Aspects
Mercury Semi-Square Pholus
A low-grade friction runs between your quick speech and the outsized effect a single word can have, so an offhand remark can cascade into far more than you meant. The irritation prods you to weigh the small word. Mind the remark that can open a flood.
Lean in — Weigh the small remark that could set off a flood.
Watch for — Toss off words that cascade further than you meant.
- catalyst
- word
- friction
Sources
- Reinhart, To the Edge and Beyond: Saturn, Chiron, Pholus and the Centaurs (1996)Reads Pholus among the centaurs, its principle of the small cause with the large effect, the lid lifted from the sealed jar.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of the catalytic release and the thinking mind as an inner dynamic of the word that cascades.
- Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis (1983)Reads the semi-square as low-grade hard tension that seeks release through small adjustments.