Cloaks and robes of the night’s shade flutter in the wind
Of decision, of contemplation and a wooden hammer
An adornment of mane on two domes unite with a third
Temporarium in proper name and deed.
Of decision, of contemplation and a wooden hammer
An adornment of mane on two domes unite with a third
Temporarium in proper name and deed.
The analysis of the first line of the quatrain leads us to believe that Yestradamus was in his bathrobe while writing this quatrain and was feeling chilly. In those days builders have yet to develop construction techniques that keep the homes insulated from the environment. So, there was probably a draft coming through the house. In the second line, he was trying to decide whether or not he should put some more wood on the fire. This is emphasized by the use of two words “decision” and “contemplation”. The quatrain does not say if he did but knowing the Yesman, we are almost certain he did. And to compensate for the lack of insulation, he was probably having a huge bonfire inside his home.
Based on the second line, there are many images that come to mind when we hear the phrase “two domes”. At this point, we don’t know what the Yesman was seeing that one cold morning but we can tell he was very much inspired. Because he used the word “third”, we can only suggest that it was probably two pancake stacks about three inches high “adorned” with sweet maple syrup. What can I say, the guy had it good.
The word “temporarium” is a latin word that translates to temporary which is defined by the Merriam Webster as “lasting for a limited time” and was first used circa 1564. We wanted to focus on that number and added it all together, which gave us 7. So the question becomes, what is lasting and has 7 of something? I was thinking and thinking and thinking very hard that my brain was hurting. Then, I remembered an old friend of mine who had the voice of the man in the “7-Up the Uncola Commercial” in the 70’s with the deep Jamaican accent. He used to come on television and do that very jovial laugh – hahahahaha. My friend sounded exactly like that. He annoyed me one time, that’s why we don’t hangout anymore. Every time I asked him a question that is answerable by a yes, he would reply with “Yes, indeed” with that deep Jamaican accent. It wasn’t a yeah, a yup or a aha. It was “yes, indeed”.
One day, we were having a raging party and he just stood up to leave. So I asked him, “Are you leaving, dude?”. All he said was, “yes, indeed”. It made me feel so bad because it sounded so formal and detached. More than that, it made me feel that the party wasn’t good enough for him. In those days the parties lasted for days and nobody ever left. If they had to it wasn’t until the next morning. We had so many parties in college that when I get introduced to someone I ask them “have we partied before?”. Because people were in and out of our apartment, there was this guy who ended up living in our apartment for an entire school year without us even knowing. He wasn’t even a student at the university. We only found this out when the cops brought him back to our apartment one evening and he was claiming that was where he lived. What happened was, he went on a beer run after collecting money from everyone at the party and tried scoring a kegger with a fake ID. It turns out he wasn’t even at the drinking age yet and got busted. Some guy who was so angry at him because he didn’t get his beer decided he was going to retaliate. He gave him a toast and didn’t tell him that he had given the guy his own piss poured in a beer bottle.
Anyway, the lesson Yestradamus is sharing with us has to do with being aware. Assume nothing. Otherwise, you might end up like the guy who thought he was drinking beer but really wasn’t.
Analyst 147X
