A quiet notice V2Melody closes at midnight on , Spanish time.

Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

Home › Glossary › Letter E

Esoteric degrees

Astrology
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Specialized interpretations of each zodiac degree, often tied to Sabian Symbols or mystical meanings.

Detailed Definition
Esoteric degrees: Systems like the Sabian Symbols assign an image or message to each of the 360 zodiac degrees. In poetry, they provide precise archetypal prompts—e.g., “A flag turning into an eagle” for transformation. Poets use them as oracular tools, embedding degree symbolism to add layers of fate or synchronicity. Their specificity suits imagistic or prophetic verse, where a single degree can crystallize a poem’s entire vision.
Example
Example in poetry:
Esoteric degrees (like 29° of any sign) are called “anaretic” and used by poets to signify crisis or culmination; Poets describe 0° Aries—the first degree—as the “cosmic birthday” of initiative; In mystical verse, 15° Taurus may symbolize material abundance meeting spiritual test; Esoteric degrees appear in poetry as “secret keys” to a sign’s hidden meaning; Some poets assign mythic figures to specific degrees (e.g., 13° Leo = lion’s roar of courage); These degrees add nuance to astrological imagery in layered verse.
Additional Notes
Esoteric degrees assign symbolic meanings to each of the 360 degrees of the zodiac (e.g., 29° Leo = “A mermaid emerging from ocean”). Popularized by Charubel and Sepharial. In poetry, they add nuance—e.g., 0° Aries as “cosmic dawn.” The 29th degree (“anaretic”) signifies culmination or crisis. Poets can mine these for precise, mythic imagery. Caution: interpretations vary widely; best used intuitively rather than dogmatically.
Also Known As
Symbolic degrees Sabian Symbols (specific system) Degree meanings
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