Mercury in Aries

With Mercury in Aries you have a fast mind and a quick wit, but tend to make snap judgments. Mentally impulsive and intuitive, you’re often biased by your ego and personality in forming opinions. You’re impatient, direct and to the point, and, if Mercury is afflicted, sharp tongued and quick-tempered. You may need to consider things longer or think more deeply about them.

The following celebrities have Mercury in Aries (and also in the first house for emphasis): Garth Allen, Johannes Brahms (conjunct ascendant), Jacques Brel, Carol Burnett, Stewart Granger, Gil Hodges, Immanuel Kant, Gerhardus Mercator, William Shatner, Leopold Stokowski, Algernon Swinburn, and Jeff York.

Mercury is neither masculine nor feminine but neutral: it is silver, reflecting all that it contacts. Mercury in Aries is therefore similar in energy to Mars conjunct Mercury, where the assertive, egoic vibration of Mars energizes your speech, thought and communication. The more aspects you have to Mercury in your chart, the greater and more complex your consciousness. The reflective mind needs aspects for its expansion, and the closest aspect is the most important. In the physical body it rules the nervous system, the arms, hands and shoulders, the lungs and the respiratory tract. Its position by house in your chart is where your mind or attention is focused.

This Mercury-in-Aries page and much of this 550-page resource website are excerpted from You and the Universe.