Hi,
Even though Moon is the main planet of emotions, needs, and wounds, does a strong Mercury have a direct role to play in emotion regulation.
Does a good mercury help make up for an afflicted moon, to see, and thus, feel, things in perspective and not spiral out of control.
I ask this because Mercury is a good manager. The neurotransmitter GABA is a good manager in the nervous system, though GABA may be more for quelling panic and excitement rather than mood and emotion.
S.
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In Shadbala, Moon and Venus are a pair, balancing each other out when one is low as they are both about desires, that can be fulfilled internally for the Moon and externally for Venus. When it comes to Mercury, I think that, when someone cannot manage his/her life properly, it has some emotional repercussions. A friend of mine has a powerful chart except for a weak and shamed Mercury and her life is chaotic and is emotionally unbalanced as well (also due to Ketu/Rahu in a 4/10 axis).
Mona
@mona Thanks.
I see Mercury's connection with its ruling deity Vishnu, who sustains life and its functions, reflected in Mercury's role in helping to manage and sustain life properly, thus having a stabilizing effect. Vishnu is also associated with the queen card, and the moon is also the queen.
An afflicted scorpio moon is sensitive and hyper-aware and seeks security, control, and connection. It sees everything bad that might happen. If a mercury is also deb. aka drowning in Pisces (emotional water sign like scorpio), or if it is starved and agitated, then one is not able to stay organized and to prioritize things in perspective, or to see what needs to be done to have a normal level of security and efficiency. That leaves one in a constant state of despair, frustration, paranoia, and unable to communicate needs and problems with others independent of emotion (rage, etc.). Mercury's Vishnu energy keeps things from spiraling out of control. That's why some insecure people are able to find stability in becoming a workaholic and managing everything and thus escape from being alone with their feelings (moon) perhaps?
Since mercury represents boundaries, skin, containers, edges, borders, and transitions, mercury can help contain emotions, in my theory?
The planet Mercury could be a mood stabilizer, esp. through its connection with the earth element. It could help control mars impulses too as in the use of anticonvulsant (usually a seizure medication) mood stabilizer.
But after all, it is in fact Venus's sign that exalts the moon. Through Taurus's earth element, not Virgo's.
As for the emotions of the moon, I would guess, only Jupiter could help it move beyond real grief and resentment. To forgive and see a higher purpose.
But Mercury and Venus sure do make materialistic life on earth worth living!
S.
@mitryendra80 I love your analysis. That reminds me of Ernst talking about looking into Mercury and water to determine if someone would be a plumber (container + water), that works for the emotional realm as well! 😉
Mercury may provide cognitive skills to deal with emotions plus help with the strategies to play life- however cognition and emotions are two different things, therefore Mercury will not substitute the work of Moon or Venus, my point of view.
regards 🙂
In the new lajjitadi avasthas course, in the video about Mercury, Ernst speaks about Moon and Mercury as a pair in the context of mental illness. Saying that if they are both bombed, yes, then we will try to do the same thing the same way and expect a different result, over and over again.
Time stamp: 47 minutes or so.
Mattias