#bigthree

[what-about-zaladane]

The "Big Four": Why Mercury Deserves a Spot Next to Your Sun, Moon and Rising

The three pillars of modern astrology, after you get past Sun sign astrology, are your Sun, Moon and Rising sign (which I have complicated thoughts about -- but more on that later).

Sun: Your core self, ego and identity

Moon: Your emotional landscape, habits, and inner needs

Rising (Ascendant): How you interact with the rest of the world. How others first see you.

But to me, these "Big 3" leave out a very important part of the human experience: cognition and mental processing. Without it, I believe we can't capture the full complexity of who a person is at their most fundamental, and why they make the decisions that they make.

Why Mercury?

Mercury rules how we think, process, and communicate. It is the superego to the Moon's id and the Sun's ego. (I don't have a clean Freudian metaphor for the Rising, sorry.) It translates our internal motions and worlds (Sun and Moon) to the external (Ascendant). Without considering Mercury we risk ignoring that very crucial bridge between our motivations and our actions. No other planet has this level of foundational role in our psyche -- other than the Big 3.

Mercury helps you process and articulate your emotional needs (Moon)

Mercury helps you understand your own core motivations and desires (Sun)

Mercury impacts how the Rising sign is actually translated to the world -- after all, thinking (or lack thereof) is fundamental to making decisions on how and where to act.

How Mercury Fits In the Big 4

Imagine a two-dimensional axis:

If we consider Mercury (thinking) and the Moon (feeling) as opposites on one axis, and the Sun (internal drives) and the Ascendant (external actions) as opposites on the other, we start to see a workable framework for balancing the respective powers of the "Big 4" in a chart. As I like to call them:

Sun: How you want (motivation)

Moon: How you feel (emotion)

Rising: How you move (embodied expression)

Mercury: How you think (cognition)

For example, we might consider how dignified or debilitated a given planet is, and then we can see where along each axis a native might fall.

That's all mostly incidental though -- what I really care about is incorporating Mercury into the core reading of the chart as a balancing agent between the other three.

With Mercury, we have a richer, more nuanced framework. We can see how the energies and motions of the other chart objects are integrated and expressed via the processing of Mercury -- the integration of inner and outer worlds.

A note on sect doctrine and traditional importance:

A fair point to raise is that traditionally (hellenistically?) the Sun and Moon are considered important due to their centrality in sect doctrine, while the ascendant is critical due to setting the planetary rulers for each house. I'd argue that Mercury also has a soft signal of importance -- it is the only sect-neutral planet that can be a native of either. I'd argue that this points to its utility and function as a "bridging" energy between two diametrically opposed halves (the day and night sect; the inner and outer psychological words)

A Quick Example: Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn has:

Gemini Sun: Restless, observant and clever. Motivated to gather data and make sense of the world. Performs intelligence as allure.

Aquarius Moon: Emotional glass walls -- she watches, analyzes and retreats. Needs emotional freedom but fears it. A coolness to this placement.

Leo Rising: A sparkling icon, a force of expansive personality, a walking light source. Projects warmth, sensuality and confidence to everyone around her.

But the addition of her Gemini Mercury shows how she takes her Big 3 personality (charismatic, emotionally complex, and deeply creative) and filters it through her deep intellectual curiosity, wit, and remarkable communication and negotiation skills. Without Mercury, we don't have a clear window into how emotion and personality are translated into words and actions.

Mercury is how her Sun learned to articulate itself.

It's how her Moon kept intellectual distance from the pain.

It's how her Rising crafted a language of seduction and softness.

Mercury-Moon-Sun-Rising: An Active Feedback Loop

I'm borrowing here from my limited knowledge of psychological systems theory, so forgive me if I mis-step.

With Mercury in place, we can model identity as an adaptive feedback system rather than a static map.

Moon triggers feelings -> interpreted by Mercury

Mercury builds narrative -> energizes or inhibits Sun motivation

Sun expresses intention -> channeled through Rising action

Rising behavior leads to experience -> which re-informs and triggers Moon

Loop complete. When you're well-integrated, the cycle hums along. When you're fractured or "unhealed" one part hijacks the loops or shuts down the others. That is the client story every chart is showing.

Try It Out Yourself!

Try reading your chart with Mercury as part of your core system. You can ask yourself some questions:

How do you process what you feel? (Moon)

How do you think about and negotiate your desires? (Sun)

What story do you consciously tell when you step out into the world? (Rising)

That's Mercury. That's cognition as a bridge.

A Quick Note on Rising Sign

I disagree with the idea that your rising sign is solely "your mask" or affects only your 1st house. In fact, your rising sign is the key to the rest of the chart -- how sign rulership over every house clicks into place (especially in the Whole Sign System). I'm currently writing up a post about my problems with the Rising Sign and my suggestion that we expand our view into a Rising Archetype, divorced from a single sign and instead incorporating all 12. More later! :D

[ogwriter22]

My Big Three ✨

Gemini in sun...

Taurus in moon...

Leo in rising...

[akbey1913]

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[birseysoyleyebilirmiyim]

Kendime yeni bir “Bizimkiler” dizisi buldum

“What if we’re all in the painting… everywhere? And what if we’re in the painting before we’re born? What if we’re in it after we die? And these colors that we keep adding, they just keep getting added on top of one another, ’til eventually we’re not even different colors anymore. We’re just… one thing. One painting. My dad, he’s not with us anymore. He’s not alive… but he’s with us. He’s with me every day. It all just sort of fits somehow, even if you don’t understand how yet. People will die in our lives – – people that we love. In the future. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe years from now. I mean, it’s kind of beautiful, right, if you think about it, the fact that just because someone dies, just because you can’t see them or talk to them anymore, it doesn’t mean they’re not still in the painting. I think maybe that’s the point of the whole thing. There’s no dying. There’s no ‘You’ or ‘Me’ or ‘Them.’ It’s just ‘Us.’ And this sloppy, wild, colorful, magical thing that has no beginning, has no end, it’s right here. I think it’s us.”

Yazmak ve önermek için geç kalmış olabilirim; ancak etrafımda hâlâ bu diziden habersiz olanlar görüyorum, üzülüyorum. Oysa ülkemizin güzide kanallarından FOX TV bile Türkçe’ye ve Türkiye’ye adapte etti, izleyicilerle buluşturdu. Nasıl oldu bilemiyorum, tanıtımlarını gördüğümde epey burun kıvırdım ama önyargılı olmamak lazım. Sonuçta benim burun kıvırışım kitabını okuduğum bir hikayenin senaryolaşıp sinemaya uyarlanması için de verdiğim olağan bir tepki. Kıllık yapmak bedava olunca böyle oluyor.

Efenim söz konusu dizi; This is Us. 2016 yılında NBC’de başladığı yayın hayatına pıtı pıtı devam ediyor kendisi. Şu aralar 4. sezonu bitti bitecek. Başrollerde geçmişin küçük yılıdızlarından Mandy Moore, Gillmore Girls’te Rory’nin serseri aşkını canlandırıp hepimize bir iç çektiren (hepimize çektirmiştir herhalde, di’ mi?) Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz ve Justin Hartley var. Şahsen ben uzun zamandır böyle tatlı, böyle gerçek bir şey -şey diyorum çünkü film ya da dizi ayırt etmeksizin böyle- izlememiştim. Pek de anlatasım yok aslında; zira ben hikâyeyi hiç ama hiç okumadan diziyi izlemeye başlamıştım, haliyle karşıma çıkan, beni sanırım bu yüzden biraz daha fazla büyüledi. Ancak diyebilirim ki tam bir aile hikâyesi. Ve hepimizin öğreneceği o kadar çok şey var ki… Meselâ dizinin en sevilen karakterlerinden Jack’in bir yandan muhteşem hatta gerçek olamayacak kadar mükemmel bir insan olduğunu izlerken, aslında onun da zaafları, hataları olduğunu görebiliyoruz. Ya da aynı evde, aynı anne ve baba tarafından büyütülen üç kardeşin birbirinden ne kadar farklı olabildiğini, aralarındaki çekişmeleri, çocukluk travmalarını büyüdüklerinde hâlâ nasıl yanlarında taşıdıklarını… Bana hayat, yaşamak, aile olmak, dost olmak ile ilgili o kadar çok şey gösteriyor ki… Bu yüzden de anne-baba olan, daha doğrusu aile olan ve olmayı düşünen herkesin izlemesi gerek gibi geliyor. Her bölümde insan ayrı bir detay, ayrı bir incelik görüp alıp verdiği nefese daha çok kıymet veriyor, etrafına daha bir farklı bakıyor. İlk iki bölüm biraz yavaş gelebilir, ama biraz sabrederseniz Pearson Ailesi’ne konuk olup Big Three ile tanışabilirsiniz. Ve bence bundan kesinlikle pişman olmayacaksınız. Şuraya diziden birkaç tane tatlı laf koyalım da romantizme azıcık doyalım:

“I don’t need anniversaries to see you. I see you every day. You are my daily meteor shower.”

“You know when I was a little boy I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up. Adults always ask little kids that. I never had a good answer. Not until I was 28. Until the day that I met you. That’s when I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be the man that made you happy.”

(23 Kasım 2019)

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[iammontewhite]

Kanye's 2020 Vision for Drake, Kendrick & J Cole Resurfaces Amidst Feud

 Kanye West's 2020 tweet about the "Big Three" – Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and J. Cole – has resurfaced amidst their recent feud, and it's sparking intense discussions among fans! In this video, we dive into Kanye's vision for collaboration and unity that now feels like a distant dream as tensions escalate in 2024. Kanye's desire to bring these titans together to "get free" from the industry’s constraints is a powerful reminder of how their relationships have fractured. We explore the implications of his tweet, the fallout of their recent battles, and speculate on what might have been if they had heeded his call. Join the conversation! Don't forget to like and share this video. #KanyeWest #BigThree #Drake #KendrickLamar #JCole #HipHopDrama #RapFeud #MusicIndustry

[painandpleasureee]

got my head, standards, and heels high #bigthree

[annaaloveee]

My sun, rising & moon #bigthree 🦋🦋🦋🔑

[chancisk]

bigthree

[geekpopnews]

Rebobinando Séries | Conheça a série "This Is Us"

Todos nós temos momentos brilhantes e todos temos momentos sombrios. E,justamente, neste ponto a série "This is Us" atraiu uma legião de fãs. Leia nossa reviuw sobre a série ganhadora do Emmy. #thisisus #bigthree

[realityescapedd]

What are your Big Three? I’m a Sagittarius sun, Scorpio moon, and Aries ascendant.

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[chefbip]

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[catearella]

His Sun and His Sun-Eater ♡

[tom--22--felton]

Reposted from @thekazwomack - Thanks for all the acting tips Mr. Tom aka Draco. 🎬 After 4 days of shooting it’s a wrap! Always good to see you😊 #nbcthisisus #thisisus #dracomalfoy #tomfelton #kevinpearson #bigthree #kidsonfilm #harrypotter https://www.instagram.com/p/CNMDWRHgIDQ/?igshid=xk5gft7knqix

[iammontewhite]

Future Reveals Why Kendrick Lamar's 'Like That' Verse Frustrated Him

 In this insightful video, we dive into Future's candid revelations about Kendrick Lamar's controversial verse on "Like That" and the frustrations it stirred within him. 🌟 Future expressed his confusion over being excluded from the "Big Three" discussion, feeling slighted as his peers received the brunt of the heat. With a backdrop of underground hip hop, we explore the dynamics of the rap game and the surprises that come with it. Future shares his perspective on the tension between him, Kendrick, Drake, and J. Cole—unpacking emotions that fans might not fully grasp. Don't forget to like and share this video! #Future #KendrickLamar #LikeThat #HipHop #RapDrama #BigThree