When MERCURY conjuncts MARS in Virgo, the mind cuts every which way, and one is practically able to argue the question or analyse the point from every angle to achieve the desired result.

The Sun's formation of the 'yod' to NE/PL, now opposing JUPITER, is an awareness that the two 'sides' of our processing need to come into alignment - that the reason we are split into two has perhaps more to do with our disembodiment between the cool, rational, linear mind and the warm, swirling, abstract realms of our being.

Sometimes we need to see how just superficial things are in order to pull inwards and explore the wealth and power, found only in the depths of our own, inner black hole. We need something to show us just how trite and meaninglessly insipid everything can be... Enter Venus in Libra.