Hi Hwistle,
Does he have a strong interest in marriage or a permanent relationship in general or with me?
Can you see when Mercury and Venus will be in mutual reception? days, weeks, months?
He had a short relationship of 7 months that ended in June 2023. He is single now and so am I.
I can only say I'm strongly interested in a romantic relationship with him but he seems afraid of it. I hope it will change in the (near) future.
Hi Bluemoon,
Since the PM dispositor is also his planet, and taking into account your perception that he' snot ready for a relationship, I'd be more inclined to take the rulership and exaltation of Mercury as a reflection that at the moment he's only thinking of himself.
Mercury and Venus will be in mutual reception once both planets change sign, if we judge using ephemeris time (as Frawley seems to suggest) this is during the first part of October, but I will be cautious using this.... Be also aware that when your Venus enters Virgo, Venus will be in her fall and Jupiter in his detriment, these are not good receptions and might show a disagreement/conflict between yourself and you physical needs... His Mercury will also be in his fall and going towards combustion, so he won't be in his best place either...
Be also mindful that when Mercury (his thinking self) changes signs, his feelings towards you will be very much as his Sun shows now: physical attraction, nothing else, though he won't be as antagonistig towards you as he is now (you no longer in his fall and detriment)
In relationships charts Saturn tends to represent the ex, this might be the case here, which will account for Saturn in your Venus' detriment (you don't like her) and Saturn in exaltation and triplicity of his Sun (This doesn't mean he wants to go back to her, just that he's wondering how things could had been differently, daydreaming perhaps...)
Overall, and please treat this with a pinch of salt, (I might be wrong and you should consider alternative judgments), what this chart says to me is that there're 2 possibilities for a relationship. One it's shown by the Jupiter-Mercury trine, a good aspect, but with Mercury not liking Jupiter, I'm not sure this will happen. Also this aspect comes after the Moon trine with Mercury, the other opportunity shown by an aspect. Mercury is indifferent to the Moon, though, so again, this might not happen.
One final factor to have in mind, Venus in his receptions might also stand for his turned Lord 5 (root house 11), that could be pleasure or children. Has he expressed a strong desire to have kids? If not, this might indicate that he currently is only focused in himself (Mercury in rulership and exaltation) , doesn't want relationships and just wants to have fun (His Sun in the rulership of Venus). If, however, he wants to have kids, we could read it as he wanting to be married (Mercury as dispositor of PM) due to feeling a need to have children (Sun in rulership of Venus)
At any rate, I hope you sail through this in the best possible way, take care of yourself and remember that the stars incline but not compel!