There is only person in this world who I think truly understands the way my mind works and it is my sister, Annalisa.  This is because she grew up with me. We shared a bedroom. We have the same parents and if you took any one of those things out of the equation, I think she’d miss the boat too.

Last night, for the hell of it and because Saturn is transiting my Mercury, I decided (Libra) to disclose my motives for writing something in my blog.  “I am up to a number of things,” I explained with a nervous chuckle. denamaria chuckled back at me so I snorted. “Yeah, well I can’t help myself. I just can’t help but do it,” I said.

I rattled off a quick list why I wrote the post in question, starting with my true, high-minded goals and ending with my slithering-on-it’s-belly, criminal mind’s end of the deal.  I mentioned some mid-range stuff that was no less important feeling both hapless, proud and somewhat embarrassed.

Continue reading On Being High-Minded And Devious

Some things are very difficult to figure out but if you can manage the rewards are many. I am trying to figure out a number of things right now.  In fact I could list five of them right off the top of my head.  I have Saturn transiting Mercury right now so thinking is hard but seems necessary, worth the investment, etc.  With Saturn, you really have to push through resistance or be thwarted if not crushed.

My mental tasks range from the mundane to the sublime.  For example, I have work towards a solution around the Astro Dispatch which has become unwieldy and crashes this blog, constantly.  There is no pleasure in this. Once we have a solution defined it will have to be put into place and there is no telling what that will require outside of I know it will be a lot of work.

Continue reading Saturn Transit To Natal Mercury: Hard Thinking And Mental Tasks

I got a note (snail mail) from my oldest sister today, it was a trip.  What else would contact from a double Sadge with Mercury in Sadge be but a TRIP?

But it was a time travel thing because her handwriting has not changed since I was 11 which was how old I was when she left home.  She used to have pen-pals which is interesting in hindsight.

Now we write to people around the world. Back then to write a stranger in another state was not that usual, especially for kids isolated in the desert but my sister maintained relationships with several pen pals for years.

I recognized her writing and realized my lack on this front. I mentioned it to satori who said she also had very distinctive writing.

Continue reading Mercury Things And An Update On My Oldest Sister

Some people notice hands, I know I do. It’s one of the first things I look at on a man. “Do I want those hands on me or not?”

Anyone who has Mercury emphasized is going to have prominent hands, or hands that grab you attention. My friend Ben also notices hands and my ex-perennial boyfriend, Scott has extremely prominent hands.

Scott has Mercury conjunct Uranus (brilliant) square Jupiter (expanded and arrogant). His hands are enormous which is very important if you want to be a pianist.
Continue reading Strong Natal Mercury = Prominent Hands (And A Scorpio Interlude)

Hair, Renaud and Ramsay (2007) did a study and came up with three types of emailers:

1. The relaxed emailer. If you fall into this category then chances are you see email as something you will deal with as and when you have time. You don’t try to respond to emails almost instantaneously. You expect others to be relaxed about email as well.
2. The driven emailer. For you email must be replied to immediately. You see it as more like an ongoing conversation. Responding quickly is important for you.
3. The stressed emailer. For you email is just a source of stress and you don’t see it as that useful. You feel the pressure to respond.