Eric Francis

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Mercury square Chiron: Know when you don’t know

Who hasn’t had the notion, “I’m not smart enough for that?” Yet with Mercury-Chiron aspects this can be a debilitating obsession. This aspect seems capable of bring lurking doubts to the surface. The opposite of this is another prevailing state, that of being cocksure, absolutely certain of something with no basis in fact or experience.