Mercury in Leo and Aquarius

Mercury in Leo

Mercury in Leo or Mercury in Relation to Leo

Evolutionary Mantram of the Sign Leo: “And the Word said: Let isolation be the rule
and yet the crowd exists”.
Spiritual Mantram of the Sign Leo: “I am That and That I am”.
Quotations from Esoteric Astrology, relevant to the meaning of Mercury in relation to
Leo.
The words “Mercury” and “Leo” have been bolded to facilitate recognition.”
(The usual exoteric and psychological interpretations are purposely not here
emphasized).

1. Mercury in Relation to Leo—Guardian of the Eighth Gate: Leo, being the fifth
sign of the zodiac, counting from Aries via Taurus, and also the eighth signs,
counting from Aries via Pisces, is closely related through numerical affinity with
Mercury, who is esoterically called ‘the Messenger at the “eighth gate’; Mercury was
active at the time of individualization when the ‘eighth gate’ was opened and a major
initiation of our planetary Logos took place, producing, in the human kingdom, the
process of individualization.” (EA 298)
2. Mercury in Relation to Leo (Sirius and Saturn):

Sirius Leo Mercury Saturn

Spirit Soul Mind Brain
Life Quality Illumination Appearance
Inhalation Interlude Exhalation Interlude
(EA 299)
Specific Expression of Mercury in Leo
Mercury in Leo for the Average of Undeveloped Man
(As always, much will depend upon the ray of the mental vehicle and the aspects to Mercury)

1. Mercury in Leo—Self-opinion overly indulged.

2. Mercury in Leo—Self-centered, selfish thought
3. Mercury in Leo—Lack of perspective; inability to see the other’s point of view;
disinterested in listening
4. Mercury in Leo—Thinking and speaking of oneself
5. Mercury in Leo—Thinking and speaking to oneself.
6. Mercury in Leo—Dramatic speech and statements.
7. Mercury in Leo—Thought and speech which call attention to oneself.
8. Mercury in Leo—Self-absorbed thought.
9. Mercury in Leo—Seeking agreement with one’s opinion; desiring others to imitate or
reflect one’s opinion

Mercury in Leo for the Advanced Man

(As always, much will depend upon the ray of the mental vehicle and the aspects to Mercury)

1. Mercury in Leo—Power to concentrate, to hold the center of thought.

2. Mercury in Leo—Mental pride. Mentally “showing off”. Or better, self-confident
expression.
3. Mercury in Leo—Mental dominance. Imposing mind. ‘Mental overlordship”.
4. Mercury in Leo—Eloquence in expression, revealing identity; all mental/verbal
transmissions embody the Self. The individual thinks from self and speaks from self
whichever self it may be.
5. Mercury in Leo—Authenticity in thought and speech
6. Mercury in Leo—Originality, creativity
7. Mercury in Leo—Brilliant intelligence.
8. Mercury in Leo—Self-awareness.
9. Mercury in Leo—Autobiographical mentality
10. Mercury in Leo—Power to live up to one’s thought and speech

Mercury in Leo for the Disciple or Initiate

1. Mercury in Leo—Shedding the light of identity.
2. Mercury in Leo—The intuition which reveals the archetype of identity. Soul light
reveals personal distinctness and the unique role to be played by the personality.
3. Mercury in Leo—Messages from the soul are declarative and authoritative. Once
humility has been achieved, there is not much need for the soul/personality dialogue.
The communications from above come as a fiat.
4. Mercury in Leo—Intuitive mind reveals the full blaze of soul light. The mind is
uniquely the revealer and the illuminator.
5. Mercury in Leo—Brilliance of mind which is a reflection of soul light. Mind receives
light without obscuration.
6. Mercury in Leo—The mind identified with the ahamkaric principle; the mind capable
(through pure reason) of dispelling the illusion of the ahamkaric principle.
“Ahamkara” the principle of ‘I-ness’.
7. Mercury in Leo—Communications which dramatize identity. In the highest sense,
the dramatization of the soul, the pure identity.
8. Mercury in Leo—Mind expressing in full radiance the content of the causal body.
9. Mercury in Leo—As with Mercury in Aries, authentic, creative thinking deriving from
one’s own soul-source.
10. Mercury in Leo—Intelligently ‘channeling’ the soul.
11. Mercury in Leo—The ‘shining’ “Bridge of Light”
12. Mercury in Leo—The soul/personality ‘dialogue’ is as if between two ‘authorities’ the
authority of the lower self and the authority of the Higher Self.
13. Mercury in Leo—In this particular sign, the idea that “Mercury and the Sun are one”
may be fulfilled.
14. Mercury in Leo—Identification of the mind with soul light is so strong, that the ‘gap’
to be bridged does not seem as wide. It is said that the gap is not a fact in reality
though it is so in consciousness. The advanced individual with Mercury in Leo
senses the unreality of the gap. A mental synthesis uniting the apparently separated
points already seems to exist.
15. Mercury in Leo—The bridging process leads to the Presence. Communications to
the “King” (the Presence), the Monad. The ‘distance from the center’ is not perceived
as great
16. Mercury in Leo—Mercury in Leo, is capable of establishing right relations between
soul and personality by revealing the true nature of the higher Identity, of which the
lower identity is intended to be a reflection
17. Mercury in Leo—The conveyer to the personality of Atma (the Spiritual Will of the
Triad)
18. Mercury in Leo—The mind which leads easily (when advanced) into states of
Identification.
19. Mercury in Leo—The soul/personality conflict brought about by increased
soul/personality communication centers around the issue of whether the personality
is living as an example of soul-identity (Self) or personal-identity (self).
20. Mercury in Leo—The power to ‘speak the name of the soul’. Mind as an agent of
authenticity of identity
21. Mercury in Leo—Uniqueness of expression, bearing the stamp of individuality.
22. Mercury in Leo—Power to create luminous thoughtforms.

Mercury in Aquarius

Mercury in Aquarius or Mercury in Relation to Aquarius

Evolutionary Mantram of the Sign Aquarius: “And the Word said: Let desire in form
be ruler”.
Spiritual Mantram of the Sign Aquarius: “Water of life am I poured forth for thirsty
men”.
Quotations from Esoteric Astrology, relevant to the meaning of Mercury in relation to
Aquarius.
The words “Mercury” and “Aquarius” have been bolded to facilitate recognition.”
[Suggesting a relationship between Mercury and Aquarius] Scorpio and Aquarius are
also in a peculiar relation to each other through the planet Mercury which governs the
human family (being the hierarchical planet in Scorpio). (EA 218)

Specific Expression of Mercury in Aquarius

Mercury in Aquarius for the Average of Undeveloped Man
 (As always, much will depend upon the ray of the mental vehicle and the aspects to Mercury)

1. Mercury in Aquarius—Wanting to know what “everybody else thinks”; thinking as

the group thinks; thought confined within group thought.
2. Mercury in Aquarius—Scattered, erratic thinking; multiple interests. “Let desire in
form be ruler.”
3. Mercury in Aquarius—Initially, a superficial mind with little sense of relating to a
center of identity.
4. Mercury in Aquarius—A mind swept by new ‘fads’; because it may be possible
(given even the flimsiest of evidence) it is accepted, uncritically, as true.
5. Mercury in Aquarius—A mind which serves the desire to be “all things to all men”.
6. Mercury in Aquarius—A mind subject to elevations and depressions according to
mood.
7. Mercury in Aquarius—Eccentric thinking, misguided, or, at least, thinking about
things a “little differently”. Wrong-headedness. The thoughts of a “crank”.
8. Mercury in Aquarius—Anti-historical thinking; thought which disregards precedent.
9. Mercury in Aquarius—The tendency to believe insubstantial possibilities rather than
what is established, tried and true.
10. Mercury in Aquarius—Aloof in one’s thought processes (quite different from the
early phases of group mind which also apply).
11. Mercury in Aquarius—The deviant mind; deviations in sexuality arise in the mind.
12. Mercury in Aquarius—A mind which “misses the point” because it is eccentric.
13. Mercury in Aquarius—Thinking about the future—and about the future fulfillment of
one’s hopes and wishes.

Mercury in Aquarius for the Advanced Man

(As always, much will depend upon the ray of the mental vehicle and the aspects to Mercury)

1. Mercury in Aquarius—Mental detachment

2. Mercury in Aquarius—Strong power of observation; keen in the observation of
other human beings.
3. Mercury in Aquarius—Scientific thought
4. Mercury in Aquarius—Progressive, futuristic thinking; thought “ahead of one’s time”
5. Mercury in Aquarius—Idealistic thought.
6. Mercury in Aquarius—Original and inventive thinking. Marked capacity to conceive
of original and inventive solutions; “thinking outside of the box”. Thus, always finding
a way out (note square to Taurus, which often gets stuck).
7. Mercury in Aquarius—A mind conducive to the revelation of genius.
8. Mercury in Aquarius—Capacity to distribute thought far and wide. Broadcasting.
9. Mercury in Aquarius—Systemic thinking.
10. Mercury in Aquarius—Ecological thinking.
11. Mercury in Aquarius—Thoughts about the welfare of society.
12. Mercury in Aquarius—Method of induction preferred rather than deduction. A
method here might be described as: keep observing and keep the concept ‘fuzzy’;
give time for induction to work.
13. Mercury in Aquarius—Thought which is prone to experimentation, to trial and error.
14. Mercury in Aquarius—A mind contributing to the overthrow of paradigms.
15. Mercury in Aquarius—Because Aquarius is a fixed air sign, perhaps “idée fixe” is
an issue.
16. Mercury in Aquarius—A mind good for astrology. Mercury in this sign has power to
relate all the many points in Aquarius. Using the speed of light/lightning. All the many
points in a chart have to be seen “all at once”—using mind and reason.
17. Mercury in Aquarius—A mind capable of following cycles of many kinds—for
instance social and financial.

Mercury in Aquarius for the Disciple or Initiate

(The usual exoteric and psychological interpretations are purposely not here
emphasized).
1. Mercury in Aquarius—The light of the “universal mind”.
2. Mercury in Aquarius—Shedding abroad [as Mercury does] “The Light that shines
on Earth, across the sea. This is the light which ever shines within the dark and
cleansing with its healing rays that which must be purified until the dark has gone”.
We are here discussing a *light* as it is associated with Aquarius. With Mercury in
this sign there would be a mental understanding of this light, and a capacity to
distribute this light through the power of thought.
3. Mercury in Aquarius—Shedding the light of the group soul; conveying illumination
from the ashramic group; illumination which conveys the multiple benefits of the
group to which the soul is related; i.e., tapping with relative ease the ashramic mind.
4. Mercury in Aquarius—The power of mental telepathy, of both the vertical and
horizontal kind.
5. Mercury in Aquarius—The capacity to tap the “psychic gift waves”; definite capacity
to access the “Raincloud of Knowable Things”.
6. Mercury in Aquarius—Thought realized as a definite act of service to the group.
7. Mercury in Aquarius—Intuitions with definite group applications.
8. Mercury in Aquarius—To think in accordance with and to speak for the Ashram and
the group.
9. Mercury in Aquarius—Progressive, futuristic mind.
10. Mercury in Aquarius—Unusual capacity for mental synthesis.
11. Mercury in Aquarius—Mind with a grasp upon simultaneity (conferred by Uranus);
thus, could we imagine the capacity to think in terms of the “Eternal Now”?
12. Mercury in Aquarius—Since Mercury is associated powerfully with the number five
(cf. TCF, p. 373), and since Aquarius is a major distributor of R5 energy, this
combination could strongly convey fifth ray capacity.
13. Mercury in Aquarius—Distinct capacity to influence the etheric body (ruled in part
by Aquarius) through the power of thought. Enhancing etheric radiation through the
power of thought.
14. Mercury in Aquarius—The mind as an instrument of service in subtle healing.
15. Mercury in Aquarius—Mind distinctly capable of studying human nature.
16. Mercury in Aquarius—Strong relation to the “synthesis tier of petals” in the causal
body. Relation to the unfoldment of the synthesizing knowledge petal, but, perhaps,
also, to the synthesizing love petal.
17. Mercury in Aquarius—Capacity to fathom the depths of matter through the power of
thought. (The lowest of the twelve Creative Hierarchies is ruled by Aquarius).
18. Mercury in Aquarius—The use in service of the constructed antahkarana. For the
advanced individual with Mercury in Aquarius, “Mercury and the Sun are One”. “Life
More Abundantly” pours ‘down’ across the “Bridge of Light”.
19. Mercury in Aquarius—Intelligent distribution of the contents of the ‘causal treasury’.
20. Mercury in Aquarius—In synthesis, the capacity to access the united thought of all
seven Ashrams. Aquarius is associated with the entire spectrum of color, considered
as a whole; i.e., with the “coat of many colors”.
21. Mercury in Aquarius—Thinking and speaking in the ‘universal language’, common
to all human beings.
22. Mercury in Aquarius—The soul/personality dialogue focuses upon whether the
personality is fit to accept the ‘abundant riches’ in possession of the soul. Can the
personality become the “overflowing cup”, receiving a steady stream of abundance
from the soul?
23. Mercury in Aquarius—The soul/personality conflict generated by increased
soul/personality communication centers upon the issue of how the personality may
think with living, panoramic mind.
24. Mercury in Aquarius—The messages carried from soul to personality have an
inclusive and highly impersonal note. Thought from an encompassing perspective
militates against the taint of personalism.
25. Mercury in Aquarius— ‘Lightning-like’ intuitions; the carrier of ‘charged’
thoughtforms; the conveyer of ‘mental electricity’.
26. Mercury in Aquarius—The mind which thinks and speaks the ‘archetype’; hence,
highly ‘original’ mind in the sense that an ‘original mind’ accesses the archetypal
source.
27. Mercury in Aquarius—Thoughtforms have distinct ‘fixity’; also, they are pervaded
by the power of ‘solution’.
28. Mercury in Aquarius—Omni-directional mind, capable of thinking and ‘seeing’ with
the multiple perspectives of the group.
29. Mercury in Aquarius—Cognizant of the many and can see them as a oneness.