16 Degrees of Mercury and Cancer

16 Degrees of Mercury and Cancer. Scatteredness, mistakes. A talent that failed to realize itself due to wasteful expenditure of energy (P. Globa).
Hopeless efforts, dispersion of strength. Degree of Mars (Ya. Kefer).
“Seagulls fly around a ship awaiting food.” – Easily acquired dependence of mental desires upon stimuli arising from the social environment. Dependency. Pauses that herald change. Readiness for action or suffering from ignorance of the future (D. Radyar).
“The Scribe.” Indicates a person with aptitude for writing. This degree pertains to communications carried out by letter. Degree of writers, calligraphy (B. Israel).
Poverty; talent that squanders strength without purpose (O. Troyanovsky).
Degree of Mercury. An empty cart is depicted here. Mediocrity, scatteredness, mistakes, annoyances, talent unable to realize itself due to barren energy (Tebychny Calendar).
Degree of Venus. “A woman under the starry sky near ancient ruins; a bright angel to her right, a dark one to her left. The stars—the lamps of the palaces of the Almighty—shine in all their splendor.” – Indicates a person with a very active mind, capable of grand endeavors. Being extremely sensitive, he is under strong influence of his own impulses and diverse impressions. This person’s life path is full of dangers, and he must be cautious not to stray from the right path. Let us wish him to gaze upon the stars more often and pray that Good may be his guiding light. This is a symbol of restraint (I. Kosminsky).