23-24 deg Virgo

Symbol: The scene of “Loneliness” which Richard Wagner has taken to the stage and musically
describes with a leitmotif known as “the theme of loneliness” (Tristram, Act 3); on the ramparts
of a
castle rising on the ocean shore the exile lies alone, nailed to his sickbed by a deadly wound; not
far
away, on a lofty rock, a shepherd sits surrounded by his hock and, scanning in vain the desolate
skyline, blows from his flute an infinitely melancholic tune.
Should the native be able to sublimate into lyric or musical effusion the plaintive dejection
drawing
him aside from his fellow being and shutting him up in himself, and should he find an outlet to
his
desperate mood in melody or verse, he may become a successful, a famous, and-as an ironical
luck
would have it-even a popular artist.
But he will not be rich. The contrivance of life does not leave him any time for moneymaking,
and
something binds his hands when it comes to shifting from a contemplative to an active life.
Optional or forced exile awaits him, perhaps even jail.
Steadfast and stubborn even at the risk of his own undoing, endowed sometimes with real
inspiration but nearly always devoid of true intelligence, predisposed to sedentary life, materially
or
mortally short-sighted if not shady, the native will not be loved by his children and may die as