{"id":13169,"date":"2009-03-29T19:24:54","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T00:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=13169"},"modified":"2009-03-30T08:58:34","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T13:58:34","slug":"fun-fact-mercury-is-the-esoteric-ruler-of-aries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/fun-fact-mercury-is-the-esoteric-ruler-of-aries\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun fact: Mercury is the esoteric ruler of Aries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mercury is the ruler of Aries &#8212; if you ask Alice A. Bailey, or at least make it to page 549 of <em>Esoteric Astrology<\/em>. Traditionally, Mars rules Aries and Scorpio and Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13185\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13185\" title=\"ea\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/ea.jpg?resize=150%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ea\" width=\"150\" height=\"240\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bailey, in her mysterious looking book (published in 1951), proposes two additional sets of planetary rulers, one of which is known as the &#8216;esoteric rulers&#8217;. They do rearrange things a bit, but if you&#8217;re willing to consider how planets and signs work together, Bailey proposes some interesting possibilities. Oddly or not, they work. But to see them work it&#8217;s necessary to consider the theory and use them in practice for a while. Or, you can just believe me, but that&#8217;s not nearly as convincing.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s consider the theory. The mind is the instrument of initiative and Mercury certainly offers us that; as does Aries. This is a good match. Aries and Mercury share that spontaneous excitement about an idea; only when you align them, the idea is more like consciousness itself; that is, borrowing from the <em>Bhagavad Gita<\/em>, &#8220;The mind of the senses, the consciousness of creatures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Today and tomorrow, Mercury is conjunct the Sun in Aries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercury is the ruler of Aries &#8212; if you ask Alice A. Bailey, or at least make it to page 549 of Esoteric Astrology. Traditionally, Mars rules Aries and Scorpio and Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo. Bailey, in her mysterious looking book (published in 1951), proposes two additional sets of planetary rulers, one of which &#8230; <a title=\"Fun fact: Mercury is the esoteric ruler of Aries\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/fun-fact-mercury-is-the-esoteric-ruler-of-aries\/\" aria-label=\"More on Fun fact: Mercury is the esoteric ruler of Aries\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}