Mercury\'s Vertex Illumination

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1 Your Reading - Vendula, March 21, :30 - Vitkov, Czech Republic Mercury\'s Vertex Illumination Vendula, Aries Born March 21, 17:30 Vitkov, Czech Republic Created the 4th May 2017 Page 1/19

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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 3/19

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 4/19

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 5/19

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 6/19

7 miss. Your ability to classify and bring order in your world is highly valued. Vertex Conjunct Mercury: You need people with good communicative skills in your life who will stimulate you mentally. A sibling or spouse may fulfill this role. Since you take a mental view of life, education is important. Pets and automobiles are often part of your life. 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. Page 7/19

8 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 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. Sun Opposition Asc.: Learning true cooperation is important for you since you may have difficulty getting along with people until you understand your own personality. Women with this may have powerful and magnanimous marriage partners. It may be necessary to cope with difficulties in marriage or with business partners. Many of you are skilled in public relations and make good salesmen because of your ability to influence individuals as well as the public in general. You enjoy having people around. Page 8/19

9 Moon Square Asc.: You have to sublimate your own feelings and emotions to get along with others. You need to overcome your sensitivity. Often the relationship with the mother is challenging. Some with this do not act decisively and create annoyances, which get in the way of partners and others close to them. It can create problems with relationships including marriage. With maturity you may overcome a hot temper and sarcastic tongue. Mercury Opposition Asc.: This gives skill in communicating with the public. It is favorable for public relations men, salesmen, messengers, and representatives. You are noted for your social wit and conversational ability. You make good diplomats because you can understand the other persons point of view. You may become interested in the study of law and matters relating to contracts. People with this attract intelligent spouses, partners, and friends. Some resent your authoritarian attitude. You may even wait until associates speak before giving your views to make a good impression. Neptune Square Asc.: You are sometimes referred to as "out of it" when you live in your dream world. Some are unreliable and deceptive to their marriage partners or may be deceived by them. Youre overly sensitive to criticism, so you often fail to assert yourself when you should defend yourself against adversaries. Though your imagination is well-developed, you lack the determination to benefit from it. You are easily victimized because you are too naively willing to listen to others. Page 9/19

10 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. 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. Page 10/19

11 MC Square Vertex: You may feel that you received either too little care from a parent or that you have been smothered by too much parental involvement. There can be too little or too much parental guidance. This could affect your career by making it difficult to trust that authority figures will meet your needs. 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 Conjunct MC: Unless the moon is badly afflicted it represents popularity. It favors people in the public eye such as actors, entertainers, politicians, or sports figures. If well aspected, you may gain through women of wealth and high social status who help you achieve status. You have a knack for knowing what appeals to the public. Usually the mother has a strong influence in the choice of your lifes work. If the moon is in the 10th, you saw your mother as the authority figure in your home as you grew up. This favors careers linked with the family life, caring for people, real estate, or food business. Page 11/19

12 Mercury Square MC: You have obstacles in communicating with others such as your parents, landlord, or employer. While you have much mental ability, you may at times find it difficult to put your ideas into words, at least words that they can understand. The effect is stronger if your career demands good communication. Its not easy for you to be in the limelight although you have no difficulty communicating in private. With maturity you overcome this and you control a tendency to blurt out things without thinking them through. Neptune Opposition MC: You must always work to build up your self-image until you can see something in yourself to love. You tend to scatter yourself in many directions. Some have a mystical attunement to Mother Earth and the forces of nature. The home is likely to have something unusual about it. You would like to live near the ocean or other body of water. With an afflicted horoscope you may spend the end of your life in a nursing home or hospital. Your early life may have been marred by a parent who was ill, weak, or alcoholic. Pluto Trine MC: Your strong will to succeed is expressed through the career area. Financial planning, insurance, or working with people who are settling affairs pertaining to death suit you. Sometimes this is done as a lawyer working with clients. You can establish a good reputation since you have the ability to organize with prudence, vision, and authority. You have more authority than usual in your chosen field, and you look upon your vocation as a mission. Page 12/19

13 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 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. Page 13/19

14 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 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 Page 14/19

15 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, 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. Page 15/19

16 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 Gemini, South Node in Sagittarius Many lifetimes of feeling personal freedom and developing wisdom has left you with a need to attain specific facts and information. You may be afraid of committing yourself to specific ideas and concepts that are not comfortable to you. Your past sense of bachelorhood must now lead you to interact with humanity in relationships. You tend to be a free spirit avoiding ties and commitments at great cost. You're idealistic and often refuse to conform to society's expectations which you consider irrational. Possibly you've lived in a rural environment in past lives and now you gain your greatest growth in a cosmopolitan one. This requires work on your part. You could rush about trying to have many tasks and interests going at once. Develop personal goals that you can live with, and apply your energies toward achievement of those goals. Balance your interests in physical adventures, such as sports and the outdoor, with cultural adventures, such as communication and diplomatic self-expression. Education is one way of developing the positive Gemini qualities you need. In relationships you seek a partner who is intellectual and witty. You grow by developing your ability to exchange ideas with your partner and others so that your communication skills increase. You may want to teach, but listen to what others lave to say without imposing your own dogmas. You may fear losing the freedom of past lives to interact with others. Your past sense of bachelorhood must now lead you to interact with humanity in Page 16/19

17 relationships. North Node in 10th House, South Node in 4th House: There is a dilemma between your career or world and family. You need to develop competency, responsibility, discipline, and achievement through your career while also developing a sensitive caring and compassionate nature. There is a need for being practical as well as being one with feelings and empathy for your family. Parental ties may be strong. You need to take charge of your life and accept responsibility. In past lives you have ignored the ones who cared for you, and now your spouse and children seem to be unappreciative of all that you do for them. You could be overly focused on emotional problems yet must maintain independence as an adult. Youve developed sensitivity to the opinions of others. Conflicts with family members over real estate will manifest for some of you. You need maturity to overcome childish reactions. When you can offer shelter to others, it brings you great happiness. The financial and emotional security that you crave can come by clearly defining your goals and achieving them. You feel that you had little care from others, so now you must be the adult instead of the baby. You are capable of executive positions if you are business-like and take control. North Node Square Sun: When you express who you really are, you are somehow out of phase with the larger events of that time. Your self-expression is blocked by circumstances in your life or your society. You can find yourself poorly adjusted in your romantic and social life. Study role models to see how others relate more harmoniously. Page 17/19

18 North Node Conjunct Moon: Your ability to sense existing current trends and events brings you good fortune and a chance to take advantage of them. Avoid going along with whatever bandwagon happens to be passing with little regard for the consequences. Your enthusiasm can bring popularity, and there is good fortune in dealing with women or the public. North Node Square Mercury: You meet with social disapproval when you speak out at the wrong time or place. You tend to be misunderstood because of this since you create a situation in which current attitudes conflict with your mental expression. You may be in disagreement with the social patterns around you. For you, thinking before you speak is essential. North Node Sextile Venus: You know how to use your charm to get what you want. You have social graces and good manners. In financial affairs, public relations, and social activities you have good timing. Since you are in step with current trends, business matters are favored. North Node Trine Saturn: Older or very traditional members of society who represent conservatism help you achieve success. You are careful and traditional, adhering strictly to the codes of social, moral, and business behavior expected of you. You tend to establish yourself in a secure position in an established institution so Page 18/19

19 that your stability is an asset. North Node Opposition Neptune: Your unconscious habits and intuition are out of harmony with the thinking of those in your world. Your timing may be off when you have an opportunity for good fortune. However, you can sidestep the mistakes of others through superior intuitive wisdom. There is a danger that things on which you have worked hard will be stolen or taken from you. North Node Trine Pluto: You have the ability to be a leader in transforming your world and in helping people attain a higher level of expression. You know how to influence mass thought in a way that favors business people, those in public life, politicians and social reformers. Using this aspect wisely, this talent may benefit the masses. Page 19/19 Powered by TCPDF (