Mercury and Saturn: Both Cazimi in Pisces Today!

Hey everyone, this is Adam Elenbaas from Nightlight Astrology, and today, we're going to take a look at the rare triple conjunction between Mercury, Saturn, and the Sun in Pisces. This means that both Mercury and Saturn are also cazimi or at the heart of the Sun today, so we're going to talk about what that Mercury-Saturn cazimi might mean.

We're going to start by talking about what cazimi means, just a brief refresher, in case you're new to that concept, and then we're going to talk about Mercury-Saturn's cazimi and the themes that are likely to come up around it. So a really, you know, it's really interesting to see that combination of two planets because cazimi at the exact same time, it's a rare and really special opportunity to understand cazimis themselves at a deeper level because of what we're likely to notice or observe and it can really amplify the meaning on an archetypal level of cazimi, in our experience, when you have a couple of planets get together, it's harder to miss it.

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All right, so on that note, let us turn our attention now to the cazimi of the day. All right, so here we can see Wednesday. We started off the week with some horoscopes, right, so Wednesday, here it is. There is the triple conjunction. This is this morning, February 28, and this cazimi, if you back it up just a day, you'll see that the three planets are really starting to come together as early when you get them all in a three-degree range. I mean, you can date this back to about Sunday, February 25, when they're all sort of right there together.

Then they come together on here today, February 28, Wednesday, and then if we go forward a day, the Sun crosses over Saturn, Mercury's out in front of the Sun. So because the Sun moves faster than Saturn, the Sun is the one conjoining Saturn Mercury moves faster than the Sun. So Mercury is the one conjoining the Sun, and we get them both starting to separate Mercury heading into Eveningstar position, Saturn heading into Morningstar position, and that's interesting, too, that they're crossing over each other as they're switching phases. It's a really interesting signature in Pisces.

Of course, this is the place where Mercury is debilitated. So we have a little bit of a dinged-up Mercury. We've talked about that at length already in the past week or two. But today, what I want to do is talk to you about what cazimi means, just as a refresher, and then we're gonna go into talking about what Mercury and Saturn in Pisces because he might be particular. So that is the agenda for today.

So yeah, I'm really excited for this particular transit because I don't think I remember a time where we've had, I mean, maybe we have, and I forget it, but like a cazimi okay, tons of experience with cazimis teach about them notice them, you know, talk about them on YouTube all the time. You guys watch my channel. No, but a double with Saturn, which is a little bit more rare, right? You have Mercury's cazimi, which happens quite regularly because of how fast it moves through its cycles. Saturn is going to happen a little bit more rarely because it requires the Sun conjoining Saturn to get that like once every year and change.

At the exact same time that Mercury is conjoining Saturn, and both are cazimi, it's just interesting, and I suspect we're going to notice this, and therefore, we have access to understanding the signification of cazimi, maybe a little bit more profoundly. I mean, that's what I look forward to, but to me, as a student, it's not so much. Oh, let me perfectly predict what it's going to mean, especially something I've never really seen before. It's like, well, I have some ideas about what it might mean. Thematically, I know what planetary combination of Mercury and Saturn is likely to bring blood. Have I seen this before? No.

So that's the exciting thing about astrology and you know, you know, honestly, like, one of the things that I really love about some astrologers that have inspired me is that they don't be they're not, they're not going to pretend let me tell you, I've got the scoop. I know everything. This is exactly what's going to happen. Well, how do you know you've never seen it before? Most of these placements haven't happened before in our lifetime. So I mean, it's not that you can't have anything to say about it. But I think it's important that as astrologers as a community of astrologers, we also stand in a discovery mode in relation to many transits and say, Okay, well, we know a little bit about Pisces and Mercury, Saturn, and we know what cazimi means let's put it together, see what we come up with. But also, this is new, it'll be interesting, we'll learn a lot from just living it.

Anyway. So here's what cazimis when the planets in their synodic cycles reset in conjunction with the Sun either the Sun as the faster moving planet in the case like Saturn conjoining, Saturn or Mercury, the faster moving planet conjoin the Sun. Either way, when they conjoin, it is a moment in their synodic cycle of reset. That means that they're initiating the process of changing positions from Eveningstar to Morningstar, or vice versa, and when that happens, it is considered to be number one, a moment of rebirth for the planet. That means that the planet is changing something about its most fundamental expression, that what it has meant, what it has represented, and what it is doing is changing in some very significant way.

It would be like a costume change in the middle of a play where the character comes out, and all of a sudden, the character changes dramatically because something about them or their outfit has changed significantly when they walk back on the stage. You go, oh, wow, character change, costume change. So you think about cazimi, first and foremost, as a moment of rebirth for both Saturn and Mercury.

For Saturn, it's sometimes harder to notice that rebirth; why? Because Saturn moves very slowly and Saturn's appearance, as you know now, going into the Morningstar phase will be very gradual, and as a slow-moving distant planet. Saturn tends to work in slower-moving abstractions and ideals and paradigms and thought forms and gradually starts drawing lines and delineating boundaries between things and pushing us through a threshold from one zone or era or space to the next and to the next and sometimes also bringing up various polarizations or hard tensions between things existing on either side of boundary.

All of that means new tensions, new structures, new thoughts, new ideals, new various feelings of limitation, or a new sense of what is possible beyond some kind of limitation or boundary, in contrast to, you know, the status quo. All of that will start appearing very gradually as Saturn is going through the rebirth process.

With Mercury, it's so much faster mind moods, speech, thought patterns, emotional patterns, and you know, emerging as more the Eveningstar, you generally think of Mercury as more social in nature, more relational in nature, more, its consequences are aimed more toward the realm of human emotions, thoughts and feelings as an interpenetrating related diverse ecology of beings. That's the Eveningstar Mercury, where it's message is about the social cohesion of our life, and so Mercury doing that in the sign of Pisces suggests the kind of rebirth and re-shifting of the social dynamics of our lives, the relational dynamics of our lives, because of an opportunity that we've had to think about things differently or relate to new ideas.

So we have this kind of rebirthing moment for both Mercury and Saturn. The second thing that a cazimi often points to is empowerment. So when the planet is conjoined with the heart of the Sun, it's though it's as though it is being given the seal of the king or the queen, the executive authority of the ideas in the mind of God, like the archive, the archive, the archetypal imprint being received from the Sun, it's like a golden seal that's being pressed into the planet and we get the standard that says, you know, you can go higher you can, you can do more, you can do better.

This is a new idea that's going to now take shape, and it can be a very empowering moment as well, where there's almost like an executive, kingly, or queenly power that's being infused within the planets. Now, the debilitated Mercury could mean, for example, delusional thoughts or, you know, ideas that are not very grounded or that are overly romantic.

On the other hand, it could be about ideas that are reflective of a much greater depth and sophistication of greater emotional maturity or intelligence, a very Mercury-Saturn theme, but either way, it's a kind of empowering.

Number three is a radiant example, and I sort of just mentioned this with the seal of the Sun, but the Sun can make, because it's so bright, and they're sort of the Mercury and Saturn are sort of moving through the cauldron of the Sun, that they that whatever they're speaking to, whether it's themes of melancholy or boundaries, or issues with boundaries and communication or a kind of melancholic or wistful, dissatisfied, angsty emotional state, very Mercury-Saturn in Pisces, no matter what the Sun can just make it sort of glow as you've never seen such a vivid example, if you want to understand an archetype, you know, give it give the planet at the heart of the Sun, put the planet at the heart of the Sun, because the sun sort of puts it in the spotlight.

So you can see that Mercury-Saturn in Pisces, that's why I said it's a great opportunity for learning because the Sun will just sort of shine a total spotlight right on Mercury-Saturn, and if you want to understand that combination on an archetypal level, great, great opportunity.

Now, that doesn't mean it'll be enjoyable or that your experience will be, you know, profoundly positive. It could. It could be anything reflective of Mercury-Saturn. But you'll feel that this is a radiant example, that somehow it shines or glows, and your understanding can grow at the same time because the Sun was associated with intelligence and the ability to understand or intuit things of a higher nature. That's the Sun that's clarity and light illumination and enlightenment. So, it is an enlightening example of Mercury and Saturn.

Number four would be the beginning of recovery, where the combustion of Saturn or Mercury when they get closer to the Sun, the Sun gets closer to them. It's talked about as a moment of dying, and sometimes like, it'd be the picture of someone getting sick or going into hospice care, something like that. So when you have the two planets dying during the combustion, the cazimi can mark the moment of something starting to recover.

Something's starting; it's like, Okay, I'm off The sick bed, and my fever has broken, but I'm weak, and I need to eat food, and I need to get my energy back in, but the sickness is gone. Right, so it's, you know, you can think about it like that.

Okay, now that we've sort of refreshed on the meaning of cazimi, let's shift gears to talk about Mercury and Saturn and the cazimi themes that are likely to come up given their combination.

Number one is emotional intelligence and maturity; Mercury-Saturn at its absolute best, no matter if it's square conjunction, opposition, even trines or sextiles, suggests that the intellect and the rational mental faculties, the nervous system, the ideas, speech, communication, the kind of the ability to articulate ourselves and communicate and interpret and understand the world around us; to make sense out of things. Paired with a planet of great maturity and wisdom, reflected by things like time and process and age and maturity, discipline, or focus.

When those two planets come together, one of their greatest significations is that of emotional intelligence and maturity, and I say emotional intelligence here because they're both in water signs and maybe Mercury's greatest attribute in Pisces, despite all the challenges that face in the sign of Pisces is that of being very sensitive, and very emotionally intelligent. So emotional intelligence maturity as a highlighted theme. Now, that could mean that you need to develop more of it, that something happens that says, hey, you need to be wiser and more mature, emotionally, verbally, intellectually, whatever. So it could also be a time at which your gift of emotional intelligence and maturity is really shining or coming forth or coming to bear in a situation in a really positive way.

Number two are serious consequential words, speech and ideas. Now, I say this because Saturn is seriousness. Its gravitas, it's consequential. So, as a planet of gravitas, a planet that is serious and always brings to mind that things are consequential in this world, that there is a kind of reaping of what has been sown at Saturn, and that when we pair that with Mercury, we get the idea of serious or consequential words, speech, thoughts, ideas, they matter. There's something that's being realized or said or done that is to be taken more seriously, or it has a more consequential impact on what's going on.

So these are not just everyday exchanges of ideas and thoughts when Mercury gets together with Saturn; they carry a weightiness, and they reflect something of time and, you know, a karmic history that is a part of how these ideas, thoughts, words, speech are presenting themselves.

Number three would be boundaries mentally and emotionally, the lack of or an excess of, you know, finding the right relationship with words, speech, thoughts, emotions, ideas, and what should be filtered and what shouldn't, how reserved or conservative you should be with your ideas versus how free flowing, what it looks like to be pent up versus what it looks like to have no filter. These are the kinds of juxtapositions that will be really loud when Mercury and Saturn get together, with Mercury debilitated in Pisces.

Number four would be understanding wisdom and clarity. If you're studying something, if you're writing something, if you have a teacher that you're learning from, you will find that Mercury and Saturn conjunctions, when they come together, reflect the crystallization of understanding. Oh, now I understand something. I have a little bit of wisdom about something or something that was muddled becomes clearer, and the reason for that is that Saturn and Mercury were friends in ancient astrology, both of whom were associated with scholarship, learning, understanding, and the development or maturing of wisdom and intelligence. It's a perfect combination for getting smarter, in a way.

Number five is the emotional maturity check on plans, goals, and dreams of the Venusian variety. Why? Because this triple conjunction is in the bounds of Venus and the exultation of Venus. Venus, in the meantime, is in Aquarius, squaring Jupiter and going into the square with Uranus, so we know that Venus is trying to flip the script.

There is a significant transit of Jupiter and Uranus that are coming together in conjunction by late April. We know that Venus has been working its way through Aquarius and, squaring those planets and presenting like a new Venusian blueprint. You might remember that earlier this week, I mentioned that all of the Piscean action reflects the need for some kind of gut check around our emotional maturity.

Pisces can bring up a kind of emotional chaos and depth that, if it is not considered in this Venusian daydream that we're trying to create will present problems for us down the road. So this triple conjunction is a kind of emotional maturity check on the plans, goals, and dreams that are trying to establish themselves through the upcoming Jupiter-Uranus conjunction, and again, we say that why because not only does Venus have a ton of power over the placement of the Sun, Saturn and Mercury and Pisces in the bound and exultation, but it's also the sign of Jupiter and these three planets are moving into a sextile with Jupiter at the time of their triple conjunction. Jupiter's in the sign of Venus, and so we have just a correlation with these kinds of big plans and ideas and dreams that are deeply Venusian; they have a lot to do with how we are trying to establish a greater or more lasting solid version of peace, happiness enjoyment in the world in the body.

Well, okay, but this is a kind of emotional maturity check on some of those plans. It's something that might feel like it's holding us back, but it has to be considered or included.

Number six, we can see romantic and melancholic themes coming up around this time, which might be feelings of frustration, longing, or feeling of dissatisfaction, all of which are kind of churning inside and contributing something important to where things are heading in the next month or two. So this kind of angstyness that's in the air. Don't just try to get rid of it; listen to it, speak to it, and see what it has to say. Maybe it has something really important to say that will help you refine or continue to shape the direction that you're heading in right now.

Then, number seven, think about disappointments, surrender, compassion, and forgiveness; I could have added the word grief and boundaries. I use the word boundaries again here because it's important Mercury debilitated Mercury with Saturn and the Sun, and this rebirthing moment can reflect a rebirth that's being born out of a disappointment or a kind of need to let go. Or it's generating within us the need to be more compassionate toward ourselves or something else to forgive ourselves or someone else.

Also, what comes to my mind around this is the idea that you can only give so much there's, if and when you notice in life that you're you're taking off, you're you're expanding, you'll notice that sometimes people or things around you will try to pull you back and you know, and sometimes it's really important that you listen to that because the ego might be taking off. As you know, in addition to the spirit in what we want the spirit to take off, we want the ego not to get too inflated. So sometimes things will pull you, and it'll feel sort of regressive like you're trying to clip my wings. But it's actually a reminder that you need to take off without the ego getting inflated; you need to be expansive; there's nothing wrong with that. But you can't let the ego get so expansive that it forgets other things, or people or places or emotional bonds, you know, and so forth.

So watch for disappointments, surrender, compassion, forgiveness, all these themes coming up right now that you don't want to just try to run past because they're frustrating or stifling, and also, there are times when people will try to pull you back or, and you have to set a boundary and say no, I'm taking off right now and it's just that of resentment, or jealousy or bitterness that you're doing well, that someone or something else will try to pull you back into, you know, something regressive. So you have to know the difference between the ego getting a little checked and needing to be like, okay, yeah, I slow down a little bit, tend to things around me be careful and caring.

On the other hand, I can't hold myself back just because other people are not happy that I'm excelling in some way. So these are all things to keep in mind as almost like byproducts of what Mercury and Saturn could be doing right now, especially given the Mercury's a little again, a little banged up.

So anyway, those are the examples that I have for you today. I hope that you will, at the very least, see a shining example of Mercury-Saturn coming together.

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