Quincunx Mercury – Saturn

(Transit. Mercury → Natal Saturn)

Avesalom Podvodny. Aspects

Quincunx of Mercury: Every word has its true meaning. This aspect gives a cosmic direction to thoughts in the spheres of the planet, but it does not mean only an interest in science fiction; it also implies certain difficulties in earthly ways of comprehension, which can cause a person no small amount of minor troubles, since the ordinary, socially accepted way of thinking will seem to them boring, insufficient, and unsatisfactory. Their own thoughts and reflections may seem objective and witty to the person, sometimes even an unconditional universal truth, but in reality they will most often turn out to be an eclectic mix of weak earthly reasoning with unassimilated cosmic understanding, from which it will be quite difficult to extract rational or healthy mystical grains. In moments of strong activation of the quincunx, a person will feel an inhuman flow of their thoughts and may be frightened by them or, conversely, welcome them, depending on the major aspects of the quincunx and the horoscope as a whole. However, it will be difficult for the person to get used to the cosmic nature of their thoughts and to correlate their constructiveness with earthly circumstances. Due to the defeat of Mercury (and the chart in general), this can even lead to a split personality, delusions of cosmic grandeur, or persecution, etc. Working through this requires, first of all, abandoning anthropocentric and geocentric views on the spheres of the planet and developing a cosmic ethics within them, and secondly, carefully aligning cosmic-accented thinking with earthly problems, which will also not be an easy task, but as a result will give extraordinary creative abilities and a cosmic orientation.

Quincunx of Saturn: A person who lacks inner freedom has no moral right to demand civil rights. This aspect gives a person dissatisfaction with ordinary earthly means of deepening into the spheres of the planet, no matter how deeply they penetrate into them, and the same applies to processing its principle in the inner world: here the person needs to hear the cosmic sound and see the otherworldly depth, to which they have abilities. At a low level, the person, of course, is not aware of all this, and their Saturn quincunx manifests in minor troubles and limitations in the spheres of the planet associated with their focus on ordinary earthly methods of processing relevant issues and their inability to consider them from a cosmic perspective, although the subconscious will find it quite difficult. In general, this aspect gives dissatisfaction with earthly wisdom in the spheres of the planet and a desire to comprehend the cosmic; sometimes the person will feel that they have glimpsed it, but initially with typical strong distortions, since cosmic laws can only be comprehended through conscious and subconscious departure from geocentric positions and the predominant number of social views that hold a person very firmly, especially in serious matters. Therefore, here there are likely poorly conscious jumps from cosmic attitudes, which are attractive to the subconscious but suspicious, to earthly and established ones, which are reliable but unsatisfactory; as a result, the problem is suppressed, leaving a general vague feeling of dissatisfaction, or, especially in the case of a damaged quincunx, stress is formed. Working through this is difficult, but it gives cosmic wisdom, the vision of karma, and the ability to harmoniously weave cosmic karma into earthly life.