North (South) Node – Mercury Square – My Own Tongue Is My Enemy

The karmic Nodes activate certain programs colored by the energy of the planet with which the aspect is formed. This means that this particular direction will be important for development, and without it, success and prosperity should not be expected. The Descending (South) Node points to events of a past life and ancestral sins. It is permissible to take the best from this sphere, but it is necessary to learn something new along the line of the Ascending (North) Node, which shows the vector of the future for the person and their descendants.

The square of the Nodes to Mercury is a conflict with the close circle of communication, one’s own mind, and speech. It is difficult for the person to organize themselves; they impulsively reveal secrets or say whatever is on their mind at the wrong moment, driving themselves into a trap. They are surrounded by clingy people who take up the lion’s share of their time, and if they do nothing about this, it will turn out that they have lived life in vain.

The Karma of Mercury Square the Ascending (Descending) Nodes

A planet’s square manifests especially vividly along the line of the South Node. In other words, all the negativity of the aspect troubles the native from an early age. An intelligent person, even without an astrologer, will understand that all these issues require working through, because they quarrel with others out of nowhere, make enemies because of thoughtless statements, and cannot fall asleep because of an endless jumble of words in their head. Their tongue seems to live a life of its own, carrying out the process of karmic education. As a result, through the South Node, the native suffers from verbal lack of restraint and conflicts, while through the North Node, it is difficult for them to develop intellectually.

The square is a sign of conflict with external circumstances, which means that in a past life the person lived through the dark, shadow energy of Mercury.

Depending on additional indicators, they may have acted according to two opposite scenarios:

1. Passive — they suffered from other people’s gossip and rumors, openly and naively entered into confrontation with aggressors, and later suffered quite noticeably from this: losing freedom, money, and friends. They may have become an enemy of the people because of denunciations by envious people or because of their own careless chatter and a sharp word spoken without caution. Their manuscripts, money, and documents were stolen, and they took revenge; it is not excluded that they cursed their offenders. If the Moon is also afflicted, excessive vulnerability and sensitivity may also have prompted them to weave intrigues and conspiracies in secret.

2. Active — the person earned money and prospered through slander, gossip, and anonymous denunciations. They dragged others through the mud, destroyed people verbally, cursed them, wrote denunciations, and appropriated someone else’s intellectual work. If Mercury is conjunct Lilith, black karma may be connected with verbal curses, including ancestral curses and magical spells.

All of the above may also have occurred in the destinies of the native’s ancestors, which likewise overfilled the vessel of karma. In this incarnation, the person must find harmony with the word and move to the bright side of Mercury. If the person uses foul language, gossips, or slanders others, the boomerang will not take long to return.

Problems of Mercury Square the Lunar Nodes

The person’s standard of living depends directly on their intellect. However, they are caught between a strong pull toward the negative manifestations of Mercury through the Descending Node and the need to study and develop through the Ascending Node. Much depends on the family into which they are born and how they are raised, because already in early childhood there awakens a desire to lie, steal little things, and complain to adults about others without reason. The same problems will move into school and later into relationships with colleagues at work. This is aggravated by the native’s early realization that they are very good at deceiving, and that if they take something poorly guarded, for example in a store or at someone’s home, no one will notice.

However, the luck of the dark side of the Descending Node is always deceptive. Sooner or later, the native will have to face serious consequences of their slander or petty gossip, or something important will be stolen from them, and this moment will become a turning point for working through Mercury’s square to the Ascending Node. If that Node is conjunct another planet, it will become the tool that, like a lever, can pull the person out of the pit of dark needs for lying, judging, and quarreling with others. If there is no such conjunction, it is necessary to develop intellect and honesty.

A number of problems interfere with achieving desired goals:

• fussiness, nervousness, anxiety, duplicity, and rapid mood changes;
• scattering energy across several tasks at once, chatting with people who distract from important matters, getting stuck on social media, and watching television programs;
• quarrels with influential people, conflicts with brothers, sisters, and neighbors, and impulsive involvement in other people’s disputes.

The person creates problems for themselves out of nothing, makes mountains out of molehills, and does not bring matters to completion.

Working Through Mercury Square the Ascending (Descending) Nodes

The native influences their life through the power of word and thought. They need to clear any negativity from their mind, avoid empty talk, gossip, judgment, and angry shouts. Tireless study, broadening the horizons of knowledge, for example through exchange study in another country or city, learning foreign languages, and communicating with wise and enlightened people help work through Mercury square the Nodes. It is important to carefully filter the circle of communication, excluding talkative, unreliable people who distract from the main goals.

Difficulties in study disappear when imaginative thinking, intuition, and spirituality are developed, because the native is by nature excessively rational and skeptical. Developing the best qualities of the sign where Mercury is located will provide additional support.  ✓