Moon – Mercury Semisquare

(Transit Moon → Natal Mercury)

Avesalom Podvodny. Aspects

Moon semisquare: Do you always remember, when speaking with a person, that you are facing a microcosm? This is the most difficult aspect; most often it indicates an inner brokenness which the person tries in every way to conceal from themselves, since their core inner feeling tells them that everything is exactly as it should be with them, while other people and external circumstances are somehow not quite right—but in any case, that’s their personal problem. In reality, everything is the opposite, but the Moon barely admits its flaws. In the areas of the planet, the person will have limited and rigid perception programs that ruthlessly filter out and ignore everything that does not fit within them, yet the person won’t notice this, believing they see and feel perfectly everything that is necessary, and may even feel superior to others whose perception is truly functional. The discomfort lies in the fact that beyond their clear perception, at a low level of aspect integration, the person won’t notice anything, including subtle nuances and half-tones, and will instinctively strive to prove to the world that these subtleties don’t actually exist. Often this aspect indicates formal childhood relationships with the mother, who carried out her maternal functions and duties according to a fixed checklist, mentally ticking off items as they were completed. Here, (rather difficult) integration leads to the ability to build a warm, cozy home for others, anticipating their every need, but this requires first overcoming the natural egoism and emotional hardness in the planet’s spheres. Mercury semisquare: Artificial intelligence is always irresponsible intelligence. This aspect, at a low level, produces a hidden backwardness of thinking that simultaneously gives an impression of agility, sometimes powerful. The person may speak logically and correctly, yet in their speech there will be felt some colossal distortions, as if they are imbuing their words with another, entirely incorrect meaning. The person themselves, however, will not notice this, just as they won’t notice the profanation to which (in the planet’s spheres) they subject others’ mental images and information in general during reception. For example, a Mercury-Mars semisquare will produce a very limited set of mental schemes through which the person interprets and directs any forms of activity and energy—both their own and others’, often limited to categories such as “good-bad, own-foreign, friend-enemy,” so that recognizing and accounting for the dual nature of any activity becomes impossible for this person. At the same time, their speech (especially with a harmonious Mercury) may at first glance sound powerful, convincing, and logical, demolishing any obstacles, including truth. Integration requires becoming aware of the limitations of one’s mental schemes and, on their (stable!) foundation, constructing structures for purposes (and inhabitants) other than those the person initially envisioned; at a high level, this becomes spirit—that which lies beyond thought and logic, yet to which both should lead, like signposts guiding the seeker to the treasure hidden within the labyrinth.