Aspects
Mercury Semi-Sextile Pales
The Pales theme and your thinking mind sit a step apart, so a quiet, practical know-how can enter how you think, a resource you grow into the caretaker's wisdom that knows what a charge needs and when. You think in terms of tending. Let your practical mind serve your stewardship without fussing over every detail of the flock.
Lean in — Let your practical mind serve your care, not fuss over it.
Watch for — Micromanage every small detail of those in your care.
- stewardship
- mind
- growth
Sources
- George, Asteroid Goddesses (1986)Reads Pales by myth, the Roman guardian of shepherds and flocks honored at the Parilia, as a point of pastoral care, husbandry, and the nurture and protection of what is in one's keeping.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of husbandry and the thinking mind as an inner dynamic of the practical wisdom of the caretaker.
- Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis (1983)Reads the semi-sextile as a minor growth aspect, a subtle nudge toward integrating two neighboring principles.