love, eros, yearning hours
notes on the 7th and 8th houses
“Love means dying in the Other.” — Byung-Chul Han, The Agony of Eros
“Naturally, love’s the most distant possibility.” — Georges Bataille
“Ooh, it gets dark! It gets lonely
On the other side from you
I pine a lot.” — Kate Bush, “Wuthering Heights”
What is eros?
Son of Aphrodite, god of love, Cupid.
An asteroid.
Bittersw…