Home vs Detriment

He didn’t just ask me

if I knew

my other sign placements

He said,

“Tell me.”

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“Moon in Cancer,

Gemini rising,

and Venus in Libra.”

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He told me his

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“Moon in Capricorn,

Sagittarius rising,

and Venus in Aries”

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Then he taught me

something I never knew

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“All your signs are at home

and all mine are in detriment.”

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I had no idea

what he was talking about

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“Moon is ruled by Cancer

so when it's in Cancer it’s at home.”

“Capricorn is opposite of Cancer

and therefore is in detriment

when in the moon.”

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He said that means

life is easier for me

and harder for him

in those areas

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I questioned that,

“I got a lot of feelings

and I don’t mind expressing them,

but that makes people

in our kind of society uncomfortable.”

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He laughed

because it makes sense

for a moon in Cancer

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The man with the moon

in Capricorn said,

“I’ve been called cold

and emotionless before.”

“I’m very logic minded.”

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I told him I can tell already

“I think it’s good to think logically,

and know how to be practical...”

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He interjected,

“But some can take it too far.”

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Right as I began to say,

“I also think it’s important to

balance that

with healthy emotional expression.”

“Some people try to

think themselves

out of feeling,

and that’s not how it works.”

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He agreed,

“I know from experience.”

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“That’s the best way to learn.”

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Our conversation wrapped up

as the sun faded in the west

Then it dawned on me

like the sun was rising again

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He was right

Life was easier for me

in those aspects

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It was easy for me

to express emotion

to communicate

to love

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The only reason why

it has been so hard for me

is that most earthlings struggle

the most with those 3 things

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So it’s hard for people

to take me seriously

because they don’t

understand how I do

what seems impossible

to the superficial person

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And it’s hard for me to

find someone who

goes as deep as me

Because most people

are either faking it

or fighting it with fear

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It’s weird how something

That is supposed to be easy

can be hard

when society dictates

what is “normal”

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Even with the stars placing all my signs at home

Earthly societies bring detriment to my doorstep