Mercury Sesquiquintile Saturn

(Transit Mercury → Natal Saturn)

Avesalom Podvodnyi. Aspects

Mercury’s Tridecile: When left alone with one’s thoughts, take care that they do not grow dull. This person is vividly interested in manifestations and developmental difficulties of life within the areas of the Planet; they will tend to apply their mind there, or at least speak about these topics. Here, working through provides good opportunities for rational understanding of life development issues within the Planet’s spheres and potential mental liveliness directed toward their resolution. By realizing their mental abilities in this way, the person will feel great satisfaction from the human essence within themselves. This aspect gives a need (and opportunities) for self-expression in the Planet’s sphere through mental activity, and during integration this self-expression will be both lively and interesting to others. For example, a Mercury-Jupiter tridecile in integration may produce an original and direct spiritual leader, with a vivid and inventive mind, authoritative precisely to the necessary degree: “…for My burden is light”… at a lower level, the person may consider themselves an exceptional expert (and benefactor) in life expressions of analysis, both in philosophical generalizations, and overall as life-giving, yet the thought of life itself about its successes in these areas will concern them little. Saturn’s Tridecile: In searching for meaning in another’s life, one may occasionally gain a sense of their own. This aspect, when integrated, gives the person an opportunity for deep and serious assistance to life within the Planet’s spheres, and in any case a strong (often unconscious or repressed) desire to participate in this life, where they may find their self-expression—though this (in areas ruled by Saturn and its aspects) is always limited and hindered. As a rule, this aspect makes the person fearful, insecure, and extremely cautious toward any life manifestations they perceive as intimately connected with them personally. In the harmonious variant, this insecurity quickly passes, but caution and conscientiousness remain, and in combination with depth of aspiration often lead to full immersion of the person into the life spheres and developmental fields of the Planet, excellent understanding of corresponding issues, and constructive help in their resolution—if the person begins to engage with them. If Saturn is afflicted, the person’s insecurity regarding themselves and the Planet’s life areas will prove justified; initially, they are very awkward and perhaps feel out of place, suffering from this, yet simultaneously (with activation of the tridecile) striving with redoubled strength for contact with this life and comprehension of its developmental challenges. Working through the aspect will bring deep understanding of them, the ability to offer adequate help, and human satisfaction from it.