Tnc |cur |accs cf Mcrcurq Micnac| R. Mcqcrn||p.//uuu.|na|dca.

ccn Pagc 1 cf 6
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Everyone familiar with astrology and its tools knows the planet Mercury refers to
mental activities and faculties of the mind. Acccrding |c na|a| as|rc|cgq, |nc pcsi|icn cf Mcrcurq in qcur
oir|n cnar| sqnoc|izcs |nc qua|i|q cf cncrgq (|nc zcdiaca| sign cccupicd oq Mcrcurq) prcpc||ing qcur nind |nrcugn |nc arcas
cf cxpcricncc (rctca|cd oq Mcrcurqs ncusc pcsi|icn) uncrc i| ocs| func|icns. 8u| |nis is nc| |nc ncs| !"#$%&'#(%) apprcacn
|c dc|crnining and undcrs|anding ncn|a| |cnpcrancn|, occausc i| fai|s |c fccus cn |nc cqc|c cf Mcrcurq as a unc|c, and cn
Mcrcurqs par|icu|ar cqc|ic pnasc a| |nc |inc cf oir|n.
Tnis scc|icn prcscn|s a ta|uao|c, casq-|c-usc |ccnniquc a||cuing qcu |c discctcr qcur fundancn|a| ncn|a| |qpc. ||
prctidcs a fcur-fc|d c|assifica|icn cf ncn|a| |cnpcrancn| dcritcd frcn |nc najcr |urning-pcin|s cf |nc cqc|c cf Mcrcurq. Of
ancicn| crigin, |nc |ccnniquc cf 'ncn|a| cncnis|rq' uas rcin|rcduccd in|c as|rc|cgq during |nc car|q par| cf |nc |ucn|ic|n
ccn|urq oq |nc cnincn| as|rc|cgcr Marc |dnund ]cncs. || uas |a|cr rcfincd and rcfcrnu|a|cd oq Danc Rudnqar acccrding |c
|nc nunanis|ic apprcacn |c as|rc|cgq.
The Cycle of Mercury
Onc cf |nc firs| |nings a s|udcn| cf as|rc|cgq |carns aocu| Mcrcurq is |na| occausc i|s croi| |ics insidc |nc |ar|ns, i|
is nctcr ncrc |nan |ucn|q-cign| zcdiaca| dcgrccs frcn |nc Sun. |rcn cur gccccn|ric pcin| cf ticu, and occausc |nc |ar|n
nctcr passcs oc|uccn Mcrcurq and |nc Sun, Mcrcurq dccs nc| na|c |nc cn|irc 360 dcgrcc cqc|c cf aspcc|s ui|n |nc Sun.
Tncsc fac|crs crca|c an unusua| si|ua|icn cnarac|crizing |nc cqc|cs cf |uc p|anc|s |qing insidc |ar|ns croi| Vcnus and
Mcrcurq. |ns|cad cf fcrning a sing|c ccnjunc|icn and a sing|c cppcsi|icn ui|n |nc Sun during cacn cqc|c, Mcrcurq and
Vcnus fcrn ui|n |nc Sun |uc diffcrcn| |qpcs cf gccccn|ric ccnjunc|icns-|crncd infcricr and supcricr.
Tnc |cur |accs cf Mcrcurq Micnac| R. Mcqcrn||p.//uuu.|na|dca.ccn Pagc 2 cf 6

Tnc apprcxina|c|q 116-daq cqc|c cf Mcrcurq ocgins ui|n |nc *#!'+*,+ .,#/"#.(*,# ui|n |nc Sun. || is a cc|cs|ia|
si|ua|icn uncrc |nc Sun, Mcrcurq and |ar|n arc a|igncd, ui|n Mcrcurq s|anding oc|uccn |nc Sun and |ar|n (scc
acccnpanqing sidcoar). Occurring in |nc nidd|c cf Mcrcurqs |ucn|q |c |ucn|q-fcur daq rc|rcgradc pcricd, |nc infcricr
ccnjunc|icn inaugura|cs Mcrcurqs uaxing ncnicqc|c, unicn is ana|cgcus |c |nc pcricd oc|uccn |nc Ncu Mccn and |nc |u||
Mccn. 8ccausc Mcrcurqs cqc|c cpcns ui|n Mcrcurq |caping frcn sc||ing ocnind |nc Sun in |nc ucs| |c risc 0'!,+' |nc Sun
in |nc cas|crn ncrning s|q, Rudnqar |crncd |nis na|f cf Mcrcurqs cqc|c 1+,&'(2'%#, fcr |nc nq|nc|cgica| |i|an unc s|c|c
|nc firc cf |nc gcds and gatc i| as a gif| |c nunani|q.
Mcrcurq |urns dircc| ninc |c fif|ccn daqs af|cr |nc infcricr ccnjunc|icn, and aocu| a ucc| |a|cr Mcrcurq rcacncs i|s
grca|cs| dis|ancc frcn |nc Sun. A fcu daqs |a|cr, Mcrcurq ocgins ncting |nrcugn |nc zcdiac quic|cr |nan |nc Sun (cr ncrc
|nan cnc dcgrcc a daq). Tnc 3"4'+*,+ .,#/"#.(*,# cccurs uncn Mcrcurq is a| |nc far sidc cf |nc Sun, and uni|c ncting c|csc
|c i|s naxinun spccd cf aocu| 215 a daq. || is ana|cgcus |c |nc |u|| Mccn and nar|s |nc ocginning cf Mcrcurqs uaning
ncnicqc|c, during unicn Mcrcurq sc|s in |nc car|q ctcning %!('+ |nc Sun. Rudnqar |crncd |nc uaning Mcrcuria| ncnicqc|c
54*&'(2'%#, fcr |nc a|uaqs oac|uard-|cc|ing orc|ncr cf |nc fcruard-|cc|ing Prcnc|ncus. Aocu| fcur |c fitc daqs af|cr |nc
supcricr ccnjunc|icn, Mcrcurqs dai|q nc|icn na|cncs |nc Suns, and aocu| |uc ucc|s |a|cr i| |urns rc|rcgradc. Tncn, |cn |c
fif|ccn daqs af|cr |urning rc|rcgradc, |nc cqc|c c|cscs ui|n |nc infcricr ccnjunc|icn.
The Four Faces of Mercury
Tnc oricf |cc| a| |nc Mcrcurq cqc|c prcscn|cd aoctc prctidcs |nc fcunda|icn fcr |nc fcur-fc|d c|assifica|icn cf
Mcrcurq |qpcs. Prcnc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc, Prcnc|ncan-Dircc|, |pinc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc and |pinc|ncan-Dircc|. Tncq arc
Mcrcurqs fcur 'faccs,' cacn rcprcscn|ing a par|icu|ar ncn|a| |cnpcrancn|.
||s casq |c dc|crninc qcur Mcrcurq |qpc. |irs| |cca|c |nc Sun in qcur oir|n cnar|. |f Mcrcurq is .),.67*3' frcn |nc
Sun, i| is Prcnc|ncan. On |nc c|ncr nand, if Mcrcurq is .,"#('+.),.67*3' frcn |nc Sun, qcur Mcrcurq |qpc is |pinc|ncan.
|f qcurc sinp|q |cc|ing-up scnccncs da|a in an cpncncris, nc|icc if Mcrcurq is ancad cr ocnind |nc Sun in |nc zcdiac. |f |nc
Sun is fur|ncr a|cng |nc zcdiac |nan Mcrcurq, |ncn Mcrcurq is Prcnc|ncan. |f Mcrcurq is fur|ncr a|cng |nc zcdiac |nan |nc
Sun, |ncn Mcrcurq is in i|s |pinc|ncan pnasc. lni|c qcurc a| i|, cncc| |c scc if Mcrcurq is rc|rcgradc (indica|cd oq |nc
cnarac|cr Rx in Mcrcurqs cc|unn aoctc |nc da|c rcu). |cr cxanp|c, if Sun is |cn dcgrccs |cc and Mcrcurq is |uc dcgrccs
|cc, rc|rcgradc, |ncn Mcrcurq is Prcnc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc. |n a ncrcsccpc, rc|rcgradc p|anc|s arc indica|cd oq |nc Rx sqnoc|.
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cpncncris and cnar| grapnics, rc|rcgradc p|anc|s in disp|aqcd rcd.
Tnc fc||cuing dcpic|icns cf Mcrcurqs fcur faccs arc cxprcsscd in gcncra| |crns. Tncq prctidc |auncning p|a|fcrns
fcr qcur cun insign| and undcrs|anding in|c |nc |qpcs. Dcn| app|q |ncn rigid|q. As ui|n ctcrq|ning as|rc|cgica|, nucn
dcpcnds cn |nc ncrcsccpc as unc|c. |n a suoscqucn| scc|icn, 'Vcnus Mcrning S|ar, Vcnus |tcning S|ar,' uc'|| |a|c a
sini|ar |cc| a| Vcnus and i|s cqc|c. Tncn, in Scc|icn |itc, uc|| rcfinc cur |cc| a| |nc inncr p|anc|s ctcn fur|ncr and ccnsidcr
|nc scqucncc cf Mcrcurq, Vcnus and |nc Sun in |nc ncrcsccpc.
Tnc |cur |accs cf Mcrcurq Micnac| R. Mcqcrn||p.//uuu.|na|dca.ccn Pagc 3 cf 6
Tnc grapnics i||us|ra|ing cacn cf Mcrcurqs fcur faccs prctidc cxanp|cs cf |nc pcsi|icns cf |nc Sun and Mcrcurq fcr
cacn |qpc. Tnc pcsi|icn cf |nc |uc ocdics ui|nin |nc uncc|, ncuctcr, is aroi|rarq. Mcrcurq |qpcs arc nc| dc|crnincd oq |nc
pcsi|icn cf |nc Sun and Mccn ui|nin |nc ncrcsccpc uncc|, ou| oq Mcrcurqs dircc|icn frcn |nc Sun (c|cc|uisc cr
ccun|crc|cc|uisc) and unc|ncr i|s nc|icn is dircc| cr rc|rcgradc.
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Mercury shows its first face at the beginning of its cycle. 8crn ancu frcn |nc cqc|c jus|
c|csing, |nc Mcrcuria| facu||ics cf nind and ccnnunica|icn natc occn inprcsscd ui|n a ncu qua|i|q cf ui||, purpcsc and
cncrgq sqnoc|izcd oq |nc zcdiaca| and ncusc pcsi|icns cf |nc infcricr ccnjunc|icn unicn inaugura|cd |nc ncu cqc|c. 8u| i|
ui|| |a|c |nc cn|irc cqc|c fcr |nis ncu qua|i|q cf fu||q unfc|d. Ncu, a| |nc ocginning cf |nc cqc|c, i| is purc pc|cn|ia|
suggcs|cd oq |nc as|rcncnica| fac| |na| a| |nc infcricr ccnjunc|icn Mcrcurq is c|cscs| |c |nc |ar|n, ui|n i|s dar| sidc facing
|nc |ar|n.
|i|c |nc uaxing ncnicqc|c cf |nc |una|icn cqc|c (frcn Ncu Mccn |c |u|| Mccn), |nc cn|irc Prcnc|ncan ncnicqc|c cf
Mcrcurq dcnc|cs cagcr, inpu|sitc, spcn|anccus, fcrn-oui|ding, ctc|u|icnarq and ccns|ruc|itc ac|iti|q. || suggcs|s a rcs||css
nind ccnccrncd ui|n ncu idcas, scc|ing ncu fcrns cf crca|itc cxprcssicn.
Mcrcurq ocgins i|s cqc|c during i|s rc|rcgradc pcricd. A si|ua|icn prctiding a sqnoc|ic |cq |c cnc cf |nc nqs|crics
cf |nc nunan nind and |c Mcrcurqs dua| na|urc cur nind and ncn|a| facu||ics dctc|cp ccun|crpcin| |c |nc ins|inc|s cf
oic|cgica| |ifc and una|ctcr is grcundcd in |nc pas|. Tnc |ccnnc|cgica| fca|s sucn a nind na|cs pcssio|c can grca||q cnnancc
|ifc. 8u| ccnccn|ra|cd ncn|a| ac|iti|q can a|sc |cad nunan inditidua|s |c |itc and ucr| agains| |nc inpcra|itcs cf |ifc and
na|urc. Tnc Prcnc|ncan |nrcads a cu||ing cdgc. |n nq|nc|cgq, i| uas Prcnc|ncus unc gatc |nc firc cf nind |c infan|
nunani|q. A rcoc| cna||cnging |nc dcninicn and au|ncri|q cf |nc gcds, |nc gcds in |urn cxac|cd frcn Prcnc|ncus a sctcrc
pcna||q pcrpc|ua||q nating nis |itcr ca|cn cu| oq a tu||urc, cn|q |c natc i| rcgcncra|cd and dctcurcd again and again,
un|i| rcscucd oq Hcrcu|cs.
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rca|izc a ncu qua|i|q cf ocing, |nc fu|| na|urc cf unicn qcu naq nc| as qc| c|car|q cr fu||q undcrs|and. 8u| indcpcndcncc frcn
na|ura| ccnpu|sicns and sccia| ccntcn|icn cf|cn |cads |c a ncrc cr |css tic|cn| rcoc||icn agains| |nc pas| and i|s |radi|icns, cr
frcn anq|ning unicn nc|ds oac| qcur ncn|a| cagcrncss.
|tcn|ua||q, |nc Prcnc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc |qpc gcncra||q |ircs cf rcsis|ing una|ctcr snc fcc|s nindcrs ncr frccdcn.
Tncn ncn|a| ccnoa|itcncss gitcs uaqs |c a pcucrfu| in|ui|itc idcn|ifica|icn ui|n, and a crca|itc ccn|riou|icn |c, scnc|ning
grca|cr |nan |nc pcrscn.
8ccausc |nc Prcnc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc pnasc |as|s frcn |cn |c fif|ccn daqs, i| is sccn in cn|q aocu| cnc cu| cf |cn oir|n
cnar|s. Grca| ninds and inf|ucn|ia| |nin|crs arc fcund ancng Prcnc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc |qpcs, inc|uding Aldous Huxley.
A ncnocr cf |ng|ands ncs| prcnincn| scicn|ific fani|q, Hux|cq nigra|cd |c Ancrica, uncrc nc occanc a fancus nctc|is|
and sccia| cri|ic. A|uaqs a fu|uris|ic |nin|cr, Hux|cqs Prcnc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc Mcrcurq is c|car|q sncun in nis ocs|-|ncun
nctc|, E+%C' F'7 G,+)$.
Mcrcurqs cnarac|cr is |radi|icna||q said |c oc ascxua|, and i|s significancc in a na|a| cnar| dccsn| tarq nucn
oc|uccn ncn and ucncn. lcncn ocrn during Mcrcurqs Prcnc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc pnasc, ncuctcr, cf|cn find |ncnsc|tcs
cngagcd in cna||cnging |radi|icna| rc|cs and in dcfining a ncu inagc cf ucnan. Scnc cf |nc ncs| cu|s|anding iccns cf ncu
ucnannccd arc Prcnc|ncan Rc|rcgradc |qpcs. Victoria Woodhull, an car|q fcninis| cf |nc ninc|ccn|n ccn|urq and cnc
cf |nc ncs| Prcnc|ncan ucncn cf |nc ncdcrn cra, is cxcnp|arq cf |nc |qpc. Chrissie Hynde unc cpcncd |nc uaq fcr
ucncn |c ucr| as crca|itc and nusica| principa|s in |nc ucr|d cf rcc| nusic is a ccn|cnpcrarq iccn uncsc |cgacq nas a
Tnc |cur |accs cf Mcrcurq Micnac| R. Mcqcrn||p.//uuu.|na|dca.ccn Pagc 4 cf 6
|rcncndcus inpac| cn crca|itc qcung ucncn. Tnc cdi|cr cf H,3&,4,)*(%# and au|ncr cf I'J %#$ (2' I*#A)' K*+), Helen
Gurley Brown, is anc|ncr Prcnc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc ucnan.
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The second face of Mercury begins when its zodiacal motion is stationary turning
direct, i| cnds fcr|q |c fif|q daqs |a|cr. A fcu daqs af|cr Mcrcurq |urns dircc|, i| rcacncs i|s fur|ncs| dis|ancc frcn |nc Sun,
aocu| |ucn|q-cign| dcgrccs. Kncun as Mcrcurqs grca|cs| ucs|crn c|cnga|icn, i| ccrrcspcnds ui|n |nc uaxing squarc aspcc|
cr |nc firs|-quar|cr |una|icn |qpc. Mcrcurqs grca|cs| c|cnga|icn sqnoc|izcs in|cnsificd, prcjcc|itc ncn|a| ac|iti|q scc|ing
cx|crna| cxprcssicn. Aocu| |cn daqs af|cr |urning dircc|, in|ui|icn and fu|urc-inspircd |iting quic|cns as Mcrcurqs spccd cf
nc|icn cu|paccs |nc Suns. Mcrcurq is quic|cs| arcund |nc supcricr ccnjunc|icn unicn ccnc|udcs |nis pnasc, uncn |nc nind
is ncs| cagcr, |cnding |c run ancad cf i|sc|f.
A Prcnc|ncan-Dircc| Mcrcurq suggcs| a nind gcncra||q ncrc a| pcacc ui|n i|sc|f and i|s cntircnncn| |nan |nc
Prcnc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc. |nditidua|s cf |nis |qpc arc |i|c|q |c oc dritcn oq cx|crna|, sccia| and 'rca| ucr|d' issucs. |nncr
dritcs and issucs, and pcrscna| cxpcricnccs, arc ncrc |i|c|q |c oc |nc ncn|a| fcrccs ocnind inditidua|s ocrn during
Prcnc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc. 8c|n |qpcs indica|c cagcr, cncrgc|ic, in|ui|itc, ccnpc||ing and fu|urc-cricn|cd ncn|a|
|cnpcrancn|s, ou| uni|c cxcnp|arq Prcnc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc |qpcs |cnd |c oc tisicnarics dcdica|cd |c crca|ing, fcrnu|a|ing
and drana|izing ncu idcas and ncu uaqs cf |ifc, Prcnc|ncan-Dircc| |qpcs arc gcncra||q ncrc ao|c |c cffcc|itc|q prcjcc| |ncir
tisicns, rcfcrns and agcndas cf|cn firs| inspircd and ar|icu|a|cd oq Prcnc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc |qpcs upcn |nc sccia| and
in|c||cc|ua| ucr|d, na|ing |nings nappcn cn a |argc-sca|c. || is nc surprisc |nis prcjcc|itc and cffcc|itc Mcrcurq |qpc is sccn
in |nc oir|n cnar|s cf nanq succcssfu| pc|i|icians.
lf our uere born durlng Mercurs Promethean?L*+'.( 42%3'B =," 4,33'33 %# *#("*(*C' &*#$ .,"4)'$
7*(2 '!!'.(*C' !%.")(*'3 ,! .,&&"#*.%(*,#B cnao|ing qcu |c oc|n ccntincc c|ncrs cf |nc ta|idi|q cf qcur idcas and |c
inspirc |ncn ui|n qcur fu|urc-cricn|cd, farsccing tisicn. |f qcu ucrc ocrn ncar Mcrcurqs naxinun c|cnga|icn, qcu naq oc
sc ncn|a||q in|cnsc and ccr|ain |na| scnc nign| find qcu ctcrunc|ning, uni|c c|ncrs naq find qcu ncn|a||q s|inu|a|ing and
inspiring.
Mind is ncu|ra|, unicn cxp|ains unq as|rc|cgica| |radi|icn assigns ascxua| a||riou|cs |c Mcrcurq. As a Prcnc|ncan-
Dircc| |qpc, qcu nccd |c fccus cn ta|ucs (sqnoc|izcd oq Vcnus), occausc ui|ncu| a c|car sc| cf guiding ta|ucs and idca|s, a
pcucrfu| Prcnc|ncan-Dircc| nind can oc a ru|n|css fcrcc. Cu||ita|c ncn|a| ua|cnfu|ncss occausc qcur |ncugn|s, idcas and
tisicns naq occcnc ccncrc|c rca|i|ics.
Tnc scccnd facc cf Mcrcurq is sccn in |nc oir|n cnar|s cf Prcsidcn|s |iscnncucr, Kcnncdq, Nixon, Car|cr, Rcagan,
Bush and C|in|cn. |a|ncrs cf |nc Ancrican Rctc|u|icn, Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, cxcnp|ifq |nc
Prcnc|ncan-Dircc| |qpc, as dc Mi|nai| Gcroacnct and 8cris Yc||scn. Tnc crigina|cr cf |nc Quan|un Tnccrq, Max P|anc|,
uas ocrn during |nis pnasc as uc||. Sc ucrc Franz Liszt, prccurscr cf |nc ncdcrn supcrs|ar, and nis fricnd George
Sand, |nc fancus ninc|ccn|n-ccn|urq nctc|is| and |iocra|cd ucnan. Al Gore and |nc Dalai Lama of Tibet arc a|sc
Prcnc|ncan-Dircc| |qpcs.
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Mercury puts on its third face during the superior conjunction, analogous to the
opposition and the Full Moon. Ncu is |nc ncncn| |nc 'sccd ncssagc' inprcsscd upcn Mcrcurq a| |nc ocginning
cf i|s cqc|c rcccitcs |nc |ign| cf ncaning. || is a|sc uncn Mcrcurq is orign|cs| and sna||cs|, occausc ncs| dis|ancc frcn |nc
|ar|n and i|s oic|cgica| ccnpu|sicns. Aocu| fitc daqs af|cr |nc supcricr ccnjunc|icn, Mcrcurq appcars as an 'ctcning s|ar'
ncar |nc in |nc ucs|crn ncrizcn, sc||ing sncr||q af|cr |nc Sun. Tnc nind is ncs| cojcc|itc and dc|iocra|c in i|s cpcra|icn aocu|
fcr|q daqs af|cr |nc supcricr ccnjunc|icn, uncn Mcrcurqs tc|cci|q is rcduccd |c na|cn |nc Suns dai|q nc|icn (af|cr unicn i|
Tnc |cur |accs cf Mcrcurq Micnac| R. Mcqcrn||p.//uuu.|na|dca.ccn Pagc 5 cf 6
ocgins ncting |nrcugn |nc zcdiac s|cucr |nan |nc Sun). A| |nc sanc |inc i| a|sc rcacncs i|s naxinun dis|ancc frcn |nc Sun
(ccrrcspcnding ui|n |nc uaning squarc aspcc| and |nc |nird-quar|cr |una|icn |qpc), rcprcscn|ing a nign dcgrcc cf ncn|a|
dc|iocra|icn.
During |nc |pinc|ncan ncnicqc|c, una| Rudnqar ca||s |nc 'ctc|u|icnarq, assccia|itc and gcncra|izing aspcc|' cf
|nc nind dcnina|cs. Tnc |pinc|ncan-Dircc| ncn|a| |qpc is cnarac|crizcd oq a grcuing scnsc cf a |cng-rangc, cojcc|itc and
nis|crica| pcrspcc|itc. || sqnoc|izcs a nind in unicn cagcrncss and inpu|sitcncss natc gitcn uaq |c carcfu| dc|iocra|icn.
Hcrc |nc ca|cu|a|cd ris| rcp|accs |nc in|ui|itc gano|c. || is cf|cn sccn in |nc oir|n cnar|s cf gurus, spiri|ua| |cacncrs and
rc|igicus |cadcrs |ransni||crs and cus|cdians cf |nc nanq par|icu|ar |radi|icns.
|f qcur Mcrcurq |qpc is |pinc|ncan-Dircc|, qcu prcoao|q natc a prac|ica|, cojcc|itc and ana|q|ica| nind |cading
qcu |c ac| cn |nc oasis cf fac|s and pas| cxpcricncc ra|ncr |nan cn nuncncs and gu|-fcc|ings. Ycur uc||-crganizcd ncn|a|
facu||ics cnao|c qcu |c nanagc pccp|c and run |nings. 8u| in dcing sc, qcu naq nccd |c |ccp an cpcn nind and atcid rigid
|ncugn| pa||crns.
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rca|izc qcur gca|s, qcu drau upcn |ncu|cdgc acquircd |ncugn pas| cxpcricncc and oq coscrting |nc acnictcncn|s and
nis|a|cs cf c|ncrs. |ndccd, |nis is |nc nain arca ucrc Prcnc|ncan |qpcs and |pinc|ncan |qpcs ncs| diffcr in |ncir apprcacn.
Prcnc|ncan |qpcs cagcr|q fcrgc ancad |c pursuc a tisicn cr in|ui|icn f|asn, |pinc|ncans, rcgard|css cf ncu in|ui|itc and
inpu|sitc |ncq naq oc, |cnd |c firs| dis|ancc |ncnsc|tcs ncn|a||q and a||cnp| |c |cc| a| |nings cojcc|itc|q, |c ccnsidcr una|
pas| cxpcricncc can cffcr |nc si|ua|icn. |pinc|ncans can oc daring and radica| |nin|crs, ou| |ncq |cnd |c scc |ncir frcc-
|nin|ing as par| cf a |radi|icn cpcra|ing ui|nin a nis|crica| ccn|cx| cr nctcncn|.
Tnc |pinc|ncan-Dircc| |qpc is sccn in |nc oir|n cnar|s cf |nrcc cf |nc ncs| inf|ucn|ia| ninds cf |nc ninc|ccn|n
ccn|urq, inditidua|s uncsc ucr| figurcs |argc|q in |nc dctc|cpncn| cf |nc cc||cc|itc ncn|a|i|q cf |nc |ucn|ic|n ccn|urq. Kar|
Marx, Charles Darwin and Sigmund Freud arc cxanp|cs cf |nis |qpc. Tncir ucr| nas nadc, in nucn diffcrcn|
uaqs, a |rcncndcus inpac| cn currcn| ncn|a|i|q. Tncq fcrnu|a|cd rctc|u|icnarq |nccrics oascd rcspcc|itc|q cn |nc s|udq cf
nis|crica| and pc|i|ica| prcccdcn|s, |nc coscrta|icn cf oic|cgica| |qpcs, and |nc s|udq cf psqcnc|cgica| prcccsscs and
dis|uroanccs. |cadcrs cf |nc 8c|sncti| Rctc|u|icn, Lenin and Trc|s|q, arc a|sc cxanp|cs cf Mcrcurqs |nird facc. O|ncr
cxanp|cs inc|udc Albert Einstein, J. Krishnamurti, Gccrgc Gurdjicff and |ndira Gandni.
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Mercury's Epimethean-Retrograde phase begins when Mercury is stationary,
turning retrograde, and aocu| |ucn|q zcdiaca| dcgrccs ancad cf |nc |nc Sun. |n |crns cf dura|icn, i| is |nc sncr|cs| cf
|nc fcur |qpcs, |as|ing cn|q |cn |c fif|ccn daqs. Tnis ncans fcucr |nan cnc in |cn pcrscns arc ocrn during |nc pnasc. During
|nc fcur|n pnasc, |nc Sun and Mcrcurq nctc |cuard cacn c|ncr frcn cppcsi|c dircc|icns. Tnc nctcncn| cu|nina|cs a| |nc
infcricr ccnjunc|icn, uncn, in Rudnqars pcc|ic ucrds, Mcrcurq 'is cncc ncrc fccunda|cd oq Sc|ar ui|| and pcucr.'
Tnc fcur|n facc cf Mcrcurq suggcs| a pni|cscpnica| cr in|rcspcc|itc ncn|a| |cnpcrancn|. |i|c |nc |pinc|ncan-
Dircc| |qpc, i| carrics a scnsc cf |radi|icn, ou| i| is nctcr sa|isficd ui|n scccnd-nand |ncu|cdgc. Tnc |pinc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc
|qpc qucs|icns au|ncri|q and sccia|, rc|igicus and ctcn scicn|ific dcgnas and prcsunp|icns. || is a pnasc cf inncr
i||unina|icn.
lf ou uere born durlng Mercurs fourth face, ou ossess a contem|atlte, dee| lntrosectlte mlnd
3''6*#A *##'+ &'%#*#AD Tnis dccsn| ncan c|ncr Mcrcurq |qpcs |ac| ccn|cnp|a|icn and in|rcspcc|icn jus| |na| i| ccncs
ncrc casi|q and #%("+%))= fcr qcu. lncn in dcuo|, qcurc |i|c|q |c cxaninc a|| |nc issucs intc|tcd frcn ctcrq pcrspcc|itc.
Ycur uan| |c discctcr |nc rcascn, ncaning and purpcsc ocnind ctcrq|ning, and qcu arc un|i|c|q |c oc sa|isficd ui|n casq,
supcrficia| ansucrs. O|ncrs cxpcscd |c qcur insign| naq nis|a|c i| fcr Prcnc|ncan in|ui|icn. lni|c |pinc|ncan insign|s
Tnc |cur |accs cf Mcrcurq Micnac| R. Mcqcrn||p.//uuu.|na|dca.ccn Pagc 6 cf 6
naq affirn |nc in|ui|icn cf Prcnc|ncans, diffcrcn| prcccss s|and ocnind |ncn cnc fcundcd in an in|ui|itc tisicn cf |nc
fu|urc and ncu |nings ccu|d oc, |nc c|ncr oascd in an undcrs|anding cf |nc pas| and ncu i| |cads |c a crca|itc fu|urc.
|nditidua|s ocrn during |nc |pinc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc pnasc naq a| |incs cxpcricncc a prcfcund dissa|isfac|icn ui|n
|nc crdcr cf |nings as |ncq arc, ui|n |nc s|a|us quc, and |ncq naq cnccun|cr a gccd dca| frus|ra|icn a||cnp|ing |c inspirc
c|ncrs ui|n |ncir idcas and inncr rca|iza|icns. During sucn ncncn|s i| is ocs| |c atcid prc|rac|cd fcc|ing cf frus|ra|icn. |ccus
cn |nc fu|urc and i|s ncu pcssioi|i|ics, sqnoc|izcd oq |nc infcricr ccnjunc|icn jus| ancad|nc sccd ccnsunna|icn cf |nc pas|
cqc|c and |nc ga|cuaq |c |nc fu|urc.
Sri Aurcoindc, unc uas ncdcrn |ndias grca|cs| nc|is|ic nind and an car|q ac|itis| fcr |ndian |ndcpcndcncc, uas
ocrn a| |nc tcrq ocginning cf |nc |pinc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc pnasc. Maric dAgcu||, an inf|ucn|ia| ninc|ccn|n ccn|urq sccia| and
pni|cscpnica| ccnncn|a|cr, and an car|q |iocra|cd ucncn, a|sc cxcnp|ifics |nc fcur|n facc cf Mcrcurq. Tnc surrca|is| pain|cr,
Salvador Dali, |nc |ndian sain|, Ramakrishna, and 8cn |ran||in ucrc a|sc ocrn during |nc |pinc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc
pnasc.
|i|c fcna|c Prcnc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc |qpcs, ucncn ocrn during |nc fcur|n facc cf Mcrcurq cf|cn find |ncnsc|tcs
orca|ing ncu grcund and cnoracing ccn|rctcrsia| issucs. Tncir oicgrapnics, inncr rca|iza|icns and pcrscna| pni|cscpnics
cf|cn inspirc and guidc c|ncrs. Jane Fonda and Dr. Joyce Brothers arc cxanp|cs cf |nc |qpc, issuc-cricn|cd and
in|c||cc|ua|, ui|n a s|rcng scnsc cf prcccdcn|s, |ncq na|c a pcucrfu| inprcssicn uni|c prcjcc|ing a s|rcng scnsc cf na|ura|
fcninini|q. Madonna, Tina Turner and Janis Joplin a|sc cxcnp|ifq |nc |pinc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc ucnan, and in
|ncir oicgrapnics uc ui|ncss scnc cf |nc |qpcs 'scu| disccn|cn|.'
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pcin|s and s|agcs cf dctc|cpncn| |nrcugncu| qcur |ifc-cqc|c. Tnis is casi|q acccnp|isncd oq s|udqing |nc scccndarq
prcgrcsscd Mcrcurq cqc|c.
1+,A+'33'$ (+%#3*(*,#3 !+,& ,#' >'+."+= (=4' (, (2' #'J( %+' +'C'%)*#AD Tnc cri|ica|, rcoc||icus and ccnoa|itc
sidc cf |nc Prcnc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc |qpc gradua||q nc||cus and |carns ncu |c cffcc|itc|q and ccns|ruc|itc|q inprcss i|s
fu|urc-cricn|cd idcas upcn c|ncrs during |nc prcgrcsscd Prcnc|ncan-Dircc| pnasc. Arcund |nc prcgrcsscd supcricr
ccnjunc|icn, ncn|a| facu||ics arc par|icu|ar|q |ccn. During |nc prcgrcsscd |pinc|ncan-Dircc| pnasc, |nc nind orcadcns i|s
pcrspcc|itc, occcning ncrc auarc cf |nings in |ncir sccia| and nis|crica| ccn|cx|. Tnc |pinc|ncan-Rc|rcgradc pnasc is an
in|cnsc pcricd during unicn |nc nind naq occcnc disccn|cn| and rcs||css, |cnging fcr orcadcr ncrizcns and ncu
pcssioi|i|ics. Tc na|c |nc ocs| cf ncu pcssioi|i|ics, |nc nind nus| firs| csscn|ia|izc and gitc ncaning |c |nc pas|. |cr anq
na|a| Mcrcurq |qpc, i| is |ncrcfcrc a rcf|cc|itc pcricd suggcs|ing spiri|ua| disccn|cn| and discctcrq. || is |nc |inc cf 'sccd-
na|ing,' cf prcparing fcr |nc ncncn| uncn, a| |nc prcgrcsscd infcricr ccnjunc|icn, |nc sccd cf |nc pas| cqc|c is inprcgna|cd
ui|n a ncu fu|urc.