GR translation: But they pranced the screen full of the Sagittarian fire

[Michael Bailey]

I think your doubts are well-founded

Sagittarius of course is an astrological sign; one of the fire signs.
She and the horse are much more likely to contain that attribute than the
movie screen,

i suppose a case could be made for including the movie screen, but even so,
that would mostly involve its being a vessel for
the Sagittarian-fiery images of Greta and Snake.



On Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> V482.29-483.2, P490.33-491.5   In Weisse Sandwüste von Neumexiko she played
> a cowgirl. First thing, they’d asked, “Can you ride?” “Of course,” she’d
> answered. Never been closer than roadside ditches in time of war to any
> horse in her life, but she needed the work. When the moment came to saddle
> up, it never occurred to her to be afraid of the beast pressing up between
> her thighs. It was an American horse named Snake. Trained or not, it could
> have run away with her, even killed her. But they pranced the screen full
> of the Sagittarian fire, Gretel and that colt, and her smile never drew
> back.
>
> What does "full of the Sagittarian fire" describe here? The published
> translation interpreted it as modifying the word "screen", which I don't
> think is correct.
> --
> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>