Aspects
Mercury Sextile Orcus
There is a workable opening between your mind and the Orcus principle of oaths, one that rewards initiative. When you put your thinking toward truth and keep your verbal commitments, mind and integrity cooperate, making your word genuinely trustworthy and your voice principled. This is a door you walk through, not a current that carries you. But take the step of saying only what you mean and keeping the promises you make, and you find thought and integrity reinforce each other, so that being someone whose word can be relied on becomes a real strength rather than a standard you merely respect.
Lean in — Say only what you mean and keep the promises you make.
Watch for — Make commitments of speech you do not intend to keep.
- reliable-word
- opportunity
- principled-speech
Sources
- Tarnas, Cosmos and Psyche (2006)Gives the archetypal field of Orcus, oaths and the long consequence of the vow, as it meets the Mercury.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Frames the Orcus-Mercury aspect as an inner dynamic of the chart.
- Forrest, The Inner Sky (1984)Reads the Orcus-Mercury contact in evolutionary, growth-oriented terms.