starlight...

lost my ability to conjure words of my own. but this is for the brightest stars i saw tonight:


Taurus, The Cretan Bull. Jupiter (which took the bull-form, thus representing Taurus) became enamored of Europa, princess of Phoenicia.

Majesty and love go ill together, nor can they long share one abode. Abandoning the dignity of his sceptre, the father and ruler of the gods, whose hand wields the flaming three-forked bolt, whose nod shakes the universe, adopted the guise of a bull; and mingling with the other bullocks, joined in their lowing and ambled in the tender grass, a fair sight to see. His hide was white as untrodden snow, snow not yet melted by the rainy South wind. The muscles stood out on his neck, and deep folds of skin hung along his flanks. His horns were small, it is true, but so beautifully made that you would swear they were the work of an artist, more polished and shining than any jewel. There was no menace in the set of his head or in his eyes; he looked completely placid. (Metamorphoses II 847-858).

The beauty and gentleness of the bull impressed princess Europa, and it was told that they went away together, to a place where he revealed his true self.

When along the pavement
Palpitating flames of life
People flicker round me
I forget my bereavement
The gap in the great constellation
The place where a star used to be.

-D.H. Lawrence-
'Submergence'

it's true. the brightest star in my life right now.