Astrology II: The Horoscope Natal Wheel – Birth Chart (Part Three)

 

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One of the fundamental components of Astrology is that of planetary aspects

The Planets and their location give profound and insightful information to an individual.

The symbolic relationship between the planets and ourselves is they signify basic drives or urge in the unconscious.

In the Astrology Natal Wheel (Birth Chart), planet significance is dependant on their various positions. They show themselves with different qualities in the twelve signs of the Natal Wheel and the twelve houses - they bind the relationship between planets and astrological signs.

In other words, they dictate how planets and zodiac signs interact and show the forces at work that exist between them. They tell us whether that relationship between the planets (the parts of our lives they symbolise) will be one filled with harmony or disharmony.

Previously, The Planet Aspects, THE MOON: LUNA (the second largest planet and fastest moving celestial body in the sky - ‘A King in Constellations’). The Moon is the mediator between the inner world and the outer world. Luna infuses the past into our lives through feelings, ‘plays out’ what lies beneath the surface (our most private selves) and has power over people’s masses. Responsive and receptive the Moon regulates the rhythmic ebb and flow of activity and energy. The gentle, emotion-driven Moon is the subtle, compassionate, nurturing, and nostalgic mother-figure of the Astrologer’s chart.

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THE PLANET ASPECTS - continuation

Planets show WHAT

MERCURY

The fundamental underlying interpretation

Intuitively rules the Star (Zodiac) Signs GEMINI and VIRGO

Keyword: Communication - Gemini and Virgo represent the different sides of Mercury’s expression: Gemini is output while Virgo is input

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Introduction

 

INNER MOST PLANET OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

Mercury, the smallest place in the solar system yet the ‘messenger of the gods.’

The messenger in astrology, an opportunistic planet, Mercury, is decidedly unemotional and curious. Mercury is the transmitter of the chart. Anything that must be moved from point to point relies on the energy of Mercury. Also, it can transmit musical inspiration as well as ingenious creativity.

Mercury’s ‘charge’ is to take things apart and put them back together again.

 

Significant Features (Fundamental Essence)

In the Natal Wheel, Mercury colours the planets' aspects with a desire to communicate and exchange information. Astrologically speaking, it governs transmitting material. This heavenly body is all about transmission, expression, reason (logic-rationality) and intellect.

Ruler of the mental sphere, Mercury characterises our mode of communication. It affects how we communicate and share information. It tells us a lot about how we gather, process and transmits information. What and how we say it. Further, it tells us about how we think, talk, and manage our time and schedule. It represents day-day expression and interaction.

This essential Solar System inhabitant dictates our speech and/or written words, whether we are concise in our choice of words, flowery, and or business-like in our communications.

Mercury personifies our coordination through thought processes, ideas, and sensory information from conscious and unconscious sources. All that needs to be coordinated and understood. Mercury analyses, sorts, groups, and makes sense of things. How we handle nervous energy? How we express and convey our thoughts? How we approach others and information to learn and exchange ideas? Mercury uses its smart intellect and relentless curiosity to analyse, sort, and classify, helping us synthesise and articulate complex ideas.

Further, Mercury reigns over transportation, travel, the five senses, youth, reading and writing.

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Mercury’s position in our Natal Chart

BY SIGN shows our ability to communicate, explain, and understand, exposing how we listen, read, write, and talk

BY HOUSE shows where we seek to have a voice-influence and which areas of life we tend to intellectualise and give a lot of thought.

To sum up

When we are “enacting out” our Mercury positively, we are inquisitive, curious, communicative, and versatile. Negatively, we can be high-strung or nervous, nit-picky, indecisive, and overly technical. An overactive Mercury can stimulate stress through a tendency to worry incessantly.

Mercury is where we see how we apply ourselves to learning situations and what impressions other people pick up when we open our mouths.

In bringing our quick trip to Mercury to an end, I close with the evocative description below that befits this stimulating celestial body.

Words can bring emotions to the fore in the 'blink of an eye,' “aptly I am Mercury, my energy is quick, witty, full of liveliness, curious, fleeting and often fickle.”

I look forward to our next fortnightly rendezvous. Bye for now.

Note
Mercury is the first planet to have power over intelligence.