A sparkly Sagittarius on my message board asked this question:
“My Mercury is conjunct my South Node in Scorpio. How do I stop obsessing about shit that happened long ago?”
A great question sparkly Sag!
Sparkly Sag, you should know, is also a writer. She has a Gemini Moon. Gemini Moon does not like to get stuck in the muck.
I free-associated some, that surely the answer could be found within the Scorpio/Taurus polarity itself. Both signs hold on and hold on hard… but Taurus is more about stuff (the material) and Scorpio more about emotional energy (brooding in this case) — exactly what was stressing out our Sparkly.
You may wonder: how could Sparkly switch off that South Node obsessy Scorpy thing and… what? GO SHOPPING? Please, MoonPluto no that can’t be it.
Correct! That’s NOT it. But as we chatted I remembered that she is a writer and she writes about her life and the THING she needs to hold onto is not a… diamond watch or whatever but her writing itself. Words on the page. Hoard THAT, Sparkly Sag. Don’t let THAT go.
That’s one way for her to go from South to North! (I also suggested she look for good aspects to her North Node, where was the support).
And told her to try to accept that she will obsess. From time to time. Our mission here not to destroy the self but to be more tender hearted, softer with what we have to work with. Analogy. On the train today a mother yells at her kid to STOP CRYING. An infant. That whole scene made *me* want to cry.
Try this: be kind to all your self-hatred. Sparkly Sag wasn’t talking about self-hate. Those are my words. But I’m making a bigger point. Once we stop trying to get rid of stuff, it changes. Or it stays the same. But we stop twisting and turning about it. We just let it be there, next to us.
What would you tell Sparkly Sag?
Love, MP
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8 thoughts on “Dear MoonPluto…”
I’d say “if you’re going to obsess over shit that happened in the past because of your Mercury, you might as well be a writer.”
Oh wait… Sparkly Sag IS a writer! Well played! 🙂
I just realized something. Wait. Do you have this placement too? It wasn’t written about you, ya know. This IS a true story about someone else.
hee hee… I know. Mine is in Sag, but otherwise the same story.
Oh that’s right. I knew that… Hmm I should reread the post.
Distract & redirect! 🙂
your timing is truly incredible MP. i had to let go of a computer file with a critical date from the past today (not from my own decision), this after finding a penny with the date earlier in the day.
Hmm been thinking abouth this since your three part series recently. Super unclear on how to liberate myself from SN tendencies via working my NN. NN is in Gemini (11th). Groups? Really? Ummm okay? I find many groups I associate with won’t have convos about deeper issues, that I enjoy and when I do find folks who like such issues let’s just say I am often turned off for other reasons and sadly want to mumble and return to my dancing and reading which I do somewhat alone.
Are there questions we should ask our selves to jog ways in which to activate the NN?
Good question. But Gemini, remember, isn’t about going deep! It’s not Scorpio. It’s more playful. It’s not hanging in the underworld. It’s ruled by fast frisky Mercury. You may need different kinds of groups. Gemini is always more than one! Get more than one group…. explore, flit. You may need to get your deep elsewhere. Also the 11th House is more than “groups” —
But as far as questions in general, I go back to basics with the sign and house and learn more. Gemini likes learning. And Gem has a practical side (vs Sag which is more.. visionary and dreaming).