I once again had the privilege of joining the evolutionary astrologer Sabrina Monarch on her podcast Magic of the Spheres. The last time we conversed we discussed the planetary combinations of Venus, so for this episode we mused over the planetary combinations of Mercury, looking at how the archetype of the intellect, the mind, communication, speaking, writing, and learning is inflected when in aspect to the other planets of the solar system.
As before, our conversation was released in two episodes: in the first episode we discussed Mercury in combination with the Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn—perhaps fittingly spending the most time with the Mercury-Saturn archetypal complex, discussing “dead languages” and how words are fossils of culture and history. We explored Mercury as it expresses in people’s communication styles but also some of the esoteric qualities of Mercury such as spell-casting and the power of etymology. In the second episode we discussed Mercury in combination with Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, seeing how the transpersonal archetypes come through in our modes of communication.
Entering into dialogue with Sabrina is an act of spell-casting itself, and as we both felt when recording the previous episode, it seemed we had entered into a mythic chamber of symbols, dropping once more into a timeless realm.
Part I: Planetary Combinations of Mercury – Venus and the Chaldeans
Part II: Planetary Combinations of Mercury – Venus and the Transpersonal Planets
Becca Tarnas 