Kali – Goddess of Time, Change, and Destruction (Old sign=Aries) Can you hold a grudge? I can for years and years.Can you hold a grudge? I can for years and years.Can you hold a grudge? I can for years and years. How’s that working out?
Anat – Goddess of Fertility, Sexual Love, Hunting and War (Old sign=Taurus) Do not rush love too fast. Rush it the right amount. Tugging on the nose ring will only make him more stubborn. Let it graze awhile, and he’ll know
when to head to the barn.
Eshu – God of Chaos, Death, Travel and Trickery (Old sign=Gemini) Play us a good trick! One where the result is good for us, like sneaking broccoli into our cheese or cardio into our fruitless humping!
Tane’ – God of Forests (Old sign=Cancer) Some precipitation has returned, and you may yet survive till next Winter. Mornings are cold and dry and the chill draws the dew from the earth and crystalizes the land.
Marutuk – God of Judgment, Magic, Vegetation and Waters (Old sign=Leo) Let ‘em handle it. Hands off! Now lay on hands! Now hands off! Now rest! You handle the boat. I’ll handle the ball. I’ll handle the stress. You handle the dishes. Lay handles! Ladle hands! I like your handles! Bring the broth to your lips and I’ll handle the door. You play it straight, and I’ll play dirty. She’ll play it cool, and I’ll play with dates. Let’s play chat-chess or talk-tennis.
Khnum – God of Creations and Waters (Old sign=Virgo) Some show the sign of the beast! Some flash a gang sign. Some the show signs of distress. Others the sign of the plague. Some give the sign of “okay” when they mean that all is wrong. Some give it when all’s well. Some gave me the sign of “fuck you.” Some said, “Namaste!” with hands in the sign of prayer! Some nodded knowingly. Some didn’t nod at all. Some gave me the “chin-up” nod. Some made the sign of drink. Some the sign of hunger. I gave them all I had.
Hephaestus God of Labor and Industry (Old sign=Libra) The old dance! Of all the balls of Miss Havisham’s imaginings. Spectral dancers courtsey and bow. All the infinite couplings, coos and sighs, cosignatures and cosines of love triangles and deadly shades of night! Dialate the perfect obsidion mirrors of thy eyes and faint upon the fainting couch. The furntiure and lampshades can catch all your foreshadows and hindshadows and emerge in your dreams as the artifice of union.
Tyr God of Law and Heroic Glory (Old sign=Scorpio) Hammers are bright and clean now. How will they look after the framing? Will you heed the warnings to wear protective equipment? Your eyes are soft and precious gems that translate light into something your mind can read!
Shang-Ti – God of Sovereignty (Old sign=Sagittarius) A parasole if you please, servant! We weren’t expecting this Sun! Think of the sands, the ground up offerings of the Earth and Hoof! The mountains of sand where the cowboy grazed their herds.
Ganesha – God of Intellect and Wisdom (Old sign=Capricorn) I need an umbrella! Several umbrellas— a coat and mascara! Back-ups of all of these. Is there yet an umbrella left anywhere in this state? Do fellows share the limited umbrellas? Do they dare share with sneezing wights?
Hapi – God of Floods & Fertility (Old sign=Aquarius) The wheat berries are green again! Your joy is only narrowly beaten by your anxiety over a cold snap. We understand.
Heqet – Goddess of Fertility and Rebirth (Old sign=Pisces) Fishy-fishy… at times even… froggy. Fishy mainly in the daytime and then in the afternoon… it gets fishy-fishy again then froggy… early evening… still froggy then… fishy again till dawn.