Retrograde Renaissance
In the years that I've been alive,
springtime has been eclipsed
by Pluto in retrograde.
I didn't learn this until 24 years in,
but those years all sort of clicked
when I did:
the worst moments of my life
have happened in springtime.
I've always found it funny,
because spring is meant to be
a sort of renaissance,
rebirth,
renewal,
revitalising all
it comes into contact with.
But instead I've been met
with redirection,
recalls,
reversals of fortune
forcing me to relive
the moments that feel like
receding deep below ground
is the only way to
rewrite the story
when the autumn winds finally
reverberate
and return me
to my normal state.
Pluto gets back on course then,
and my worst times
become best again.
Juliette Sebock is the author of Mistakes Were Made and has work in publications including Royal Rose Mag and Cauldron Anthology. She is the editor-in-chief of Nightingale & Sparrow and runs a lifestyle blog, For the Sake of Good Taste. When she isn't writing (and sometimes when she is) she can be found with a cup of coffee and her cat, Fitz. She can be reached at her website and across social media at @juliettesebock. She is a regular contributor of Marías at Sampaguitas.
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