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Dodekatemoria 102: Taurus of Sagittarius

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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Taurus of Sagittarius: Careless Injury

12° Sagittarius 30′ to 14° Sagittarius 59′

It's not the injury that makes you weep,
so much as your own foolishness and folly:
the wound was real, and the damage is steep.
Even then you might be kind and jolly,
except that it's your own genius at fault.
People will see the bandages, or blood,
and they'll register surprise with a jolt —
but for some time, your name will be mud.
No one will think of the work that you do,
or ask about your recent excitement's.
Your dullness will be the only thing new
and your whining a mild indictment
of your patient, and fortitude, and calm —
your coolness in crisis a useless balm.


Image: An adult whines and moans about a mild injury, while being tended to by someone with a more serious wound.

Important Relationships

  • Part of the Egyptian Term of Venus in Sagittarius and transitioning to the Term of Mercury.
  • 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.

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