Sesquiquadrate Moon – Mercury
(Transit Moon → Natal Mercury)
Avesalom Podvodnyi. Aspects
Tridecile of the Moon: Life holds approximately the same significance for this person as landscape does in a novel. The individual will tend to take very personally the developmental issues of life in the areas of the Planet; these will resonate within them as an intimate, warm feeling and a desire to help, with a maternal nuance—such as comforting, warming, feeding, and so on. At the same time, the person may be quite selfish, striving to extract the maximum benefit from life for themselves personally, substituting genuine concern with fussiness centered around their own perceptions of others’ needs. Afflicted Moon may manifest as considerable capriciousness in such interactions—much in others’ lives may displease them, and they may attempt to reshape it to suit themselves, denying its inherent developmental path, all under the guise of sincere involvement and assistance. A well-aspected Moon provides excellent intuitive understanding of life and its challenges in the Planet’s domains, along with the ability to participate appropriately, yet simultaneously carries an equally harmonious form of vampirism upon it. Integration leads to a symbiosis—more or less tense, depending on the major aspects of the Moon and the Planet—and enables subtle, deep self-expression through participation in life’s development: in doing so, the person will feel their truly human essence. Tridecile of Mercury: When left alone with your thoughts, ensure they don’t grow bored. This individual is vividly interested in the manifestations and difficulties of life’s development in the Planet’s spheres and will tend to apply their intellect there, or at least discuss these topics. Integration provides strong opportunities for rational comprehension of life’s developmental issues in the Planet’s areas and fosters potentially lively mental activity directed toward their resolution. By expressing their intellectual abilities in this way, the person will experience great satisfaction from their human core. This aspect indicates a need (and potential) for self-expression in the Planet’s sphere through mental activity, and during integration, this self-expression becomes both lively and engaging for others. For example, a tridecile between Mercury and Jupiter, when integrated, may produce an original and direct spiritual guide with a sharp, inventive mind, authoritative precisely to the necessary degree: “…for My burden is light.” At a lower level, the person may regard themselves as an exceptional expert (and benefactor) in the life expressions of analysis, as well as in philosophical generalizations, and overall sees themselves as life-giving, yet the thought of life itself regarding its actual progress in these areas concerns them little.
