Mercury in aspect to Midheaven

This aspect means that you have a very sharp mind, which you will use to get ahead. Very early in your life, you will learn to look at the world clearly and objectively, and you will learn to communicate in ways that are very advanced for your age. You may or may not become an intellectual when you are older, but you will use your mind continually, always searching for stimulating and exciting experiences. Because you cannot stand boredom, you are sometimes very restless.

Your most important task is to be more disciplined, so that you stick to a task long enough to get some real benefit from it. There is a real danger that your interest in any subject will be shallow.

Another possible problem, which may seem less serious but is actually greater, is that you prefer to deal with the world through your mind rather than your feelings. This will keep you from really being in touch with some experiences in life - such as love and sensitivity to beauty - for which your mind alone is not enough. Also you cannot really get in touch with other people through your mind alone. Unless you develop your emotions along with your mind, you may feel lonely and cut off from others.

With your lively mind, you may enjoy playing practical jokes on people. This is fine if you are careful not to hurt people who are more sensitive than you.

Mercury conjunct Midheaven: When the need to communicate, and to isolate and arrange facts, coincides with the astrological point representing the attitude to society and the self (MC), the individual shall have an ever-shifting conception of self and of social position, especially in the sphere of contacts and intellectual interests. The result can be many different activities, either at the same time or one after the other, or much change within a single sphere of activity. This is closely connected with a rather unstable self-image.

Often this person is good at putting thoughts into words and conveying ideas, and would make a good teacher and / or a keen business person. He or she can easily earn a living in some Mercurial activity, as anything from a reporter to a librarian, from a representative or merchant to an instructor - but he or she must have plenty of variety and personal contacts.

With this conjunction, the person is very restless, sometimes nervy, and is inclined to try and reason things out objectively even when this is not the best method to pursue in a given situation.

Mercury conjunct Midheaven: Mercury aspecting the MC-IC axis suggests that the individual wants public recognition for their communicative skills or their learning. This might be the ultimate goal, what they would like to be remembered for. Mercury conjunct the MC especially sometimes indicates that this is what a parent wanted or pushed for. Sometimes a sibling acts as a parent when Mercury is conjunct the MC or IC. More often, one parent is experienced as being particularly Mercurial in some way. Sometimes the parent is more like a brother or sister than a parent.

Mercury conjunct Midheaven: Natives with this aspect can impress their superiors with their original thinking and speak and write well. Occupations involved with communication, or the means of communication, such as newspaper work and printing, are favorable for people with this conjunction.

Education is their key to professional success. They make good writers, teachers, researchers, scientists, librarians, secretaries, clerks, and telephone operators.

Mercury conjunct Midheaven: Kim Basinger 0, LouG 0, Cate 1, Q 1, Michael Jordan 2, Doug 3, Jen 4, MFor 4, Babe Ruth 5, George Bush, Sr. 7, Antonio 7

Mercury sextile Midheaven

As you go through life, you will be in touch with your own and other people's inner feelings and psychological currents. Your rational mind is more influenced than most by feelings and intuitions, which will deepen your understanding of the world. While you are young, however, it may not be easy to tell people about what you see so clearly. People may think of you as somewhat reserved and secretive. You are not trying to be mysterious, but you have already learned that if you don't choose your words carefully, others will misunderstand you, with some unpleasant results. It will take time before your ability to express yourself catches up with what you already know intuitively.

You may be attracted to mysteries and puzzles, because you like to examine secrets. In fact, you may build up your own secret universe to wander around in, not just for idle play but as a way to express your creative insights.

When you are older, you will use your mind to help you understand human nature. You are a natural psychologist, and later you will be able to communicate your ideas to others through speaking or writing.

You will spend much time planning and arranging your future in your head. Instead of falling into a career by accident, you will work out everything you must do to get where you want to go. You will study hard to achieve your ambition, and you should be a good student in any subject related to this interest.

Mercury sextile Midheaven: This configuration is favorable for the intelligent planning of professional and domestic activities. The natives communicate successfully with people in high positions - their employers or others in authority. Thus, they are able to get people of importance in the world to accept their ideas. At the same time, they are able to communicate with members of their families and to intelligently work toward domestic comfort and harmony. Thus they can work out the proper balance between professional and domestic responsibilities.

Mercury trine or sextile Midheaven: This person makes a mark in social life; in job applications, for example, words are well chosen, and the personal discourse creates a good impression. People soon realize that they can hold a sensible conversation with the person with this aspect. Therefore this aspect is very advantageous for professions offering variety and the chance to talk to people in a factual way. Analyzing, another side of Mercury, is something else this individual will enjoy doing; and this gives an aptitude for scientific research, provided it is not restricted and does not call for prolonged concentration on minor details. This individual will prefer to be engaged in classifying large masses of data.

As in the conjunction, the emphasis lies more on mental exchanges with others than on emotional relationships (provided, of course, the water signs are not too prominent).

Mercury sextile Midheaven: Paulo 0, Clark 1, John Lennon 2, Roberto 3, Shakura 3, Sugeet 3, John F. Kennedy 4, Bram 4, Yarrow 4

Mercury square Midheaven

Self-driven to be successful iss an innate drive. It is finding the confidence that can be testy. You don't necessarily handle criticism so well. Determination grows out of wanting to prove that you can be a success. A high strung nervous streak is common, with t his aspect. You strive for perfection. This either finds you reaching great milestones or failing to reach impossible standards. Setting the bar at a reasonable height is smarter than trying to compulsively climb Mount Everest. You need a lot of mental space in whatever roles you perform. Close supervision makes you uneasy. Performance anxiety sometimes can be troubling for fear of failure. When you have the support of lovers and friends your confidence levels increase greatly.

Mercury square Midheaven Youth: Even while you are quite young, you will spend quite a bit of time thinking about your future, but don't expect to make up your mind for a long time. Your mind is very active, and each new interest you take up will give you a new idea about your future career. In fact the danger here is that you may never really settle on one career; you will get into many projects but never thoroughly enough to know what each one can really offer you. For this reason, you must teach yourself some self-discipline, so that you can stay with a project long enough to understand it.

You are quite restless and need to be mentally active all the time. You need to keep your mind busy, talk with others and feel that life is moving quickly. Otherwise you get bored, and then you may annoy people. Often you get so wrapped up in your own ideas and needs that you forget about anyone else. But with a little effort you can get away from yourself and see other people's points of view. You are able to think very clearly, but only if you come out of yourself.

As you get older, be careful not to say things that work against you. Your mouth could be your own worst enemy unless you make sure of what you are saying before you speak. It is possible to make your point without offending others.

You enjoy games, especially those that involve your mind, so you may be very good at solving puzzles and other activities that require cleverness.

Mercury square Midheaven: Ronald Reagan 0, Jude 1, Muhammad Ali 2, Alan Arkin 2, Madonna Ciccone 2, Mahatma Gandhi 2, Donovan Leitch 2, Mark Twain 2, SFor 2, JerryP 2, Lynn Forester de Rothschild 3, Kyle 3, ScottS 3, Dick Cheney 4, Olof 4, Clint Eastwood 5, George Patton 5, Ju 5, Travis 5, Tyler 5, Robert Hand 6, JonathanG 6

Mercury trine Midheaven

Very early in your life, you will begin to think about what you want to do when you are older. To this end, you will work to develop the talents that will help you get ahead. You will do the best you can in school, especially in those subjects that you think will be useful. While you are young, you will discipline yourself to learn the skills you need.

Your parents will influence your opinions very strongly, and they will probably support you in whatever path you choose. It is very likely that you and your parents agree generally and have similar ideas on most subjects. You believe you can learn from the people who are above you, so that one day you can be in their position. This makes you a hardworking person who tries to master all the skills you study.

Later in your life, you may work in some area of communications, science, education or another field that requires mental skill and the ability to communicate clearly.

You are very good at taking care of everything you own, and you prefer possessions that stimulate your mind, such as books and records. You enjoy playing games with others, especially games that teach you something. You may also enjoy writing as a pastime.

Mercury trine Midheaven: This configuration indicates an unusually close connection between intelligence and professional ambition. It gives the ability to write on subject matter that pertains to the native's profession, and enables him to communicate well with those in authority.

The home is likely to be a place of intellectual endeavor, and probably contains a sizeable library. The natives want to share their intellectual and educational interests with their families as well as using them in their professional work. The configuration promotes harmony, through good communication, between the domestic and professional spheres of life. At times, relatives play a helpful part in both professional and domestic affairs.

As in the conjunction, the emphasis lies more on mental exchanges with others than on emotional relationships (provided, of course, the water signs are not too prominent).

Mercury trine Midheaven: Barack Obama 0, Dheeraj 0, Johanna 0, Uri Geller 2, Oprah Winfrey 2, Donny 2, Gabriela 2, Tom 2, BPoe 3, Fergus 3, Zeno 3, Isadora Duncan 4, Will Rogers 4, Elizabeth Taylor 4, Maureen 4, Sri Aurobindo 5, Charlie Chaplin 5, Elvis Presley 5, Wilhelm Reich 5, Ludwig van Beethoven 5, Michael Jackson 6

Mercury quincunx Midheaven

It is very important for you to develop your mind and your powers of thought, so that you can use them to attain whatever objectives you set for yourself. However, before you can accomplish this, you may have to solve certain problems. You may feel that there is a tension between your natural spontaneous views and what is taught by your parents and other adults. Even though their teachings seem perfectly reasonable, you want to think matters through for yourself. But while you are young, you may not be able to accept your own ideas as valid if they contradict what you have been taught. Yet you cannot simply suppress your own ways of thinking. If you try, you will create tension and probably create a gap between what you are trying to do and what you say. When you are older, you may express this tension by making indiscreet remarks that totally get in the way of your objectives.

Recognize this tension within yourself and try to accept the fact that it exists. At the same time you should look for ways to resolve it by learning how to think what you want to think and still accomplish your objectives. Just make sure as you get older that you set your own objectives rather than fulfilling other people's expectations for you. Otherwise the problem of tension could get worse, and you could wind up very confused.

It is very important that you remember not to speak impulsively. If you do, it is very likely that you will put your foot in your mouth. Consider what you are going to say and how your words can further your objectives.

Mercury quincunx Midheaven: The changeability inherent in Mercury/ Midheaven aspects is here at its strongest yet most elusive. Usually we feel that we are not occupying our proper place in society, and by brooding over this are thrown into a state of conflict. We are not sure what sort of person we really are, seeing that what goes on in our minds seems to bear no resemblance to outward behavior. Quite apart from any nerviness and strain, this is responsible for a constantly changing self-image, so that we are always looking for a new social position. Or else we withdraw into a shell. Either way, we do not make things easy for ourselves initially.

However, the Mercurial talents for communication and analysis are not diminished by the tension. Once we discover that there is a place for our mental creativity and that our lack of self-confidence is pointless, we can learn to feel at home with others and with our own thoughts. Admittedly, there are likely to be one or two confrontations to face in the beginning because of our inept handling of personal and social relationships, our inability to express precisely what we mean, and our habit of saying either too much or too little. These things are caused by basic uncertainty, and they have to be overcome before we can make progress.

Mercury quincunx Midheaven: George Clooney 1, Pablo Picasso 1, Tenzin Gyatso 2, L.Ron Hubbard 2, Evelyn Robert de Rothschild 2, Walt Disney 3, Tiger Woods 3, Leif 3, Raga 3, RoyO 3

Mercury opposite Midheaven

You will look deep within yourself for answers to the questions that come up in life. Your inner feelings will strongly influence your view of the world, and you will consider your own point of view to be the most important factor. But try not to get so wrapped up in your own way of seeing the world that you cannot imagine anyone else's point of view. Being too subjective is a serious danger with this aspect. On the other hand, you will be able to communicate your ideas and feelings to others very easily, even while you are quite young.

Your basic attitudes and opinions will take shape very early in life, and later it will be very difficult to change them. So it is very important for you to be exposed to broad and sophisticated views of the world, because you will keep the ideas you learn now, even if they are narrow and intolerant.

You will think about your past a great deal, and you may spend too much time wondering if it could have been different. Do not worry about this, because you only have one past, and it is pointless to think about it, except to help you deal with the present. Because you are in touch with your feelings, you can react to a situation according to your real needs, but only if you concentrate on the present and future, not the past.

It may be difficult, but you should examine your thinking and never take your feelings and ideas solely at face value. Probably your beliefs are based on what your parents and family taught you instead of on your own observations.

Mercury opposite Midheaven: Suji 0, George Harrison 1, Mick Jagger 3, Dipesh 3, Thomas Edison 4, Malcolm X 4, Dunja 4, J. Krishnamurti 5, Vaslav Nijinsky 5, Albert Schweitzer 5, JerGar 5, Georges Gurdjieff 6, Flossie 6, Jyothi 6, Robert De Niro 8, Nirvesh 8