A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Having no Objects of my Affection to beat up on today thought I would seek out the Spirit in some of the charts of what are said to be the Writers of the Greatest Love Poems of all time. Sounds Venus is Virgo-y, doesn't it?

Here's a list of the inner planets of some of what might be considered the Greatest Cyranos of all time. It's from a forum called: www.online-literature.com/forums/shorthread.php?t-909

In Astrology Leo rules Romance, Libra rules Partnership and Marriage and Scorpio, hehe, rules Sex. Someone should add Pisces there, but you didn't hear that from me. And someone could also mention that Gemini and Sagittarius are the Greatest Cads and Cads are the ones who write the words. And, trust me, Gemini/Sadge on the ASC/DESC, we don't have permanence on our agenda in the Romance World. (Didn't include it but the Ascendants of a whole lot of the people on the following list had either Gemini or Sagittarius Rising).

Water Signs rule feelings and Fire rules Passion. I would expect Poetry itself to come from Air. Earth? Well, Love isn't about keeping one's feet on the ground, is it? Looks like the Capricorns need to represent here a little bit more. But that's ok because they are the best kissers.

No one mentioned Shakespeare or Petrarch, kinda weird, must have mostly been the Pluto in Virgo and Leo generations who commented, we're sort of like the Cyclops sometimes. These were personal favorites listed on a forum. Didn't want to consult with Scholars on the topic of Love.

Andrew Marvell: Aries Sun, Cancer Moon, Aries Mercury, Pisces Venus, Scorpio Mars

Dante: Gemini Sun, Sagittarius Moon, Mercury in Taurus, Venus in Cancer, Mars in Leo

John Donne: No birth date

Sir Thomas Moore: Aquarius Sun, Aries Moon, Mercury in Aquarius, Venus in Aries, Mars in Libra

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Pisces Sun, Libra Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars in Pisces

Robert Browning: Taurus Sun, Aries Moon, Mercury in Taurus, Venus in Cancer, Mars in Gemini

Emily Dickinson: Sagittarius Sun, Libra Moon, Mercury in Sagittarius, Venus in Sagittarius, Mars in Aries

e.e.cummings: Libra Sun, Aries Moon, Mercury in Scorpio, Venus in Libra, Mars in Aries

Wislawa Szymbovska: Cancer Sun, Aquarius or Pisces Moon, Mercury in Gemini, Venus in Gemini, Mars in Cancer

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Pablo Neruda isn't on the list but he's one of my favorites. Figures since I'm a Cancer Sun. Neruda had all the inner planets in Cancer! Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars. That's some sweet meat trapped under one tough shell, let me tell ya.

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Last but not least, I finally had to check out Gertrude Stein's astrology. Her line is the one I've quoted in the title of this post.

Gertrude Stein: Aquarius Sun, Virgo Moon, Mercury in Aquarius, Venus in Aquarius, Mars in Pisces

The line is from a poem called "Sacred Emily" which I can't make heads or tails of. Found this on Wikipedia about what Stein said of her line, awesome:

As the quote diffused through her own writing, and the culture at large, Stein once remarked "Now listen! I’m a fool. I know that in daily life we don’t go around saying 'is a … is a … is a …' Yes, I’m no fool; but I think that in that line the rose is red for the first time in English poetry for a hundred years." (Four in America) ^[1]