Mercury and Venus

Today there are exact conjunctions between Mercury and Pluto in Capricorn, and Venus and Neptune in Aquarius.

I don’t usually try and interpret the inner planets in a general way. It seems more the forte of women astrologers. In fact I don’t usually even notice, but Melody’s Facebook entry
today got me thinking. I’m usually more at home trying to tie the outer planets to specific events.

So let’s see what happens. It is quite a striking pair of conjunctions, particularly as they are both drawing in the power of an outer planet.

Mercury and Pluto together in Capricorn give Douglas Adams’ computer Deep Thought. This computer spent thousands of years (Capricorn) working out the meaning of existence and eventually came out with the answer 42. The real joke is that perhaps there is something in it, for in Western Hermetic sphere work, "42 is the sum of the values of the 'true' spheres, 3,4,5,6,7,8 & 9 each of which represent one aspect of the body of God through which we observe the world."

Non-joking apart, the few days of this conjunction are a time when you can do some serious thinking, particularly if it involves putting a lot of thoughts together into some kind of structure. Lay out a plan for that book you’ve always been meaning to write, or think about starting that course of study you’ve been meaning to undertake.

Neptune and Venus conjoined in Aquarius is the relationship between Dr Gaius Baltar and the blonde robot Caprica Six in Battlestar Galactica. It is also a good time for cultivating your Facebook friends and finding true love through an internet dating agency. __________________________________________________
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Academics have begun researching the data that these agencies have been collecting, and some interesting results are starting to come through. For example, the type of person someone may end up dating may be very unlike the sort of person they claimed to be attracted to in their list of likes and dislikes. There are strange statistical results such as people who say they like beer are more likely to have sex on their first date, and people who say they like horror films are more likely to form a relationship that lasts.

Most importantly, and this is what I find fascinating, the data increasingly reveals what relationships are most likely to work, who is really suitable for who, which of course is probably quite different from who we think is suitable for us.

Of course, a lasting relationship may not be what someone needs right now. They may not know it, and usually don’t, but they may have something to learn by being with the ‘wrong’ person for a while. Or even a long while. It’s a complicated area.

But Neptune and Venus are in a fixed sign and in Aquarius. So this is about enduring relationships, and those that are maybe a bit unlikely. And being Aquarius, it is also about friends.

Neptune and Venus are also the imagination and creativity respectively, and Aquarius is networks of friends, so it’s a good time to write a blog about the meaning of Neptune and Venus in Aquarius. Or any creative activity that connects people.

Pulling Mercury and Venus together, what is powerful about these two is that they are both conjoining an outer planet simultaneously. Outwardly, communication and relating are empowered, something can come through you when you simply communicate what’s on your mind. Inwardly, it is a strong time for contemplation, thinking your life through (Mercury) and re-assessing which are the important bits (Venus.)