Mercury\'s Vertex Illumination

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1 Your Reading - Deborah, July 1, :30 - Tacoma, Washington, United States Mercury\'s Vertex Illumination Deborah, Cancer Born July 1, 11:30 Tacoma, Washington, United States Created the 8th May 2017 Page 1/18

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3 Mercury\'s Vertex Illumination WHAT IS THE VERTEX ASTROLOGICALLY?: The Vertex represents a role or part we play that is not a matter of personal choice but is fated or destined. We cannot really change things signified by what is involved with the Vertex. Vertex events involve other people. Often their actions come from things already set in motion. They are automatically forcing "personality completion" or bringing out what is expected of us. For example, a person with a Vertex in Cancer may not be comfortable dealing with emotional or family matters until he learns to do so. Vertex events make it possible to learn this. The Vertex represents one's lot in life determined by one's past. The sign the Vertex is in represents a quality one needs to bring out, i.e. with the Vertex in Aries one needs to bring out initiative, the courage to start new things and to lead. The results are inevitable unless the actions had been changed sometimes years earlier. The Sun on the Ascendant gives a personal approach to life, but one has something to say about it. Sun on the Vertex, though, is a "Key Man" in a group or collective setting and very much subjected to fated situations. Coming on the right side of the chart, the Vertex is also a mirror to ourselves as to how other people see us. It shows expectancies of a person as a result of the reputation he has earned. The Ascendant is our face to the world; the Vertex tells how the world interprets this face. It represents the result of personal growth as it is interpreted by one's environment as a result of what a person has done. Delphine Jay has written that "as a result of what one is (Asc.) and what one does (MC), the Vertex represents what is expected of him." Therefore, the Vertex symbolizes a facet of our natures that we are compelled to bring forth. One way to think of the vertex is that the ascendant is the body, the MC the soul, and the vertex the spirit. The vertex shows expectancies from a person as a result of the reputation he has earned. It brings forced personality completion since it is a cycle finalizer. It is heavily activated when a cycle is Page 3/18

4 ending. It represents the result of personal growth as it is interpreted by one's environment as a result of what one has done. At the asc. we take from the environment (i.e. food, air, etc.). At the MC we give but with compensation. At the vertex we are expected to return to our environment by service. The vertex is also known as the wish factor, but these wishes are fulfilled in a perverse manner. There is always the involvement of others in some manner. It is the reflection of what we are (asc.) and what we do (MC). While the descendant reflects how other people react to us, the vertex reflects how our environment responds to us. Many think of it as representing a fated quality in the sense that we have little or no control over its actions. Being an East-West polarity, the vertex represents others and the anti-vertex, the self. The antivertex represents the cause and the vertex, the effect. The anti-vertex indicates an area of ease or favors freely given. We're used to events brought by the anti-vertex. They're comfortable. However, the vertex indicates challenge. These events are impersonal. They're not under our control. Like the nodes of the moon, the north node and the vertex are indicative of challenge and growth while the south node and the anti-vertex are indicative of ease and familiarity. A person needs to go a step higher in the sign of his natal vertex, and each time the vertex changes signs by progression, he is challenged to learn the lessons of the new signs. Bringing it forth, we must remember that the potential has always been there. This is an area of our lives we know we could develop and will have the chance to develop when the Vertex is activated. THE VERTEX: WHAT YOU'RE FATED TO DEVELOP The Vertex works somewhat like the Moon's Nodes since the Vertex and its opposite point, the AntiVertex is also an axis. We say we have already developed the qualities of the South Node and we get out greatest growth from the North Node. Likewise, we have well-developed qualities of the AntiVertex, and we need to bring forth the qualities of the Vertex. Page 4/18

5 How aspects to the Anti-Vertex work Conjunctions to the Vertex are oppositions to the Anti-Vertex. This shows the need to balance and use what you already know with what you are developing by using what both signs signify. Sextiles to the Vertex are Trines to the Anti-Vertex. While you have the opportunity to develop the qualities of the Vertex, it is easier for you to express those of the Anti-Vertex. If you allow this, it could hold back your efforts to express the Vertex sign. Used constructively, it's a highly harmonious aspect. Squares to the Vertex are also squares to the Anti-Vertex, so you have impediments in developing the things signified by the Vertex sign and from using the innate talents of the Anti-Vertex. This is the most challenging aspect of all. Trines to the Vertex are the easiest and usually most favorable aspects. They are also sextiles to the Anti-Vertex, so you have both the ease and opportunity to develop what these signs signify. Oppositions to the Vertex are conjunctions to the Anti-Vertex. Here you have the strong welldeveloped talents of the Anti-Vertex, which may overshadow your development of the Vertex sign. Neglecting one over the other is not the best use of this. You may meet opposition from someone else when your fated events occur, or you may take the easier path of the Anti-Vertex. Quincunxes to the Vertex are also semi-sextiles to the Anit-Vertex. While you're fated to develop the sign of the Vertex, help from your Anti-Vertex is just beginning to develop giving you little help from Page 5/18

6 previous development. This results in minor irritations that could eventually develop into big problems such as health or financial concerns. To handle this you have to adjust to the differences of the two signs. Vertex in Pisces, Anti-Vertex in Virgo The Vertex is usually found in the 5th, 6th, 7th, or 9th houses. Occasionally, when the birth takes place near the equator, one will find it in the 4th or 9th houses. The Anti-Vertex is always opposite these placements. This is true in both the northern and southern hemispheres. The Vertex in Transit: The Vertex covers almost the whole 360 degrees by transit every day. Therefore, it is useful for transits only if an event has an exact time. Each day the Vertex begins the day about a degree farther into the sign. The Vertex by Secondary Progresssions: By secondary progressions, though, it can progress through as few as two houses to as many as 6 houses in an 80 year life span. This is due to its motion, which varies from 30' to 3 degree in a year. Also, it does not progress or transit at a consistent speed but rather it varies as in a bell curve - gradually faster and gradually slower each day (hour). I have yet to see a chart where the person had the Vertex progressed into the 11th, although it could happen. In one chart the person started life with the Vertex in the 5th. He will be 83 before it progresses into the 11th. Vertex in 6th house: You are expected to use your analytical abilities and practicality in giving service. This is especially strong in either working in the health fields or dealing with your own health problems. You could develop leadership in the fashion or clothing industry, using your talent for seeing flaws that others Page 6/18

7 miss. Your ability to classify and bring order in your world is highly valued. Vertex Trine Uranus: You benefit from the surprising events in your life. Friends open your world to greater things than you ever dreamed of. Humanitarian and group activities are favored. Your uniqueness is an asset to you, and others find you to be an interesting person. You may be ahead of your time. Vertex Quincunx Venus: You are certainly one who needs to know yourself well and define what you want out of life. If you don't you may compromise more than is necessary and then resent others for having to do so. Your efforts to improve or maintain your appearance give you more confidence. Throat or voice problems may arise at times. Vertex Opposition Saturn: You may be pushed into a role that is not your real self. Others oppose your efforts so that you have to learn to stand up for yourself. Your own sense of responsibility provides balance that enables you to be the person you should be and to defuse any tension. Page 7/18

8 THE ASCENDANT: WHO YOU ARE The Ascendant is who you are and how you express yourself. The Midheaven describes what you do (your career) and also one of your parents. As a result of how you express yourself and what you do, you are expected to express the characteristics and tasks of the Vertex. Virgo Rising: You express yourself in a quiet and analytical way. Your personality is never crude or coarse. You probably look ten years younger than your age partly because you associate with young people and take care of your health and diet. Sometimes you are indecisive and unsure, yet practical and methodical. You have that rare quality, common sense. Initiative is strong too, but you may waste time on non-essentials. You give yourself away in service to others. You must serve in some way to be free. Learning to discriminate in serving is a lesson you must learn. You can actually weaken another person when you lift a burden that he needs for his own development. You have a bearing on matters pertaining to sickness, hygiene, clothing, food, cereals, employees, servants, service, work and domestic animals. You are assimilating experiences, which help you build your own character. When you are busy with serving you are actually healthier than when you think only of yourself. You have great sensitivity and often a feeling of inadequacy. Patience and humility are lessons you are absorbing too. The endless details and routine jobs give you the greatest satisfaction. You are ending a cycle of self-development. You see other's weaknesses and capitalize on them, but you do so with diplomacy and tact. Women of this sign are often beautiful with good proportions. It's important to you to dress well too. ASPECTS TO THE ASCENDANTThe Adjectives in Interpretation Page 8/18

9 Aspects to the Ascendant are like the adjectives in a sentence. They tell who, what, when, why, and how the Ascendant is affected. Taking interpretation to this level enables you to know yourself much more specifically. Every ascendant aspect shows a potential for different expressions of the personality. Regardless of the ascendant sign, it takes on the characteristics of the planets (energies) aspecting it, and the kind of aspect (conjunction, sextile, square, trine, quincunx, or opposition) tells how you are apt to express this energy. Usually we can choose to express this energy positively or negatively. Moon Conjunct Asc.: You often take on a nurturing role. You seem to have a talent for taking care of others. Your childhood experiences played a strong part on your later personality. You need peaceful conditions in your environment. You know what appeals to the public so you make a good salesman. Your mother played a major role in your life, and, as a result, you find that women or womens interests play an important part of your life. You are a moody person. People with this tend to femininity in manner or appearance. Like the sign Cancer, you probably have a rather full round face. Mercury Square Asc.: You need to learn the art of intellectual compromise so as not to turn others off by your authoritarian attitude. You may have an air of superiority that is developed to hide your feelings of inferiority. Often you are a non-stop talker who needs the center of the stage to feel secure in a social or business situation. Since you like to work with your hands and your mind, so you may be a good writer. Most of all you want to be noticed for your sharp mind. Mars Square Asc.: Page 9/18

10 Although you want your talents to be recognized, your inability to submit to authority creates problems and restricts the progress of your career. When properly used Mars here makes you capable of great output both physically and mentally. You can work longer hours with less rest than most people. You often attract people who will give you a bad time, but thats all right with you because these are the only people you respect. You feel you must fight to gain your goals. Learning gentleness, diplomacy, and checking impulsiveness can help you overcome the negative side of this. THE MIDHEAVEN: HOW HIGH CAN YOU REACH The Midheaven (MC) indicates the highest level to which one may aspire. It shows one's position or status in the world and what the person has aspired to achieve. It also indicates a parent or parents from whom a person gets his station in like, especially as a child, and indicates how far a person is able to rise above his birth condition. Later, this status comes from his employer or the nature of his life's work. Ambition, or its lack, is indicated here too. The Midheaven shows how favorably or unfavorably a person is known. The sign, ruler, and aspects to the ruler indicate the ease or difficulty one has in reaching his potential. Planets in the 10th house may give additional information. Politically it has a connection with the government. MC in Gemini You must have contact with many people and practical outlets for your abilities. You're a "doer" and you must be active. When things are dull, you lose interest. You must have a hobby other than your work for you feel a need to experience a variety of activities. Some may have two jobs at once or do two related jobs in your career such as being a singer who also writes songs. You do equally well with both. You can be an excellent speaker and people enjoy hearing you. Teaching is another outlet for a Gemini midheaven. Page 10/18

11 You do have a tendency to overwork, though, even to point of having a nervous break down. One of your parents stimulated you to learn. This parent is friendly and gregarious with a variety of interests. This is the parent who communicates well and is adaptable and quick-witted. The negative expression of Gemini on the midheaven is to be scatterbrained, restless, and lacking in followthrough. You have an outer flexibility where career and human interests are concerned. Relatives play a prominent part in your life for good or ill. There are often many career changes. With a Leo or Libra ascendant your field could be art, acting, or design. You like to work with others, and you have a gift for diplomacy. People find it fun to be with you. ASPECTS TO THE MIDHEAVENHow You Handle Each Stage of Your Life Aspect you have to your Midheaven give a more thorough interpretation of how you come across than the sign only. When we are born we get out identity from our parents or the circumstances of our birth. With each stage of development we usually have more control of this public image. As a child you began to develop an identity through your social contacts as well as your parents. As a teenager, you begin to establish your own identity apart from your parents. Next, your educational level and your job or career identifies you. Marriage usually brings a major change in identity,y and so on as does every stage of your life. The sign and aspects to the Midheaven indicate how you handle these stages. With each planet we develop differently. Moon Square MC: Your feelings conflict with the needs and desires of others. You seem to be at the mercy of your emotions bringing partnership and business problems at times. Often there are emotional problems with parents and family. You can be dissatisfied with both your home and professional responsibilities. You may have difficulty understanding why your emotional habit patterns annoy employers, parents, and family. It is difficult for you to attain popularity. Though youre strongly attached to home and family, you will turn your back on them in order to assert yourself. Page 11/18

12 Mercury Conjunct MC: Occupations requiring original thinking and writing ability are just for you. Working for newspapers and printing or any field involving communication suits you well. This could include being a secretary, teachers, librarian, researcher, or scientist. Youre a natural actor. Unless Mercury is in one of the Earth signs you must learn to stick with the job youre attempting. Fortunately you have a great sense of humor that you want to share with others. Saturn in aspect to either the MC or Mercury will help you avoid coming on as shallow or vacillating. Mars Conjunct MC: Your desire for importance and prominence make you highly competitive and ambitious. You will fight to get to the top. You are very career oriented, and you know exactly what you want to accomplish. By approaching your goals with direct action and determination, you succeed. You have a domineering personality, and you will let no one keep you from your goals. You have the ability to succeed in your own business. You concentrate on your aims and objectives with independence. Neptune Trine MC: There is nothing you wont do to help your fellow man. You are passive, peace loving, and idealistic. This aspect favors professions that help people find solutions to problems and gain public recognition for artists, musicians, and actors. Your home may be unusual or artistic in some way. Creed, color, race, and religion mean nothing to you in dealing with the public. You take in the feelings of those around you so you need to associate with positive and outgoing people. Somewhat shy and retiring, you are easily hurt, even by unintentional slights. Page 12/18

13 Pluto Sextile MC: You have much skill and ambition. You are always looking for ways to improve your chosen careers. People in positions of authority give you their support and cooperation. You will do well in occupations where you can give guidance or advice. The practices of law and business management are professions where you will feel comfortable. Others are aware of your leadership ability. Usually youll decide on your career direction early in life, often with the help of a friend. THE IMUM COELI: WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL SECURE The MC and the IC are the parental axis. Aries on the IC means that one parent is described by the Libra MC and the other by the Aries IC. These signs do not necessarily describe the parents so much as your perceptions of your parents. Thus, your perceptions may be very different from those of a brother or sister with the same parents. Like the natural sign of this cusp, Cancer, the 4th house cusp (Imum Coeli or IC), represents nurturing, security, and your base of operations. Security usually comes from the nurturing parent, whether this is the father, mother, or other caregiver. In a broader sense it represents protections such as police, military personnel, or fortifications. It shows whether or not you have a base of operations you can count on and a place where you feel secure. It describes the actual home or dwelling where you live. In addition it represents conditions in the last yeas of your life. The sign, ruler, and aspects to the ruler as well as planets in the house describe these conditions in your life. IC in Sagittarius You would like your home to be large and comfortable. You like to provide a place for everything and have everything in its place. You treat visitors generously and are especially generous to your Page 13/18

14 own family. These families usually get along with each other better than most. Your Sagittarius parent has tried to give you a good background based on solid religious or philosophical standards. He is a serious thinker. You take great pride in your family background. Some, though, spend time traveling or living in a foreign country. This Sagittarius parent could be a sportsman, public speaker, professional person, or a publisher. He can let his religious zeal become too important. He/she does not have a subtle approach to life and often "opens his mouth and inserts his foot." If this represents your mother she is not fond of domestic chores. She's a charming and agreeable companion though. You are honest and straightforward with your family. You must have the liberty and freedom to expand your world. You achieve your goals through the power of positive thinking. You are idealistic about your home and family, but less evolved people may become religious fanatics and adhere to the lowest common denominator of current thinking. Usually your last years are fortunate unless you go to extremes when you have an afflicted Jupiter. You are apt to have comfortable surroundings and adequate finances to provide pleasant conditions. THE DESCENDANT: HOW YOU RELATE TO OTHERS Since you are represented by the ascendant, the descendant or 7th house cusp describes others you attract into your life. This includes your spouse or the person who is most important to you with whom you operate as an equal as well as others in general. Open enemies and opponents are shown here too. The descendant is a reflection of who you are. i.e. An aggressive or self-centered Aries ascendant attracts a Libra type who is a more easy-going other-centered person; a Leo ascendant person being too personal attracts an Aquarian type who is impersonal. Each ascendant type attracts its opposite sign and often projects his own needs on this person. In conflicts such as court Page 14/18

15 actions, power struggles, or war, the descendant describes the nature of the opponent. Libra, the natural ruler of the 7th, seeks balance and harmony even if he has to fight to get it. The descendant sign, ruler, aspects to the ruler, and planets in the 7th if there are any describe contracts and public relations. Desc in Pisces Virgo ascendant people seek partners (Pisces) who can increase their human understanding and emotional involvement. You are the one who is organized, not your partner. You tend to seek impractical, idealistic partners to whom you may give sympathy and support. Sometimes this is an alcoholic or otherwise handicapped person. Some seek the ideal that probably doesn't exist. You can experience sorrow through marriage. Your inclination to be overly analytical or nit picking can cause difficulties in relationships. Some of you are gullible where others are concerned and need to develop good, balanced judgment where partners are concerned. For some, religion will play an important role in your partner's life. You learn that you cannot be completely independent of others. Pisces is the signn of self-sacrifice, so there has to be a surrender of the self for others. Virgo's self-centeredness often encounters peculiar and unusual experiences through marriage and other partnerships. Some Pisces mates are hard to understand. You must use your ability to nag and become overly critical in a supporting role to the partner. Only through your willingness to be nothing do you really become something. Your energies can compliment each other with Virgo providing or encouraging the preciseness Pisces lacks. Pisces can bring warmth and appreciation for humanity to the Virgo. THE NODES: SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT The Moon's nodes move at a rate of about 3' per day making them very useful in natal, progressed, Page 15/18

16 solar arc, and transit charts. There is an electromagnetic disturbance when the Moon crosses the ecliptic. Unlike the planets, the Nodes in themselves are not energies although they are based on the Moon. They operate in a polarity, the North Node and the South Node. They are representative of the disturbing nature of changes. Since the Nodes always oppose each other, there is a quality of finality in its interpretation. If the North Node is stronger (i.e. a conjunction of the North Node and an opposition to the South Node, or a quincunx to the North Node and a semi-sextile to the South Node) these disturbances show changes to be more open and expansive according to the Jupiterian nature of the North Node. If the stronger aspect is to the South Node, the opposite indicates that the disturbances may be just as severe but will be less public in its manifestation giving a more Saturnian nature. This is not to say that one is better than the other. Some benefit comes from any change, no matter how disturbed the normal conditions of life may be during the time of flux. The Nodes have much to do with relating - how we relate to new people, conditions, or any change from the normal. We find them activated when people enter or leave the life, new jobs or work relationships either entering or leaving the life, or new neighbors or friends who enter or leave. There's a karmic aspect to the Nodes. We have already experienced and developed the nature of the South Node, so this is the more comfortable placement. The North Node shows an area where we get our greatest growth and development, but these changes are not as comfortable because they represent new relationships or experiences. North Node in Aries, South Node in Libra You have experienced and developed the Libra qualities in past lives. You have probably been in marriages that allowed you little room for your own development. These Libra areas are comfortable for you now. It may still be easier for you to rely on others and be too concerned with their opinions. Sometimes it has been easier for you to find out what others are thinking or what they want than to assert your own thoughts and desires. Through your charm and concern for them, you've been in the role of peacemaker many times. While relationships, especially marriage, have been important in the past, you've neglected the things you want. Your own development is what your task is in this lifetime. You tend to have difficulty making decisions and you overly concern yourself with the Page 16/18

17 opinions of others. You often rely on others too much. Practice boldness and take a stand for what you believe in. You need to become more active and courageous. Growth comes from assertiveness and taking a stand for what you believe in. Spontaneity and assertiveness are qualities you need to develop. Loving and respecting yourself is not the same as selfishness. It is now more important that you meet your own needs than those of others even if it means having a need to be right, angry, combative, and seemingly unaware of their concerns at times. You know instinctively that others can take advantage of you, especially in marriage, so it's time to affirm yourself and develop the Aries quality of taking initiative. North Node in 8th House, South Node in 2nd House: You are becoming aware of other peoples values. You find it easier to live by your own values. This includes your handling of money and sex to overcome your feelings of extreme possessiveness, which youve developed in past lives. Some with this have partners who provide ample resources when combined with yours but do not let you use these resources. Some of you develop by handling the resources of others for mutual benefit. You can be charming, diplomatic, and polite. You have been so used to controlling your own finances and other resources that you now face letting go and sharing. Sometimes you have good reasons for this. You are materialistic and practical. You have a need to be possessed and accepted for who you are. You are expected to meet the challenges of competition. It shows how you are obligated to others just as your second house shows how they are obligated to you. The aspects to the node show how you meet your shared obligations. Squares show where problems come from in meeting them while trines indicate a healthy altitude toward your obligations. You are fearful of crises and focusing heavily on security. Developing self-discipline allows you to overcome some of the negativity, self-indulgence and laziness of your past lives. North Node Quincunx Moon: You can be quite changeable and have a lack of perspective in domestic situations. There are Page 17/18

18 challenges with women requiring your resourcefulness to overcome. You may need to change your attitude and habits of whether to be nurtured or be the nurturer as relationships with women change. Page 18/18 Powered by TCPDF (