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ASTROLOGY YOUR PLACE IN THE STARS MERCURY IN SAGITTARIUS IN considering Mercury in Sagittarius it should be remembered how brilliant and sudden is the effect of Sagittarius, but how lightning-like {222} and transitory. The older astrologers, indeed, attributed even lightning rather to Aries, leaving only the rainbow for Sagittarius, as if the effect were not merely swift, but, to certain degree, illusory. This, however, is only the case with a badly aspected Mercury. Too much importance should not be given to the fact that Mercury in this sign has always been considered in his detriment. For we have seen that this planet very easily becomes unbalanced and the Jupiterian influence of Sagittarius seems to act rather as the restraining hand of a father upon an impetuous and wayward child. Much, however, will always depend upon aspects. The general qualities of this position are directness of thought and expression. People with Mercury thus placed usually speak without reflection – they tend to say whatever comes into their heads. They do not wound deliberately, like people with Mercury in Scorpio. It simply never occurs to them to think how their remarks may strike the hearer. The quality of their thoughts is similarly unripe. Their thoughts are like mushrooms or shooting stars. They are impatient; speak in haste and repent at leisure. They do not trouble to formulate a judgment, and what they say consequently partakes too often of the nature of the shallower form of epigram. This same absence of the reflective quality makes them extremely simple, honest and sincere (duplicity by its very nature involves the balancing of truth and falsehood), and if these people lie, they only do so on the spur of the moment. A long continued course of deception is entirely out of their power. It would, too, be repugnant to their nature. Another difficulty caused by this position is that the thoughts are disconnected, and, though the native may promise with sincerity, or conceive undertakings with earnestness, he often has not the patience enabling him to make good. What he thinks and says, however, is sometimes remarkably, one might almost say irrationally, right. He may speak like an oracle, and his intuition is often so extraordinarily acute that it more than replaces the general weaknesses of the facilities of memory and of ratiocination. Another characteristic trait conferred by this position is a habit of interruption. No sooner do these people hear anything than a thought strikes them and they have to say it without a moment’s delay. The discontinuous and flitterbat quality of this type of mind is {223} very well shown by the anarchist Vaillant, every one of whose thoughts was probably right in its way, but who was totally incapable of weighing one thought against another and of striking a balance. An almost equally bad example is Marie Bashkirtseff, who totally failed to understand the universe into which she was born, owing to a similar defect. Her diary is full of brilliant, bitter, satirical things, all of which are perfectly true in themselves and yet totally false because they are not balanced against the weight of general experience. Another bright, brilliant, but brief and unbalanced mind was that of Thomas Chatterton, whose genius, had it been accompanied by a mind capable of patient labor, might have placed him in the small first circle of English poets. The case of Dr. Zamenhof is a good illustration. In Esperanto, he invented a language which is eminently convenient and easy to learn and has all the other advantages that a language should have. It has only one defect, which is that it really is not a language at all and nobody seems to wish to speak it. To show this quality of incapacity for reflection in its most complete absurdity, we need only recall the remark of Marie Antoinette, who had Mercury in this position, and who, being offered some exquisite pastry by the leading confectioner of Paris, exclaimed, “The stupid people are always complaining that they can get no bread, but why do they not eat these delicious little cakes?” Another monarch almost equally silly and unfortunate with this position is Charles I, the inconstancy of whose domestic policy cost him his throne and his life. Fortunately, however, this position does not always result in such sparkling imbecility. We have three quite great people in the world of art and literature with this position, Sir David Wilkie, Alfred de Musset, and Rudyard Kipling. The limitation is nevertheless still visible. Both the French and the English writers excel in short stories and poems, but neither has written great novels. Similarly, Sir David Wilkie, admirable painter as he was, never attained to the sustained execution of a great canvas. Another example is in the Mercury of Joan of Arc, though the planet’s being in the 29th degree may have done something to steady matters. There is, however, {224} little need for making this reservation, as her career was singularly fitful and she depended entirely upon inspiration. The greatest exception to all that has been said is Sir Isaac Newton, but here Mercury is in the third house, with a sextile of Venus and a square of Saturn. Jupiter, lord of the third, is within six degrees of the conjunction of Saturn, and is exactly trined by Uranus, while the Sun, also in the third house, stands sextile to all three. The whole configuration is of the most extraordinary power, with every planet in heaven which tends to stability included in it, even Mars in Taurus assisting by making a near sextile with the Moon. With such great dignities the influence of the sign itself is reduced to a minimum. The fact that the lord of the sign is in conjunction with Saturn tends to alter its very nature, and there is therefore no comparison with ordinary cases, where the action of Mercury is more or less isolated. In the horoscope of Marie Antoinette, Mercury is trine to Neptune, but square to Uranus which takes away all its more serious qualities. There is slight help from a semi-sextile of Venus and a sextile of Jupiter, but as has been well said, Mercury without Saturn is like an egg without salt. The following well known persons were born with Mercury in the sign Sagittarius: Felix Faure George Eliot Rudyard Kipling Marie Bashkirtseff Sir Isaac Newton Edward VII Hamilton Wright Mabie Louisa M. Alcott Henry Van Dyke Agassiz Bishop Fallows President Lowell of Harvard For the benefit of those who are not in possession of Raphael’s Ephemeris, or who are not able to interpret the symbols contained therein, the years when Mercury is in Sagittarius are as follows: {225} From January 1st through January 13th 1840 November 2d “ December 31st 1840 January 1st ” January 6th 1841 October 30th “ November 11th 1841 December 11th ” December 31st 1841 December 5th “ December 23rd 1842 November 28th ” December 16th 1843 November 20th “ December 8th 1844 November 13th ” December 2d 1845 January 2d “ January 13th 1846 November 6th ” December 31st 1846 January 1st “ January 10th 1847 November 1st ” November 28th 1847 December 14th “ December 31st 1847 January 1st ” January 4th 1848 December 9th “ December 27th 1848 December 2d ” December 20th 1849 November 25th “ December 13th 1850 November 17th ” December 6th 1851 November 9th “ November 30th 1852 December 20th ” December 31st 1852 January 1st “ January 13th 1853 November 3d ” December 31st 1853 January 1st “ January 8th 1854 October 30th ” November 16th 1854 December 12th “ December 31st 1854 January 1st ” 1855 December 6th “ December 25th 1855 November 28th ” December 17th 1856 November 21st “ December 9th 1857 November 14th ” December 3d 1858 January 9th “ January 11th 1859 November 7th ” December 2d 1859 December 7th “ December 31st 1859 January 1st ” January 11th 1860 October 31st “ December 2d 1860 December 13th ” December 31st 1860 January 1st “ January 4th 1861 {226} From December 10th through December 29th 1861 December 3d ” December 21st 1862 November 26th “ December 14th 1863 November 18th ” December 6th 1864 November 11th “ December 1st 1865 December 25th ” December 31st 1865 January 1st “ January 13th 1866 November 4th ” December 31st 1866 January 1st “ January 9th 1867 October 30th ” November 21st 1867 December 13th “ December 31st 1867 January 1st ” January 2d 1868 December 7th “ December 25th 1868 November 30th ” December 18th 1869 November 23d “ December 11th 1870 November 15th ” December 4th 1871 November 7th “ November 30th 1872 December 12th ” December 31st 1872 January 1st “ January 11th 1873 November 1st ” December 31st 1873 January 1st “ January 6th 1874 October 31st ” November 7th 1874 December 11th “ December 30th 1874 December 4th ” December 23d 1875 November 26th “ December 14th 1876 November 19th ” December 7th 1877 November 12th “ December 2d 1878 December 30th ” December 31st 1878 January 1st “ January 13th 1879 November 5th ” December 31st 1879 January 1st “ January 10th 1880 October 30th ” November 24th 1880 December 13th “ December 31st 1880 January 1st ” January 3d 1881 December 8th “ December 26th 1881 December 1st ” December 19th 1882 November 24th “ December 12th 1883 November 16th ” December 4th 1884 {227} From November 9th through November 30th 1885 December 17th “ December 31st 1885 January 1st ” January 12th 1886 November 2d “ December 31st 1886 January 1st ” January 7th 1887 October 30th “ November 13th 1887 December 12th ” December 31st 1887 December 5th “ December 23d 1888 November 28th ” December 16th 1889 November 20th “ December 9th 1890 November 13th ” December 3d 1891 January 4th “ January 13th 1892 November 5th ” December 31st 1892 January 1st “ January 10th 1893 October 31st ” November 29th 1893 December 13th “ December 31st 1893 January 1st ” January 4th 1894 December 9th “ December 28th 1894 December 2d ” December 21st 1895 November 24th “ December 12th 1896 November 17th ” December 6th 1897 November 10th “ November 30th 1898 December 22d ” December 31st 1898 January 1st “ January 13th 1899 November 3d ” December 31st 1899 January 1st “ January 8th 1900 October 30th ” November 18th 1900 December 13th “ December 31st 1900 January 1st ” January 2d 1901 December 7th “ December 25th 1901 November 30th ” December 18th 1902 November 23d “ December 11th 1903 November 15th ” December 4th 1904 November 8th “ December 1st 1905 December 10th ” December 31st 1905 January 1st “ January 12th 1906 November 2d ” December 6th 1906 December 13th “ December 31st 1906 {228} From January 1st through January 6th 1907 December 11th ” December 30th 1907 December 4th “ December 22d 1908 November 27th ” December 15th 1909 November 19th “ December 8th 1910 November 12th ” December 2d 1911 December 28th “ December 31st 1911 January 1st ” January 14th 1912 November 5th “ December 31st 1912 January 1st ” January 9th 1913 October 31st “ November 23d 1913 December 13th ” December 31st 1913 January 1st “ January 3d 1914 December 8th ” December 27th 1914 December 1st “ December 19th 1915 November 23d ” December 11th 1916 November 16th “ December 5th 1917 November 9th ” December 1st 1918 December 16th “ December 31st 1918 January 1st ” January 13th 1919 November 3d “ December 31st 1919 January 1st ” January 7th 1920 October 31st “ November 10th 1920 December 11th ” December 30th 1920 December 5th “ December 23d 1921 November 28th ” December 16th 1922 November 21st “ December 9th 1923 November 12th ” December 2d 1924 January 1st “ January 13th 1925 November 6th ” December 31st 1925 January 1st “ January 10th 1926 October 31st ” November 27th 1926 December 14th “ December 31st 1926 January 1st ” January 4th 1927 December 9th “ December 28th 1927 December 2d ” December 20th 1928 November 24th “ December 13th 1929 {229} Previous | Top | Index | Next Introduction | THE SUN SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | The Sun | The Sun in the Signs | The Sun in Aries | The Sun in Taurus | The Sun in Gemini | The Sun in Cancer | The Sun in Leo | The Sun in Virgo | The Sun in Libra | The Sun in Scorpio | The Sun in Sagittarius | The Sun in Capricorn | The Sun in Aquarius | The Sun in Pisces | Periods When The Sun Will Be Afflicted by Uranus | Periods When The Sun Will Be Beneficently Aspected by Uranus | Periods When The Sun Will Be Afflicted by Saturn | Periods When The Sun Will Be Beneficently Aspected by Jupiter | THE MOON SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | The Moon | The Moon in the Signs | The Moon in Aries | The Moon in Taurus | The Moon in Gemini | The Moon in Cancer | The Moon in Leo | The Moon in Virgo | The Moon in Libra | The Moon in Scorpio | The Moon in Sagittarius | The Moon in Capricorn | The Moon in Aquarius | The Moon in Pisces | MERCURY SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Mercury in the Signs | Mercury in Aries | Mercury in Taurus | Mercury in Gemini | Mercury in Cancer | Mercury in Leo | Mercury in Virgo | Mercury in Libra | Mercury in Scorpio | Mercury in Sagittarius | Mercury in Capricorn | Mercury in Aquarius | Mercury in Pisces | VENUS SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Venus in the Signs | Venus in Aries | Venus in Taurus | Venus in Gemini | Venus in Cancer | Venus in Leo | Venus in Virgo | Venus in Libra | Venus in Scorpio | Venus in Sagittarius | Venus in Capricorn | Venus in Aquarius | Venus in Pisces | MARS SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Mars in the Signs | Mars in Aries | Mars in Taurus | Mars in Gemini | Mars in Cancer | Mars in Leo | Mars in Virgo | Mars in Libra | Mars in Scorpio | Mars in Sagittarius | Mars in Capricorn | Mars in Aquarius | Mars in Pisces | JUPITER SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Jupiter in the Signs | Jupiter in Aries | Jupiter in Taurus | Jupiter in Gemini | Jupiter in Cancer | Jupiter in Leo | Jupiter in Virgo | Jupiter in Libra | Jupiter in Scorpio | Jupiter in Sagittarius | Jupiter in Capricorn | Jupiter in Aquarius | Jupiter in Pisces | The Effects of Jupiter on Vocation | SATURN SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Saturn in the Signs | Saturn in Aries | Saturn in Taurus | Saturn in Gemini | Saturn in Cancer | Saturn in Leo | Saturn in Virgo | Saturn in Libra | Saturn in Scorpio | Saturn in Sagittarius | Saturn in Capricorn | Saturn in Aquarius | Saturn in Pisces | URANUS SYMBOLICALLY CONSIDERED | Uranus in the Signs | Uranus in Aries | Uranus in Taurus | Uranus in Gemini | Uranus in Cancer | Uranus in Leo | Uranus in Virgo | Uranus in Libra | Uranus in Scorpio | Uranus in Sagittarius | 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