A Postcard

[sdi]

I've spent essentially the entirety of my life in New York and New England. These past weeks have seen me all over North America. If there's anything striking to me, it is how very Saturnine the Northeast is! I suppose I should have realized this sooner—the Puritans were Saturn to a tee, Yankees are known for their frugality, the governments (even the local ones!) are extremely bureaucratic, and the COVID-19 lockdowns are so severe there even now, a year on.

But I've such a Saturnine personality myself, and even if my Saturn is dignified, too much of a single kind of energy is crushing. I never realized how harshly it all affected me! We're finding that being anywhere else is like a breath of fresh air. (I'm allowed to leave the house here! I still can't believe it.)

Things are crazy, but nonetheless, we're healing and almost drowning in synchronicities. Thank you all for your prayers.

Comments

On Saturn

[boccaderlupo]

Interesting...East Coaster here, myself, and I think you could be on to something.

There are a variety of stories about what became of Saturn after the Titanomachy, but I believe one of them is that he was exiled to the remote West, perhaps to the Hesperides. Now, New York does have a considerable apple culture...

Axé

Re: On Saturn

[sdi]

Ha, thank you!

I was only familiar with the version (in Hesiod and the Orphic Hymns) where Kronos became king of Elysium, which—besides its geographical position—is approximately the opposite of New York. :)

Re: On Saturn

[boccaderlupo]

Ha ha, was going to add that in one city they also have a huge celebration waiting for the arrival of a curious old bearded figure right roundabouts the time of Saturnalia...

But given the traffic in those parts these days, perhaps it's just straight up Tartarus...