posted January 23, 2014 10:28 PM            

Solitude

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air.
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.

Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go.
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.

Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a long and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox's chart

posted January 24, 2014 09:54 AM            

My natal chart placements:
Aries Sun/Moon/BML/Mercury/Venus in the 8th house;
Sun square Neptune;
Moon/BML/Mercury/Venus trine Uranus;
Scorpio Saturn conjunct Sag IC from the 3rd house, square Virgo AC;
Taurus Mars trine Cap Neptune trine AC, forming t-square with Scorp Pluto in the 3rd house and Aqua Jupiter.

posted January 24, 2014 02:54 PM            

I am a Cancer/Leo cusp sun, Scorp rising, Sun, Mercury in 8th house.

That poem is my existence too.

I am learning to live with my Scorpio Rising. Maybe even starting to understand it a little.

posted January 24, 2014 02:57 PM            

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Originally posted by AriesLilith:
Hmm I like it, but I don't like the overly doomed "destiny" of the poem, that there would be no hope and only solitude and bitterness, if one falls to that side. Personally, I like more poems that are more towards having some sort of emotional struggle and intensity - the kind that is coz deep inside there is this longing and hope. This poem sounds like there can be a choice, to either be happy or unhappy, but if we go to the unhappy side then all that it's there is no hope.

My natal chart placements:
Aries Sun/Moon/BML/Mercury/Venus in the 8th house;
Sun square Neptune;
Moon/BML/Mercury/Venus trine Uranus;
Scorpio Saturn conjunct Sag IC from the 3rd house, square Virgo AC;
Taurus Mars trine Cap Neptune trine AC, forming t-square with Scorp Pluto in the 3rd house and Aqua Jupiter.

I've noticed that she has BML square Moon; sense of void and ultimately apart from the world can be Lilith's theme - personally, I feel that when I fall into negativity, I tend to feel too apart, without the usually expected support from others. I feel that ultimately, I'm different, and no one would truly comprehend my darker side. That if I show it, I'd become apart from the world and others.

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I don't see it as 'doomed' I see it as more of an acceptance of what the mystic Scorpio or 8th house person should 'know' about the ultimate birth/death cycle of our existence. It's more about learning to cope on your own through acceptance, as is the life of many Scorpio/Rising/8th house sun people.

posted January 24, 2014 04:43 PM            

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Originally posted by hikoro:
i also dont see it as negative at all...nor about darkness and sadness..
but very realistic in a personal human level.
it is like the saying, we are born alone and die alone.

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posted January 24, 2014 05:58 PM            

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Originally posted by StarlightSmileSupreme:
Unless we happen to be in a set of multiples
Then we are born with at least one other.

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posted January 24, 2014 06:02 PM            

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Originally posted by hikoro:
nope, still born alone...
it is not a alone physically speaking...
each life is our own.
very mystical

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posted January 25, 2014 02:01 AM            

so in that case, i agree with anonymidarkness....