Platonic Synastry series because I rarely see this on the internet. I will focus on Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars and Venus. I may or may not add Saturn but I’ll try. The series will kick off with the Sun and how it impacts the major personal planets. Outer planets won’t be involved since these are generational and that’s a different topic to touch at another time. This is not the same as romantic synastry, there are many articles and videos on romantic synastry online. The post focuses on friendships only and for this one, it starts off with the impact of personal planets on our Sun in a friend connection. Of course, these are for conjunctions, trines and sextiles, the easy flowing aspects.
Mercury / Sun — Conversations between these two are interesting and Mercury brings out the intellectual side of the Sun. This is great for a creative work relationship or a close friendship in a business involved with publishing, art or entertainment. Sun can see Mercury as someone that they can confide in, if they are in Earth or Water elements. The dynamic with Fire and Air can lean towards gossip. These friendships can also be seen over social media, some may spark through there also especially if the Sun is in an Air Sign or Virgo. These are interesting connections and as discussed earlier, if in Air, the friendship will thrive whenever they find information, especially gossip about others. Keeping secrets will be another story.
Mercury / Moon — Conversations between these two are intimate and emotionally connecting for both parties. The Moon feels comfortable with Mercury and Mercury may even take on the role of mentor or advisor for the Moon. Here we have friends who will prefer to have important conversations away from the world. They will also be stimulated enough to keep one another’s secrets. There is trust with this connection and an intellectual link that will expound with social connections and even thrive more on the internet. These are friends who will look out for one another as well as post on one another’s social media pages, constantly tagging one another in their stories.
Mercury / Mercury — Cannot stop talking to one another. These two connect seamlessly as both Mercury signs feels comfortable around one another and can express and bounce ideas with great ease. There could be a conflict of egos as one wants to be intellectually superior to the other. Mental energy always vibrates between the two and if there are Moon aspects, they are able to vibe and feel their connection is on a soul level. A friendship with this connection can last a long time but with moments of radio silence. However, they will surely reconnect when they both hear something developing or an event happening and will reach out to each other to get opinions about what has transpired.
Mercury / Mars — This can be a hate and love friendship. Mercury can either aggravate Mars with their words, making Mars appear like a ticking time bomb. This is a friendship that will need time to mature and refine so that egos are not hurt and Mars can learn to take things less seriously when Mercury speaks or opines. On the flip side, this is a friendship that inspires a lot of learning, especially with the trine and sextile as the conjunction might cause wounded egos in the long run and fights. With the trine and sextile, we can see them both conjuring epic ideas, a great partnership, especially for the creative people to have. These two can even write or create art together that can be inspirational to others as Mars can fuel Mercury’s mind or Mercury can act like a muse for Mars.
Mercury / Venus — Another inspirational friendship for creative folks. Venus becomes Mercury’s muse and can even transform Mercury’s artistic style. This can make Mercury pen beautiful romantic works, even if Mercury prefer to write some horror epics. Or if Mercury has an aggressive attitude, trust that Venus will soothe and ease that out with their persona. This is a nice touch to a friendship and will create a very interesting dynamic. I have this with a friend, she is Mercury and I am Venus and we constantly come up with ideas when we put our minds together.
Mercury / Saturn — Saturn might stifle Mercury’s creative side. Conversations may take on a more serious tone as Mercury would prefer not to offend Saturn, so they tend to walk on glass but with their words. This can also manifest into Mercury taking on a more serious tone if they do work together professionally. Saturn can change Mercury’s artistry by teaching them to be less reckless with their writing. If they are not the creative types, this friendship can definitely teach Mercury to think before they speak whenever Saturn is around. However, Saturn can also see Mercury as a mental handful and might want to discourage them from behaving as such. Both friends will learn a lot from each other as long as they learn to respect the message the other tries to bring to the table.
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