Transiting Mercury on natal Mercury: intellectual stimulation and mental activity

Transiting Mercury conjunct natal Mercury

This is a time of heightened alertness, intellectual stimulation and mental activity. You may easily absorb new information and seek out new knowledge ranging from new skills to trivia.

You are likely to be prolific in your ability to communicate ideas at this time and may end up writing or speaking more than usual.

This is a good time for study, observation, neutral analysis and test taking as well.

Communication will be effective at this time and you are able to easily get your point across to others.

Transiting Mercury sextile natal Mercury

Conversations are productive and build understanding at this time. You are able to keep an objective view and not get bogged down in emotions. Your thoughts are clear and you are able to negotiate well and debate effectively.

You may learn new information from others that helps you build upon your interests and expand your views.

Writing and communication are emphasized at this time and may play a role in personal advancement at work or strengthening relationships.

You have a way with words and may be more social and chatty than usual.

This is an ideal time to plan for your future as you will be clear about what you want and able to see the potential path ahead with greater objectivity.

Transiting Mercury square natal Mercury

You may experience an increase in mental activity as overstimulating. Your thoughts may be racing in numerous directions and it can be difficult to focus and be as productive as you would like to be.

Communication may also be confusing now. You may misunderstand someone or not convey your message clearly to others.

Your openness to numerous sides of a situation can cause confusion and flip-flopping from one perspective to another. As a result you may have difficulty making and sticking to a decision.

Transiting Mercury trine natal Mercury

You are likely to have just the right platform and abilities to articulate an important message to others.

Your communication skills are enhanced right now so right important letters, have serious conversations, and use your abilities to express ideas in order to resolve conflicts, enlighten others, or negotiate for a new opportunity for work or business.

You may seek out social encounters and thrive off the mental stimulation of different ideas and conversations. Although some conversations may be serious you aren’t likely to take topics to a deep personal level, rather keeping things objective, where you can analyze concepts, take them apart and reconstruct them without feeling personally tied to any particular belief.

Others who recognize your objectivity at this time may seek your advice.

Transiting Mercury opposite natal Mercury

You thrive on new ideas and want to explore topics that are unfamiliar to you. You may enjoy a good debate as it sharpens your critical thinking skills.

You aren’t likely to become personally invested in the outcome of the debate but see it instead as mental gymnastics.

You may have to be careful about miscommunication in personal relationships at this time as your mindset is not in alignment with the thinking of those around you, though you may assume that it is.

Step back and analyze the situation to find where the miscommunication is originating.

Transiting Mercury quincunx natal Mercury

You may doubt your own ideas and plans.Rather than applying focus and following strategies that are sure to work, you may allow your mental energy to dissipate, chasing distractions and getting lost in trivia.

You are also likely to have difficulty expressing your views and ideas at this time.Getting hung up on details or lost in extraneous information. Avoid tasks which require clear decision making and articulation of complicated ideas during this transit.

You may feel more harried than usual and may overbook your social or work calendar out of a desire to distract yourself or overcompensate for something missing from your life rather than to help you achieve any specific goals.

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