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 S

South Node

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

The point where the Moon’s orbit crosses the ecliptic moving southward, symbolizing past habits and innate talents.

Detailed Definition
South Node: Known as the Dragon’s Tail, it signifies ingrained patterns, ancestral gifts, and comfort zones from past lives. In poetry, it appears as nostalgia, inherited trauma, or effortless skill. Poets invoke the South Node to explore themes of regression, legacy, or the pull of the familiar. It often serves as a counterpoint to the North Node, creating tension between what is known and what must be embraced. This duality fuels narratives of self-overcoming in confessional or archetypal poetry.
Example
Example in poetry:
In “A Vision,” Yeats associates the South Node with past-life habits and inherited traits; Poets describe the South Node as “the soul’s comfort zone” or “karmic baggage”; Contemporary astro-poets explore the South Node as ancestral patterns to release; In confessional verse, the South Node may represent addictive tendencies or old wounds; The South Node in poetry contrasts the North Node’s growth path; Poets use it to examine what must be left behind to evolve.
Additional Notes
The South Node (or “Dragon’s Tail”) represents past-life habits, innate talents, and comfort zones—what the soul is moving away from. Always opposite the North Node. In poetry, it symbolizes familiarity, ancestral patterns, or addictive tendencies. Not “bad”—it’s a resource, but overreliance blocks growth. Modern astrology frames it as inherited strength to be integrated, not rejected. Powerful in poems about legacy or healing.
Also Known As
Dragon’s Tail Ketu (in Vedic astrology) Descending Node Dragon's Tail Ketu
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