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

[Mike Weaver]

Sagittarius is Chiron the centaur - taught Achilles archery - she and 
Snake become as one and there's the reference to archery in "her smile 
never drew back".

On 20/04/2025 05:57, Michael Bailey wrote:
> 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.
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