekatemoria are sub-segments of the Zodiac, each representing two degrees thirty minutes (2° 30′) of arc; there are 144 dodeks (as I call them) in the full Zodiac, or twelve in each sign. Each dodek is supposed to be a recapitulation or miniature repetition or summary of its parent zodiac sign, as though it were filtered through the lens of the main sign.
The Sun crosses this distance of 2° 30′ in about two and a half days, making these dodeks cognate with the Moon, which crosses one sign of the Zodiac, or thirty degrees (30°) in about two and a half days. The Sun’s passage through a dodek thus mirrors the Moon’s passage through a sign, and squeezes a “mini-year” of passage through twelve signs into a single month.
Each series of dodeks begins at 0° 00′ of its parent sign with the same sign, and there are four dodeks in each sequence of 10° degrees. Each poem in this series will give a (my) name of the dodek, its relevant degrees, a sonnet describing it, a 1-2 sentence description of the dodek, and some other information.
