The signs as literary movements
Aries: Modernism // encompassing primitivism, formal innovation, or reaction to science and technology, holding the past in high regard
Taurus: Traditionalism // expression of culture through tradition, the richness of the native language, mythology, and folklore, refusing the imitation of foreign models
Gemini: Stream of Consciousness// Thought processes and interior monologue, hearing of the mind, lack of punctuation, association and free exploration of the mind
Cancer: Expressionism // presenting the world from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas, expressing the meaning of emotional experience rather than physical reality
Leo: Surrealism // uses surprising images and transitions to play off of formal expectations and depict the unconscious rather than conscious mind
Virgo: Realism // emphasis on actual life, truthful and objective, rejection of heroes, beauty of the banal and familiar
Libra: Transcendentalism // philosophical, emphasis on nature, rejection of society, accepting, concerned with self-reliance, independence from modern technology
Scorpio: Dark Romanticism // supernatural themes, leaning towards imagination and emotion over logic and rationality, exploration of the dark side of humanity, the idea that man is inherently sinful and self-destructive
Sagittarius: The Beat Generation // rejection of standard values, spiritual exploration, anti-materialism, insight into the human condition
Capricorn: Imagism // poetry based on description rather than theme, and on the motto “the natural object is always the adequate symbol”, a return to more classical values, such as directness of presentation and economy of language
Aquarius: Naturalism // emphasis on objectivity and detachment, tendency to view humans as victims of natural law, philosophical, attempts to apply scientific principles, exposes the dark harshness of life, focusing on human vice and misery
Pisces: Symbolism // the belief that absolute truths can only be described indirectly, in a metaphorical and suggestive manner, endowing particular images or objects with symbolic meaning and favoring spirituality, imagination, and dreams