Aspects
Mars Quintile Mercury
The quintile, seventy-two degrees and prized by Kepler, is a subtle aspect of talent. Between your mind and your drive it gives a creative gift for incisive thought: a knack for quick, original problem-solving, sharp wit, or strategy that finds the unexpected line. It is quiet and rewards development. The growth is using it. At your best you make decisive thinking itself look inventive.
Lean in — Develop the gift for sharp, inventive problem-solving.
Watch for — Leave the quick, original mind unused because it came easy.
- creativity
- wit
- minor-aspect
Sources
- Carter, The Astrological Aspects (1930)Catalogues the quintile as a subtle aspect of creative talent (after Kepler).
- Arroyo, Astrology, Psychology, and the Four Elements (1975)Reads the quintile as a creative gift for incisive, inventive thought.