Aspect

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Mercury Trine Pluto

An easy contact between Mercury and Pluto makes depth effortless: the native understands what is really happening without straining for it, and rarely considers that this might be unusual.

Under this trine, perception goes to the bottom of a matter as a matter of course. Motives are read at a glance and are usually read right. Research feels like reading. Concentration, when a subject genuinely interests the native, lasts for hours without strain and leaves them refreshed rather than emptied. Others find such a person restful to confide in, because nothing shocks them, and unnerving afterwards, when they realise how much of it was understood.

None of this needs defending, so none of it gets sharpened. The native reaches accurate conclusions and does not build the case, then is puzzled when the conclusion is not accepted. Because they know things easily, they may not respect the knowing, and depth becomes something applied to whatever happens to be in front of them, including gossip and other people's marriages. A talent for the profound spent on the merely private is the standard misuse of this contact.

There is also a quiet capacity for influence that operates without the native taking responsibility for it. A word placed accurately changes what somebody does, and the trine makes the placing unconscious. This is worth watching. Directed at a real subject, the faculty carries a person deep into research, therapy, or any field where the surface account is not the account, and it does so without the corrosive suspicion of the square. The one thing it lacks is a reason to begin.

What It Gives

  • motive read accurately at a glance
  • long concentration without strain
  • presence that invites confidence
  • unshockable in serious matters

What It Costs

  • conclusions asserted without argument
  • depth spent on private gossip
  • influence exercised unconsciously

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