azuremariposa, wow, you have a rare aspect configuration - I forget what it's called... grand something or other I imagine. It's also interesting you mention the T-Square; these harmonious trines and sextiles and then wham - something to get you moving! Also since you mentioned your mutual reception that biting sarcasm can be great when you direct it somewhere useful.... my sister is currently writing criticisms for a magazine ^_~ Anyways, feel free to write as much as you want!! Then I won't feel so egotistical taking up two posts on the earlier study group threads
Royal Cat, we all have much to learn! And yes, Gemini moon in 11th would definetely show a need to be very active socially
Virgo will be cusping your 3rd house and this is sign ruled by Merc, so again, communication is emphasized although Merc in Scorp colours Merc w/a secretive nature. Also, since you've Pluto (ruler of Scorp) in your 3rd house, I would say that there is a double Scorp influence on your 3rd house.
And yes, 3rd house indicates travel, but it rules short trips, whereas 9th will rule long journeys. Where do you draw the difference then? I've read that 3rd covers what you know, as Merc carries w/it the details that come w/familiarity and immediacy. 9th is the vast unknown, as Jupiter brings w/it an exploratory nature, broad strokes that come from general impressions of the unfamiliar.
paradoxx, thanks for the ties back to Tarot. I find this association pulls the card away from simply "lovers" towards joining any two flip sides of the same coin as it were.
Also, the directness of Merc.... well, long term projects that had been on the burner for my family - my sister's acceptance letter from a tough program, my father selling some property - suddenly came through! Plus, I got accepted to be a mod here
Uran cusping IC - hm.. your environment must've been interesting if it isn't still!
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I also forgot to mention a really infuriating aspect of the Aries cusping 3rd (well, infuriating to others!!). Esp w/Mars conj Aquarian ASC in mutual reception w/Scorp Uran, I can have these crazy ideas and once I've decided it's good, you cannot budge me (fixed signs)! The *really* infuriating part is that having 3 planets in Libra, I still want to hear and consider everyone else's opinion
And while I respect them, and think they are valid, I will usually conclude that my thinking is "right"... you can imagine how this can drive ppl crazy!