Mercury Birth Chart Aspects

Below are Mercury birth chart aspects for conjunction, trine and square.  The best way to understand Mercury birth chart aspects is to compare it with the Zodiac sign Gemini .  This is because Mercury shares similar characteristic traits to Gemini, such as being about intellect, speech, communication, knowledge, etc.

Mercury Conjunct Ascendant

You are restless, high-strung, and have a lot of nervous energy which makes it difficult for you to relax and settle down. You like to be on the go and involved with several projects all at the same time. Your mind is active, and you are continually on the search for new ideas and information. You need the stimulus of communicating with others, and you do not like to be left alone for very long periods of time. It is sometimes difficult for you to stop your brain from racing, and sometimes you wish you just had a switch so you could turn it on and off in order to get some peace.

Mercury Conjunct Jupiter

You are talkative, enthusiastic, curious, and have a thirst for knowledge. Communicating with people is likely one of your biggest talents. You have a curiosity for many different subjects and probably know quite a lot about them.

Mercury Conjunct Mars

When necessary you can express yourself in a forceful way with confidence. You have the ability to quickly act on your decisions, as your mind is incredibly sharp; it is also very restless, and eager to gain new information.

Mercury Conjunct Neptune

You have a highly imaginative mind that is creative and sensitive to the thoughts and ideas of other people. Sometimes your mind may wander, which can make it hard for you to concentrate on mundane and practical activities. You are strongly attracted to metaphysical and spiritual topics.

You may have a gift for music, art, painting, photography etc. You may be a good storyteller, poet, writer or an illusionist (magician). There may be some difficulty with learning, spelling, map reading or math.

Mercury Conjunct Pluto

These types of Mercury birth chart aspects means you have a talent for communicating with people, expressing yourself in a powerful and witty manner. You are good at convincing people to your way of thinking. Your high concentration levels and ability to think deeply give you the potential to learn any subject in great depth and master it; however, you do need to be interested in it.

You might be interested in such fields as crime detection, research and development, chemistry, analysis, engineering, pathology, or medicine, but you must be prepared to yield to the authority of your teachers. Anything regarding the unknown such as taboos, the occult, sex, and death would interest you too.

Mercury Conjunct Saturn

You are a serious-minded person who is responsible and thoughtful, always thinking before you speak. This caution of thinking before you speak may have come from your childhood, where your attempts to freely express yourself were restricted. The most likely scenario where this took place was at school, maybe people made fun at your comments. Whatever the situation, it made you fearful of expressing yourself, a fear of being made a fool in front of people. This fear may still even exist today, however is has improved with age. You are the type of person that would kick yourself after having a conversation with someone, wishing you could have said it better, or something more witty. This is more than likely you over reacting as you tend to worry too much, often about unimportant details.

Any education throughout your life comes from hard work. You may have had to overcome minor learning difficulties; also, you probably have poor memory. Despite these challenges, your patience and persistence, combined with your logical and systematic thinking, can make you incredibly knowledgeable on many subjects; you really are ambitious to succeed on a mental level. You have the ability to study a subject at depth due to your intellectual discipline and serious outlook. You may prefer to work alone. You are probably good at math and science.

Mercury Conjunct Uranus

Your thinking is ahead of the times and extremely quick. You can be very creative and inventive too, thinking of ideas at lighting speed. Your memory is exceptionally good, maybe even photographic.

You are very good at learning topics you are interested in, but may totally ignore subjects that don’t interest you; this may have been a problem at school. Also, you have good intuition. At school you were probably impatient with the learning system, as you are not keen on the traditional system of learning. Because of this, you may have been quite rebellious at school. You probably have an interest in the following subjects: astrology, science, human behavior, psychology, electronics, occult and psychic studies. You need a good education to make the most of your mental abilities.

Mercury Conjunct Venus

There is much charm and elegance in the way you express yourself. You are a good listener and can talk to people without being argumentative, never offending anyone unless you have good reason to. People can be very attracted to the sound of your voice, as it is very unique in some way. Your handwriting is very neat. You may be a talented signer or dancer.

Mercury Trine Ascendant

You can express yourself effectively and know how to get the full attention of your listeners.

There is much enthusiasm with you, speaking optimistically about your goals in life. You know how to capitalize on your creative talents, and find ways to make money with minimum physical effort. Determined to succeed, you will always find people who will support you in your endeavours.

In love, you can naturally communicate your needs and desires to your partners.

Mercury Trine Jupiter

You are talkative, and communicate with ease and confidence. You are keen and enthusiastic to learn, being curious about many subjects. Having a thirst for knowledge means you probably know a lot about many different subjects. Communicating with people is likely one of your biggest talents, and you express yourself in a positive way. You can easily observe and judge situations.

Being above average intelligence, education is especially suited to you as information is easily retained once learned. At work, you can go far; your honesty, excellent behaviour, and good humor may be well respected here.

Mercury Trine Mars

These Mercury birth chart aspects typically means your mind is very suited to debating, as you are razor sharp, and can express yourself in a forceful, direct way with confidence. In addition to this, you have the ability to quickly act on your decisions because of your practical nature. Your mind is over-active, always eager to gain new information.

You are talented at tasks that demand good manual dexterity (being good with your hands) which makes you very good at creative pursuits.

Mercury Trine Neptune

You have a highly imaginative mind that is creative and sensitive to the thoughts and ideas of other people. You are strongly attracted to metaphysical and spiritual topics; these topics come naturally to you.

You have a gift for music, art, painting, photography etc. Or a good storyteller, poet, writer or an illusionist (magician).

Mercury Trine Pluto

Mercury birth chart aspects for trine Pluto means you have a talent for communicating with people, expressing yourself in a powerful and witty manner. You are good at convincing people to your way of thinking. Your high concentration levels and ability to think deeply gives you the potential to learn any subject in great depth and master it; however, you do need to be interested in it.

You might be interested in such fields as crime detection, research and development, chemistry, analysis, engineering, pathology, or medicine, but you must be prepared to yield to the authority of your teachers. Although you prefer to avoid reality, you must live with it. When you realize this, you will begin to grow and develop. The unknown interests you, as well as taboos, the occult, sex, death or anything hidden.

Mercury Trine Saturn

You are a serious-minded person who is responsible and thoughtful. Your patience and persistence, combined with your logical and systematic thinking, can make you incredibly knowledgeable on many subjects. You really are ambitious to succeed on a mental level. You have the ability to study a subject at depth, due to your intellectual discipline and serious outlook. You are very practical, and have good memory as well as superior manual dexterity (good with the hands). You may prefer to work alone. You are very good at math and science. When writing, you cross the t’s and dot the i’s.

Mercury Trine Uranus

These Mercury birth chart aspects means your thinking is ahead of the times and extremely quick. You can be very creative and inventive too, thinking of ideas at lighting speed. Your memory is exceptionally good, maybe even photographic.

You are very good at learning topics you are interested in, but may totally ignore subjects that don’t interest you; this may have been a problem at school. Also, you have good intuition. At school you were probably impatient with the learning system, as you are not keen on the traditional system of learning. Because of this, you may have been quite rebellious at school. You have an interest in such topics such as astrology, science, human behavior, psychology, electronics, occult and psychic studies. You need a good education to make the most of your mental abilities.

Mercury Trine Venus

You can appreciate the finer, more aesthetic things of life because you have a well-developed sense of form, proportion, design, and beauty. With such skills, you could perhaps be successful as an artist, sculptor, fashion designer, craftsman, interior decorator, creative writer, or jewelry designer. You have a natural eye for color, and an ear for music.

Mercury Square Ascendant

People sometimes misunderstand you and react negatively when you speak to them. This is because of your lack of confidence when expressing yourself to others; your listeners feel this, and may find it hard to believe what you are saying.
It is possible that your education could have been delayed due to family priorities. Starting education late in life does not mean you can’t be successful; it just means you will have to work harder in order to catch up.

In relationships, your communication is at conflict with your body language. This can be very confusing for your partners, as your body language sometimes gives the opposite signal to what you are saying. You may find you are sometimes misinterpreted when you thought you were being absolutely clear. I would advise being as honest and clear as possible with your partners about what you want.

Mercury Sqaure Jupiter

You are talkative, enthusiastic, curious, and have a thirst for knowledge. You have a curiosity for many different subjects, and probably know quite a lot about them. On the negative side, there is a tendency for you to exaggerate and become obsessed about your beliefs. Also, there may be times where your judgment is poor, which results in bad decisions; usually this is because of a misinterpretation or lack of facts. You are most likely to be interested in the following subjects: education, philosophy, history (modern and ancient), public relations, writing (journalistic and independent), travel, religion, higher education, law, and counseling young people and children.

Mercury Square Mars

You have the capacity to be very clever and cunning, trying to take advantage of anyone if you get the chance. Your mind is alert, quick, and always ready for an argument. Your speech is sometimes too hasty and you lack tact. Your tongue is a sword that you use to lash out at other people when they have upset you or did something you did not like. You have a temper that can explode into swearing, name-calling, and general ranting and raving. You are a convincing and forceful speaker, and you have a way of bringing people over to your way of thinking; however, you are not especially receptive to the ideas and opinions of others. You need to better learn how to rationally and logically control your desires.

You are high-strung and have a lot of nervous energy; thus you find it hard to sit still for very long. You love working on several projects at the same time because it keeps you from getting bored, but you may have difficulty finishing the things you have started.

Mercury Sqaure Neptune

You have a highly imaginative mind that is creative and sensitive to the thoughts and ideas of other people. Sometimes your mind may wander, which can make it hard for you to concentrate on mundane and practical activities. There are times when you stretch the truth when speaking to others. There is a tendency for you to escape reality. You are strongly attracted to metaphysical and spiritual topics.

You may have a gift for music, art, painting, photography etc. You may be a good storyteller, poet, writer or an illusionist (magician). A learning difficulty may be present with spelling, map reading, or math.

Mercury Sqaure Pluto

You are a very deep thinker, with powerful opinions. This can sometimes cause problems, especially if people disagree with your views. Be aware of how you speak to people, as they may find you quite intense when you try and change their mind on a view they do not agree on.

You are a person who finds it hard to dedicate yourself to learning; when it comes to mental activities, you are not that well-disciplined. At school you may have found learning incredibly demanding. You may have not bothered to study hard, and did not achieve good grades.

You might be interested in such fields as crime detection, research and development, chemistry, analysis, engineering, pathology, or medicine, but you must be prepared to yield to the authority of your teachers. Although you prefer to avoid reality, you must live with it. Anything that concerns taboos, the occult, sex, death, or things of a hidden nature, interests you.

Mercury Sqaure Saturn

You are a serious-minded person who is responsible and thoughtful, always thinking before you speak. This caution of thinking before you speak may have come from your childhood, where your attempts to freely express yourself were restricted. The most likely scenario where this took place was at school; maybe people made fun of your comments. Whatever the situation, it made you fearful of expressing yourself, a fear of being made a fool in front of people. This fear may still exist today; however, it has improved with age. You are the type of person that would kick yourself after having a conversation with someone, wishing you could have said it better, or something more witty. This is more than likely you overreacting, as you tend to worry too much, often about unimportant details.

Any education throughout your life comes from hard work. You may have had to overcome minor learning difficulties; also, you probably have poor memory. Despite these challenges, your patience and persistence, combined with your logical and systematic thinking, can make you incredibly knowledgeable on many subjects; you really are ambitious to succeed on a mental level. You have the ability to study a subject at depth due to your intellectual discipline and serious outlook. You may prefer to work alone.

You are good at math and science. Your typically cross your t’s and dot your i’s.

Mercury Sqaure Uranus

Mercury birth chart aspects for sqaure Uranus, means your way of thinking is very original.  In fact, it is so original that people sometimes cannot understand where you are coming from. This is because your points of view may seem extreme to some people, which can cause you some conflict. Your mind is very ahead of the times and is quick, alert, and very creative. You are incredibly direct and honest with people, and sometimes you may say things out of the blue to shock others. You do not like to hide the truth, and would rather get it out there in the open.

At school you were probably impatient with the learning system; you are not keen on the traditional system of learning. Because of this, you may have been quite rebellious at school. Subjects such as astrology, science, psychology, electronics, occult and psychic studies interest you.

Interpret your Own Chart

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