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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Aries of Sagittarius: Rekindled Coals
10° Sagittarius 00′ to 12° Sagittarius 29′
This old project sat languishing for months,
stalled in places where going on was hard.
Vast efforts advanced the work by mere tenths,
and there was other stuff to do — the yard
needed tending; the kitchen wasn't clean;
the laundry pile grew out of control.
In many ways this project wasn't seen
as important — or seem a lofty goal.
Yet when an hour opened in the day,
the creative beacons flared up brightly
and called the maker to dig in the clay,
to splash on the paint, or dab it lightly.
A coal springs to life with fresh flame once more,
new energy renewing long lost lore.
Image: A hobbyist works on a "just a little thing" project with pride while surrounded by other incomplete works in progress.
Important Relationships
- Part of the Egyptian Term of Venus in Sagittarius
- Part of Decan II of Sagittarius (administrated by the Moon): The Harness // The Bridle
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.
