Mercury
Communication and Doing

(Ruler of Gemini and Virgo, May 20 ‐ June 21)

by Sabine vom Hoff

In my understanding of the astrological signs and planets, it is perfect that Mercury is ruling both Gemini and Virgo signs; I would like to tell you more about it.

The Gemini–ruling Mercury represents communication and doing. Communication IS doing, and the two cannot be understood and incorporated separately. Whatever you are doing IS a direct link to the communication with ‘what is’; and ‘what is’ is perception: the outer senses as a reflection of the inner senses, which is the principle of the sign Virgo. The Virgo-ruling Mercury energy merely ‘delivers’ more details in relation to emotion and feelings; the Virgo-Mercury includes them. The two astrological “planets” Moon (ruler of Cancer) and the Sun (ruler of Leo) precede Virgo, therefore ‘Virgo’ includes those two energies. Moreover, they both are emotional energies, Cancer being the emotion itself whereas Leo is the expression of the emotion.
“But” (I have to laugh, if you’ve read my article about the “but” p.13) I would like to describe the movement of Mercury more clearly. The astrological chart is not a depiction of a one-step-after-another movement; it’s a step-by-step description due to our linear time-space beliefs. This might be confusing at first and could lead to misunderstandings and/or distortions.
I’d like to introduce the imagery of the hologram (if you’re not already familiar with it). The horoscope is a hologram; each sign of the zodiac is IN there. The signs are different designations of different energy-movements adopted and agreed upon. This is reflected in the horoscope’s structure. There are three ‘levels’ of movements: sign, planets and houses; when you stretch them out, you’ve got a ball!

Or you can see it as a creation of space. First comes the point; if you add a second dimension, you have a line. Then add a third dimension and you have a whole space.
Astrology is a way to fan out ‘what is’ in order to gain understanding and connect the ‘knowing’ (in the sense of ‘remembrance’) which can be referred to as the 4^th dimension.

Since “love” can be defined as appreciation and knowing, Astrology (the way I see it) enhances and reinforces that knowing aspect. Quoting Elias: “appreciation is less probable without knowing…” I certainly agree with this statement and sense it as one of my favorite truths within the exploration of the concept of ICMR (I Create My Reality). Without the knowing part I wouldn’t be able to consciously direct myself… and many other doings!

That is one reason why I love ‘talking to the stars’ and have done so for so long that I don’t always know if at times I go a little too far, and what I want to explain becomes more complicated than I sense it to be.  I don’t argue as much today with my beloved ‘language-abilities.’ In any case, anybody can ask me for clarification.

Let’s go back to the ‘Gemini’ Mercury; what happens here is this:
The subjective chooses an idea (sense of conceptualisation), let’s assume the concept is ‘playing.’ That is a conscious choice, you make ‘playing’ important by ‘feeding this concept with energy’, by concentrating on it! This idea comes as an impulse into the objective as an idea, a thought… the bringer of the message is: Mercury!

Mercury is therefore similar to what Socrates called a ‘daimon’ (or dæmon¹). By implementing the religious era, we later altered the initial meaning of ‘Gods’ messenger’ into a devilish energy, which is quite understandable. Of course, when you want to express the concept of separation, the messenger of the inner voice must be a ‘bad guy’ otherwise you would NOT stop listening to your own ‘Mercury daimon’ messenger of your inner voice.
And in the end, you would not STOP and begin listening. Obeying is doing what someone superior is telling you. You wouldn’t (or would you?) listen to a ‘lower’ voice!
This is all purposeful to make the concept of separation available in our experience.  But now we are in a different direction/area. We want (I assume the “we”) to reconnect with Self. We want to shift our perception from ‘there is a higher power than my Self’ to ‘all is within my Self’. We are in the process of becoming ‘who we truly are’ within the concept of ‘no separation’ and self-directedness, to reiterate.

That way your Mercury is a daimon in the natural sense: he is the messenger of YOUR OWN SUBJECTIVE, which is the inner voice, which is an impulse, the intuition! The thought mechanism becomes what it naturally is designated for: the translation of the intuition into language/words/thoughts.

Back to the example of the impulse to explore, express the concept of ‘playing.’ What happens (all simultaneously and therefore perceivable as a process in linear time) is as follows: the Moon comes into the game, sending signals of happiness of any kind, which becomes translated by the thought-office (thought mechanism) in “How fun!”. Now in the next step the Sun (remember, ruler of Leo) really starts ‘playing’, the Sun is the expression of the concept, which is the expression of playful energy of any kind.

Then the Virgo-Mercury looks around: “here a toy”, “there funny,” “playful music,” “people having fun, or ‘playing’ seriousness with a wink”… All outer senses are reflecting that playful expression. The Virgo-Mercury perceives in clarity, WHAT has been expressed and HOW the expression reflects within the reality that you ARE creating in the now. Virgo-Mercury is the energy that allows the awareness of perception: you become conscious of the smell, of what and how you hear, of what and how you touch, of what and how you taste and of what and how you see. Paying attention to this Mercury is a widening process of the outer senses, and you will notice within this process, that all your outer senses change, they become ‘louder,’ more clear. Perception alters… our reality alters…

And referring back to the Gemini-Mercury:

That IS ‘doing.’

PS: the current Mars and Venus is on my Mercury at the moment — no wonder I love to talk about him… with Love!

Sasari vom Hoff, April 2009

1 • From Greek δαίμων (daimôn) – “The Greek words daimon and daimonion express a determining power which comes upon man from outside, like providence or fate, though the ethical decision is left to man.” Carl Gustav Jung in Aion (1968), p. 27