Sun Square Mercury

The square of the Sun: One should never blame the mirror under any circumstances. The square of the Sun places the planet under the impact of disharmonious impulses of human will and imperative external circumstances. In this case, the person, of course, is not inclined to consider their volitions disharmonious, and at a low level they will not notice their own rudeness, harshness, or incompetence, but will very subtly sense these qualities in the environment and other people when the planet’s principle is activated. At the second or third level of square processing, the person will feel as though they have external and internal enemies of the planetary principle whose goal is to prevent them—sometimes in the crudest form—from manifesting. For example, in a square of the Sun to the Moon, the person will, from time to time, as if against their will, make rude mistakes and tactless remarks in dealing with women and may secretly fear and dislike them, while at the same time experiencing a strong attraction to them, since the inner image of the mother-woman will be significantly distorted and active in them. If the Sun is in Aries, aggression and sharpness are likely; if in Pisces, false positions and false initiatives with unpleasant consequences, and so on. Here, the karmic program is that the person is prescribed strict limitations on freedom of volition and initiative in the spheres governed by the planet, while higher manifestations of the solar principle are required—constant impersonal attention to what is happening in the planet’s spheres. External initiative is permitted only when forced by circumstances, and even then in minimal measure, since it generally leads to disharmonious consequences. From the perspective of inner development, this aspect is very promising in terms of acquiring (in the sphere of the planet’s influence) true power over oneself and transitioning to service to a higher egregore, which means a more creative and internally free life. With good energy, one can attempt to master the disharmonious external will and redirect it away from oneself toward others—an aspect of black teachers, especially with an emphasized square of the Sun to higher planets. Processing gives the ability to work subtly, according to barely audible instructions from a higher egregore, to weave the finest threads of karma, sometimes concerning a distant future. The square of Mercury: If a thought comes to mind but does not settle into words, it means it was poorly invited. The square of Mercury creates significant difficulties for the person in the interaction of the planet’s principle with rational thought and speech. The interpretation here depends on which planet in the square is stronger. If Mercury predominates, the person will, in circumstances related to the planet, consider their (sometimes others’) thoughts and considerations about it unusually important and intelligent, though they will most often greatly distort the planetary principle, since the person understands much of it (rationally) poorly, even if some of their thoughts may indeed be profound. If, however, the planet is stronger in the square, then overall thinking will be under its disharmonious influence—distorted, profaned, narrowed, and so on—according to the houses and signs where Mercury and the planet are located: the house occupied by the planet will exert disproportionately strong influence on the house occupied by Mercury (and on Mercury itself), and the style of the sign where the planet stands will intrude rudely into the style of the sign where Mercury is located, partially suppressing it. In general, the square of Mercury is characterized by the person’s strong mental interest in the problems of the planet and the spheres of its influence, and initially distorted intellect, for which fragmented perception and understanding of the essence of the matter is typical—accurate and deep in places, but mostly unsatisfactory, something the person themselves finds hard to believe even after a series of obvious failures and setbacks. The level of aspect processing is clearly visible in the quality of speech when the person talks about planetary issues (if they speak calmly, i.e., on Mercury rather than Mars). At a low level of processing the square of Mercury, the person often tends to teach (lecture) others, asserting themselves at their expense, without truly understanding the subject they are discussing. Processing requires systematic work to fill in the gaps in mental perception of the planetary principle and to refrain from direct mental pressure on it, which is accompanied by crude profanation (as well as a tendency toward speculation). Next, one must learn to overcome their unnatural dullness that arises when trying to understand something new about the planet (the subconscious protest can be very sharp, up to severe depression and inability to read a text), and not succumb to emotional outbursts resisting the development of rational thought, remembering that the square of Mercury is potentially an aspect of intelligent people who deeply understand the planet’s principle.

Things you say, or ideas you hold, may end up getting you in hot water with your elders or those in authority. You tend to ignore thinking things through and to just push ahead with your ambitions. You act first and think last. You don't like planning your future, and too much mental work somehow seems to go against your grain.