Gossip Gods

(Mars at Leo 4) opposite (Pluto at Capricorn 30) 
Pluto teaches Mars 
how to hunt... 

"Arrive at the tree stand 
at least an hour before 
dawn or dusk.  You need 
to become one with the forest, 

if you are to convince 
the beasts to move through it. 
Lean into the trunk, and 
a fox may come to sleep 

at your roots.  Your code: 
Don't kill a doe 
with her young.  Don't kill 
a stag, with less than

8 points.  This number 
may increase, over time. 
As you mature, you let more 
beings pass.  And should 

you meet the Hundred Pointed 
Hart, I wager you won't 
even pull the bow string back. 
But for now, remember, 

the way you kill matters. 
You want to aim 
for the heart.  It is 
the kindest way. 

You miss the heart, 
and the creature runs 
until it can't anymore. 
You will then track its blood, 

pumped full of cortisol, 
as its flesh becomes bitter 
with the taste of fear. 
If the deer passes 

onto your neighbor's land 
before it passes away, 
too bad, you're a shitty shot. 
You will have to take it 

as a loss.  You might be 
hunted yourself if you cross 
that threshold without permission. 
So don't go over there."