Part of Fortune
Part of Fortune Square Mercury
The A calculated point blending the Sun, Moon, and Ascendant, tied to the body, well-being, and the flow of fortune. It shows where things can come together with a sense of ease. A tense aspect between planets about 90 degrees apart that creates friction and a push to act. Squares are challenging but are often what drives real growth. Mercury presses your body and livelihood against overthinking, scattered focus, and crossed wires, so material plans stall in second-guessing and miscommunication. The friction asks you to slow the chatter and finish what you start. Pin down clear terms and follow one plan through to grow your fortune.
- fortune
- mind
- friction
Sources
- Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology (2017)Brennan reads the Part of Fortune, the lot of the Moon, as the point marking the body, health, livelihood, and material circumstances, the fortune that befalls you.
- Hand, Horoscope Symbols (1981)Treats the meeting of Mercurial mind and commerce with the lot's significations of body and fortune as a specific working relationship.
- Valens, Anthologies (160)Valens reads the square to a lot as obstruction and hard pressure bearing on the lot's affairs.