With Neptune left behind, Mercury moves on through Pisces this week as if to keep water in mind. That’s because, among Mercury’s many astrological associations, a correlation with mind will often ring true. Also, prominent in the deep reservoir of meanings held by Pisces is water. That’s how water in mind, in actuality, and as a symbol appears to be in store; but wait, there’s more.
This is no average annual tour through Pisces. Mercury this year will be taking you to even greater depths than usual through its aspects to other planets.
Aspects are angular relationships between objects on the zodiac circle. Interpreting any such relationship means creatively combining respective qualities of the planets, signs and angles involved.
The objective of aspect interpretation is to arrive at a parable that actually pertains to your reality. Ideally, the metaphor will also reliably describe something of both your position and available options. For Mercury (and your mind) this week, the through-line for its aspects is both material and metaphorical water.
You know how important water is. Without it, you and most other forms of life would die. You also know how water symbolizes emotions, feelings and intuitive aptitude. Yet, no matter how well you think you know water now, astrology is indicating you will get to know the wet stuff a whole lot better real soon. It will begin with Jupiter’s last leg through the cardinal waters of Cancer.
Mercury’s major aspects this week include a trine to Jupiter tomorrow, a Friday sextile to Pluto, and a conjunction with Chiron as the weekend begins, all evocative of water in its many manifestations.
First off, Jupiter tends to amplify and magnify whatever part of the zodiac it traverses and whatever angular relationship it is a part of. Trine aspects have a reputation similar to Jupiter because trines connect signs that share the same identifying element (fire, earth, air or water), setting up a flow that accelerates as it circulates. Hence, any water trine involving Jupiter implies a veritable flood, and for good or bad, there’s yet more.
Jupiter is the linchpin for this historical moment in astrology. Jove is (along with Saturn’s swim through Scorpio and Neptune at home in Pisces) part of a grand water trine without specific precedent for years upon centuries past.
At the same time, Jupiter is also part of a similarly unprecedented grand cardinal cross (or grand cardinal square, if you will).
Pluto (from Capricorn), and Uranus (from Aries) have long held down the first two corners of the square, emblematic of our era. Now, retrograde Mars is backing into the Libra corner, and Jupiter is slogging through Cancer to precisely complete the fourth corner of the grand cardinal square (with a bonus connection to the grand water trine) on April 23.
On the whole, a grand water trine linked to a grand cardinal cross through Jupiter makes it look like you could help make history, and do it with pleasure, if you are so inclined. Tomorrow’s trine from Mercury to Jupiter should help you feel the flow, but that’s not all.
After Mercury moves past its trine to Jupiter tomorrow, astrology’s match for your mind will quickly open a sextile to Pluto come Friday.
Sextiles (separations of 60 degrees), like scholarships, are supportive but require some work on your part. In this case, it’s an easy “A” — if you realize that Pluto rules fluid Scorpio (along with Mars), supporting continuous water correlations until Mercury conjoins Chiron as Friday flows into Saturday.
Conjunctions are two objects occupying the same spot on the zodiac and the same degree of longitude in the sky. When planets conjoin, they begin a new cycle in their angular relationships, indicating a new cycle of some sort in your life. Beyond the initiation of a cycle there is a more ephemeral, but powerful, consequence — conjoined objects merge.
Imagine your mind (corresponding to Mercury) becoming one with every form of water (represented by Pisces). Then, conceive of a further merger at the same time into Chiron’s complex, nuanced, yet undeniably holistic cross-currents from who knows where to your uneasy chair. If you can keep, hold and work with such an image, you will understand the cosmic position of your consciousness in the days to come. As for your options, keep it simple.
Mercury’s passage through Pisces this week will have water on your mind and complexity in store. In order to be the balance you will want to see in the world, keep it simple and focus on what comes out of your head.
If ever there were a time to prioritize what comes out of your noggin over what goes in, this would be it. So, stay in contact with Mercury by using your head. Then, keep water in mind.
Keep water in mind so that whatever you choose to say, write or otherwise express of your thoughts does not entail giving anybody a piece of your mind. Not this week, anyway.
This week there will be some long karmic trajectories from even the shortest sentences. That’s where aspects from Mercury locate you for now. So, be careful. Whatever you choose to express and however you choose to convey, make sure the parable being told by your thoughts and through your words will be something for which you can forever be proud. The soul you save could be your own.
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Len, Perfect! thank you for “onshore flow”.
The particle starts as a ripple, a wave and then calls forward to meet the shore. Here within it finds and reaches in to free feeling, idea dream, potential. In turn new ground will be covered, broader connections and new pathways form, a new matter creation results in (form-ation) flow.
P. Sophia: Thank you for sharing your experience of what appears to be an “onshore flow” phenomenon (something we experience a lot where i reside in the Northwest corner if the U.S.). Thank you also for your question. Since a series of aspects was discussed in this piece, the theme of this blog carries into next week. The objective of interpreting an aspect is timeless. Please, does this answer your question in a satisfactory manner? If not please reply to let me know.
Len- Is this aspect still in effect?
“The objective of aspect interpretation is to arrive at a parable that actually pertains to your reality.”
I noticed continuous ripples of air movement on the water this morning as the tide pushed in. Spirit moving emotion inward, quickly with great force, is the message I received…
Jere, you are one of the best poets ever.
-Len
“The body is a Temple, Jere.”
Jere
Strawberry; Thank you for the affirmation, it comes at a good time.
be: Right you are. Sharing thoughts with others is a valuable tool. It’s also important to remember that tools can cause injury when used improperly. Hence, the need to be careful with our valuable tools at this time so that we ultimately value (rather than regret) what we make with them.
Chief Niwots Son: Puns always welcome – thank you.
Len- I did not mean to imply you meant water on the brain, that is just my Geminian Mercury being a punster.
Strawberrylaughter: Thank you for your reflection, this year has felt far more buoyant and easier to navigate too. As for the mosquito, I’d rather emulate the genuine teachings of another famous water-walker…
Yeah, I thought so Len, thanks. It strikes me that Juno is acting as an envoy representing Uranus when she squares Pluto, and Mercury will act as translator (or referee) in their 3-way meeting early Friday morning (EDT). If we pay attention to these inner planet contacts with the grand cross players then maybe we won’t be taken off guard so much when those squares and oppositions get really tight.
If you read the preface of James Baldwin’s stories (linked) you will see he kept his options simple too. Still, the ability to share thoughts with others is a valuable tool, both in giving and receiving. Isn’t that a primary purpose of mind/Mercury? Communication with his father Prometheus prepared Deucalion for the flood and spared his life. Communication with someone who speaks through euphemisms or riddles might take a little longer to understand, but like it was for Deucalion, the rewards can be a prayer answered. When the language being spoken is water then thoughts must be conveyed and received through a combination of feeling and mind. It takes practice for many, although some take to it like a duck.
Therefore, when Mercury in watery Pisces attends a critical meeting with Juno in fiery Aries and Pluto in dry earthy Capricorn, the results should be more cohesive (thanks Chief Niwots Son) than otherwise and less dangerous too because Mercury is well versed in the language of water (dousing flames). Think about this wandering_yeti, who better to symbolically link together a cross and a trine than Jupiter (understanding) strategically located in cohesive watery Cancer?
Astrology can be mystifying and speak in riddles but when the heart and feelings are as involved as the mind in its interpretation, the results can be awesome.
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“This week there will be some long karmic trajectories from even the shortest sentences.”
I’ve seen this happening already today, Len. In fact, it seems the shortest of sentences are having the heaviest of impacts. Not negative impacts, just more intense than expected. A reminder that even a small stone can create far-reaching ripples in the right environment. I take it as a caution to be very aware of centering my communication in my truth this week. A good practice if ever there was one.
…and Chief Niwots Son, water on the brain, indeed. It seems all of Mercury’s watery travails last year may have helped you find some buoyancy. Maybe with a little cohesion we can all learn the secret of the mosquito. 😉
Chief Niwots Son: Thank you. Cohesion is a good interpretation of the theme of water as a line through all of Mercury’s aspects this week. The medical condition of water on the brain was not intended. Just keeping water in mind, and when or where you see or feel its various manifestations to pay attention. Apologies for any confusion.
wandering_yeti: Thank you for helping us to remember the circle is always there – simple, yet profound. Thank you as well for your “Goddess” and “spear head” analogies. Like you, it’s one day at a time for me as well. Please accept my empathy and gratitude.
Wow…the circle is always there, but a triangle and a cross at the same time brings the cross, circle and triangle all into play: Jupiter in Cancer looks to me like the return of the Great Goddess, birthing a new path. Trines can normally go by unnoticed, but connected so directly to a cross it has a target and can turn into a spear head or a point of emergence.
My Sun, Mercury, Eros, BMLilith, and Juno are all on the Capricorn arm. Have to find a new place to live soon…but still working my musical mojo one step at a time.
Len- the aspect of water that spoke to me while reading your piece is “cohesion,” exemplified by the surface tension that allows mosquitos to walk on water. My parable is that Mercury in Pisces brings cohesion to my thoughts and vision. I find that far more useful than seeing this aspect as having water on the brain.
be: Thank you for your cogent observations and useful correlations once again. In answer to your question, any object aspecting Pluto (or Uranus, or Jupiter, or even Mars right now) is serving as a segue-way to the grand cardinal cross. Further to your invocation of Kuiper Belt object 53311 Deucalion, however, the segue-way is a water-way for this week at least. Hence, follow the water and be careful of what comes out of your mind as the two keys to astrology this week. Please reply to let me know if my answer did not serve you well.
I love this guy but he does use poetic license with the ancient story./be
http://www.authorama.com/old-greek-stories-6.html
Thank you for this advice Len. I reckon’ Mercury without a message would be like a fish out of water huh? Looks to me like Jupiter in Cancer has been emphasizing the grieving families of the lost plane passengers and crew for more than two weeks, and now the families of those lost to the mudslide in Washington State is setting the stage for Mercury in Pisces to set the tone.
I’m curious about Mercury’s sextile to Pluto just as Pluto is squaring Juno which is just after Mercury’s semi-sextile to Juno (who has just been exacting a conjunction to Uranus). Is this a segue-way to the cardinal cross? Some preliminary negotiating on the part of Mercury? I don’t doubt his emotional facilitating skills were honed last year in those 3 retrogrades in the water signs and they will be put to the test it seems. If so, it’s a balancing act that will require the “keep-it-simple” advice you advocate.
Perhaps a parable along the lines of Deucalion’s story (who resides in Scorpio and is also on Mercury’s flight path for a trine) would be advisable for Mercury’s Saturday morning meeting with Chiron. No stone unturned, or cast over the shoulder goes unnoticed. 🙂
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