According to Greek myth, Mercury (or Hermes, whose name derives etymologically from the piles of rocks which marked trails and guided travelers) was the messenger of the gods. He carried orders from Olympus to the mortals on Earth. The child of the illegitimate union of Zeus with Maia, Mercury was born “unknown to the immortal gods” and had to win his place among them by trickery, cleverness, and cunning. This is why he became the vagabond deity of travelers and wanderers. He is the instinctive foe of the settled who see him as an outcast roaming on the outskirts of society: a pariah, a thief, and a swindler. As ruler of the sign of Gemini, the Twins, he symbolizes the brother—the alter-ego who teaches us as much as we teach him and is associated with adolescence, a period of intense intellectual discovery. Mercury thus symbolizes lively, sparkling wit, mobility in any form, mental exchange, and interaction. As a result, a person strongly ruled by Mercury is quite likely to be clever and skillful. If Mercury is “afflicted” in one’s chart, their intellectual velocity may sometimes become mere mental hyperactivity. In any case, these skills are a great resource in the social realm. You communicate easily and effectively, orally or in writing. Your ability to unite and transmit would be a good resource in diplomatic or commercial endeavors.

Ava Renner’s birth chart is strongly “solar.” As a result, she identifies very positively with motherhood. Her personality is friendly, energetic, and creative, with high ideals and a firm determination to accomplish them. She takes her own superiority and authority over others for granted, and she has a natural ability to command the attention and admiration of an audience. She is a born leader who enjoys being in the limelight and may behave somewhat theatrically or with dramatic exaggeration. She has definite artistic leanings. The sense of her ideals is evident to her and may lead her to be somewhat self-focused. If ill-directed, her deep aspirations may lead to such faults as egotism, selfishness, or greediness for power.

As the moon orbits the earth, it has long been associated with the sun. This small, mysterious satellite has been compared to the eternal feminine principle, the mother hovering over your infant’s cradle. Psychologically, the moon is symbolic of the mother and the mother image. This figure is a primordial element in the psyche of each individual. Depending on your nature, the mother figure may correspond to your biological mother, a grandmother, or a woman who cared for you in infancy and childhood. When you reach adulthood, this mother-figure and all the emotions and bonds associated with you may be transferred to something else: a spouse, a companion, an institution, a church, corporation, or political movement, a cult, etc. In short, any individual or structure likely to take on the mother’s duty of caring for and nurturing the vulnerable aspects of an individual.

To be more down-to-earth, the mother figure corresponds to the habits which were learned and then definitively incorporated into the individual’s identity as you gradually became acculturated and progressed toward social independence. As a result, a strongly “lunar” personality often finds it difficult to adapt and is uncomfortable outside the secure setting of familiar routines. Closely tied to your past, you may be unwilling to detach yourself from it and embark on your life as an individual in the here and now. You still identify somewhat with your inner child and may display a child’s capricious behavior, indulging in moodiness and indecision. Your passivity may make you easily influenced, your sensitivity makes you subjective, and you hesitate to open up and lay your soul bare. In your daily life, psychic activity will rule. Your imagination, memory, sensitivity, sensation, and sentiment nearly overwhelm your psyche.

Ava Renner reads the article about the tenth house in the sky and finds it to be very informative.

Ava Renner gazed up at the North Node in the tenth house of the sky chart. The node was in the sign of Scorpio and was in opposition to the South Node in the ninth house, which symbolized Ava’s social position. The North Node was higher in the sky, indicating that it represented her social status. Ava knew that she would derive some power from her social eminence, such as money, prestige, or privilege, but she also had duties to fulfill. When this area was the site of significant activity, it did not mean that she would automatically have a high social eminence. It meant that she would invest a great deal of energy in acquiring a form of social power. Because the energy was somewhat vague, she would have to become aware of the various desires, needs, and ideals which were motivating and inspiring her. As a result, she would probably become conscious of how closely her social destiny was linked to her family’s reputation. Indeed, all she could give society was what she had managed to make of herself from the raw material she received from her background. When the tenth house was especially significant, it meant that the use of power deriving from social rank was problematic for her. Her attitude toward both accomplishment and failure may be somewhat obtuse. As a result, she should always be asking herself why she aspired to a certain career or profession, what her learning was worth, what meaning she wanted to give her relationship with society, what she was ready to give of herself, and what she wanted from society in exchange.

Ava Renner, the subject of the text, observes the fifth house in the sky and observes that it contains several planets, including the planet which rules her sign.