Aspects to Mercury
We are continually working on our website and will be adding more Mercury aspects in the future.
Mercury in the natal chart sits fairly dormant until it becomes activated by a Transit or Progression. Much of its energies deals with mental conceptualization and communication. The mind is ruled by the planet Mercury and our reasoning abilities and schooling often are influenced by the planet Mercury, its sign position, house location as well as the aspects from other planets it receives in the Natal chart.
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If Mercury is poorly aspected or better still challenged by natal positioning this often indicates someone who may have difficulty concentrating, difficulty with the written word, perhaps difficulty with speaking (i.e. stuttering), etc. This can indicate challenges with communication in general. This is likely corrected and dealt with accordingly as they age and learn to adapt to these difficulties.
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On the contrary, those with a well-aspected Natal Mercury may have no problem speaking and relating to others and may even have teaching capabilities. They may be well educated and may also be studious. Some may have literary abilities becoming writers, public speakers and so forth. The mind works well, and the IQ may be higher than the norm. They may be good at solving problems, able to communicate easily or easier than others and in some cases (Mercury in Scorpio for example) may be considered deep thinkers.
SPECIFIC ASPECTS
Mercury, a fast-moving inner planet, moving through the complete Zodiac in approximately one year. This one-year period includes its retrograde cycle as well.
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Unless Mercury is in its retrograde cycle, its influence is not overly strong and does not have lasting effects. During its retrograde cycle, it appears to move backward and can move over the same location three times. During its stay it can influence the Natal Chart.
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People often fear Mercury Retrograde, which in fact, only suggests that this is a time of holding back and reviewing before you move forward with goals when it returns to its direct motion. For more information of Mercury retrograde, we invite you to read the retrograde portion of our web page.
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To understand the influence of Transits affecting our Natal Mercury we invite you to read the outer transits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto making aspects to natal Mercury. They will have a profound influence on Natal Mercury lasting up to 2-3 years depending on the Transiting planet in question.
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As a result of the limited influence of Transiting Mercury, we have not created Transiting Mercury articles. We have, however, duplicated the slower moving transiting planets to Natal Mercury below for your convenience. These articles can also be found under the Transiting planet’s heading in our Aspect section.