Aspects
Mercury Semi-Square Orcus
A low-grade friction runs between the Orcus theme and your everyday speech, so a sense of the binding word can make you treat casual remarks as solemn oaths, or judge yourself harshly for any misspoken thing. The irritation asks you to keep your word without the inner prosecutor. Mean what you say, and forgive a slip.
Lean in — Mean what you say while forgiving the occasional slip.
Watch for — Prosecute yourself for every misspoken word.
- oaths
- word
- friction
Sources
- Tarnas, Cosmos and Psyche (2006)Gives the archetypal field of Orcus, oaths and integrity and the long consequence of the vow.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of the binding word and the thinking mind as an inner dynamic of the promise kept in speech.
- Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis (1983)Reads the semi-square as low-grade hard tension that seeks release through small adjustments.