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Capricorn
04:19
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Pricus with all the time in the world.
With horns of plenty, all up and knurled.
Did your kin leave, now you're all alone?
My my my, how disparate they’ve grown.
Practices will always have an end.
Looking back? here you now have a friend.
What happened? You and I, capricious.
But yours truly? Not as ambitious.
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2. |
Aquarius
04:14
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King's son, Ganymede.
Future guaranteed.
Mount Ida, Shepherd,
A life soon severed.
“Don’t run, loved one.
Need you, make do.
New task, all I ask.
Don’t run, don’t run.”
Down dives, Aquila,
his Anathema.
Kidnapped from lowness,
for a god’s onus.
“Don’t run, loved one.
Need you, make do.
New task, all I ask.
Don’t run, don’t run.”
How does it feel?
Will the time heal?
Stockholm syndrome?
Will you ever go home?
“Don’t run, loved one.
Need you, make do.
New task, all I ask.
Don’t run, don’t run.”
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3. |
Pisces
04:10
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Neglected omen.
Oft unspoken.
Apathy encroaches.
Typhon approaches.
Unaware.
Underestimated.
Unprepared.
Unforeseen.
Unorthodox.
Unstoppable.
Unpredictable.
Uncertain.
Unknown.
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4. |
Aries
04:19
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And I know, we all know,
It won’t stop, just don’t go.
Up above the blue sea,
swift creature helps youth flee.
Two clutching onto golden fleece.
Twins, Phrixus and Helle,
they’re wanted gone by family.
“Chrysomallus take them to peace.”
And I know, we all know,
It won’t stop, just don’t go.
Onwards, impending,
forwards, to the mending.
Up above the blue sea,
her journey was not to be,
and Helle fell down far below.
Blue Phrixus heads on east.
Warmth given, golden beast,
the future brighter, morning glow.
And I know, we all know,
It won’t stop, just don’t go.
Onwards, impending,
forwards, to the mending.
Fond favour for steed.
For a lord it will bleed.
To the stars it is freed.
And I know, we all know,
It won’t stop, just don’t go.
Onwards, impending,
forwards, to the mending.
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5. |
Taurus
03:56
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6. |
Gemini
03:35
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"O brother, what are we doing?
Our revenge, looming.
O brother, we are undeterred,
let’s retrieve our herd!
O brother, they will be distressed,
Dioscuri blessed.
No Brother, cousins they succeed...
I’m wounded, I bleed...
And when I say, I'll always love you.
And when I say, I'll always need you.
Please avenge me, o brother, of mine.
Move onwards, o brother, divine."
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"Enigma, brother, we are bloodline.
Worry not, brother, our stars will align.
And when I say, I still need you.
And when I say, I still love you.
Cousins, you will bleed!
Lynceus, die for your misdeed!
Idas, he won’t rest!
O father, be my life vest!
Conflict undeferred.
No brother, your life, my word.
Essence, undoing!
O brother, our souls fusing!"
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7. |
Cancer
03:15
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Karkinos, oh no.
Pick a fight, so low.
No one likes pinched toe,
crushed by a swift blow.
"Thrown away.
Thrown out.
Useless.
Worn-out."
"What do I do?
Do I do, what do I do?
Where do I go?
Do I go, where do I go?"
But Hera pities you, and exalts you up to glow.
"Thrown away.
Thrown out.
Useless.
Worn-out."
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8. |
Leo
03:27
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Nemean Lion, slinks off to prowl.
Oft bringing victims to his cave most foul.
Luring heroes, never seen again.
Then one day appeared this monster’s bane.
I wonder: is it hero vs monster?
Or are two souls trying to prove,
to themselves that it’s not just a mirror?
“Will this labour make me improve?”
Heracles hero, on a mission.
Absolving himself through twelve vocations.
Impervious lion? No tools will harm it?
He will fight. He will commit!
I wonder: is it killer vs creature?
Or are two beings trying to find,
a reason why they are so different?
“Will this labour make me refined?”
Regulus Ascend.
I wonder: is it a hero or monster?
Just two souls trying to show,
to themselves that it is just a mirror?
“Does this labour make me hollow?”
I wonder: is he a hero or monster?
Just one soul trying to show,
to himself that it’s him in the mirror?
“Does this labour make me hollow?”
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9. |
Virgo
03:33
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10. |
Libra
03:54
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Independence,
negate duty.
Not one penance,
Zubenelgenubi.
Is it right?
Or Is it wrong?
Balance slight,
Before long.
(muirbiliuqE)
Pro Con?
Time, carries on.
Freedom, Control.
Reason: Know the toll.
Pro Con?
Time, carries on.
Freedom, Control.
Reason: Make us whole.
(Equilibrium)
Regulation,
Cynoscephalae.
Moderation,
Zubeneschamali.
Is it wrong?
Or Is it right?
Before long,
Balance slight.
(muirbiliuqE)
Pro Con?
Time, carries on.
Freedom, Control.
Reason: Know the Toll.
Pro Con?
Time, carries on.
Freedom, Control.
Reason: Make us whole.
(Equilibrium)
Themis?
Antithesis?
Balance slight?
Which way’s right?
Pro Con?
Time, carries on.
Freedom, Control.
Reason: Know your role.
Pro Con?
Time, carries on.
Freedom, Control.
Reason: Make us whole.
Pro Con?
Time, carries on.
Freedom, Control.
Reason: Know the goal.
Pro Con?
Time, carries on.
Freedom, Control.
Reason: Make us whole.
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11. |
Scorpio
04:24
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12. |
Sagittarius
04:47
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Back from the hunt, O swift Krotos?
Time is but fleeting, apropos!
Muses gather for revelry.
Time for feast, time for melody
Here we go, forwards!
Do we know where we go?
But for now, we are just minute.
For the future we’re resolute!
Practice makes perfect, shall we start?
Time to look forwards, counterpart!
You applause! Begin your ascent!
But yours truly? I am content.
Here we go, forwards!
Do we know where we go?
But for now, we are just minute.
For the future we’re resolute!
Here we go, forwards!
Do we know where we go?
But for now, we are just minute.
For the future we’re resolute!
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Mosaic Altar Edmonton, Alberta
Mosaic Altar is the Electronic music project of Alaric Tomas, formed in 2020 in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, out of his previous project Shearfrost, which he started in 2012.
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