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☿︎ □︎ ♃︎ Mercury square Jupiter

The square holds Mercury and Jupiter at cross purposes, and that friction is meant to get the ball rolling rather than to sit still.

Mercury connects where there is thought, speech, and exchange; Jupiter expands where there is growth, luck, and meaning. What follows is what happens when the two are tied together.

The square keeps them at cross purposes: Mercury wants something to work out while Jupiter wants room to expand, until a choice is made. Handled well, that pressure is the engine that gets things done.

Pushed in a good direction, it yields a clear, agile, curious mind sharpened by generous faith that opens doors. Pushed badly, it hardens into nervous talk that never lands set against more for the sake of more.

Timing matters. When Mercury forms this square to Jupiter in the sky, it is a temporary weather system that comes and goes. Held in a natal chart, it describes something the person carries for life.

Here the square joins Mercury (mind and message) with Jupiter (expansion and faith), held 90° apart.

Right now

Mercury and Jupiter currently stand about 35.9° apart, 54.1° away from an exact square. Watch it move on the live clock.

When: past and next exact squares

Computed from the ephemeris (UTC), not copied from a table.

More on this pair

• Jupiter square Mercury
• Mercury conjunction Jupiter
• Mercury sextile Jupiter
• Mercury trine Jupiter
• Mercury opposition Jupiter

Where these two stand today

• Mercury in Virgo
• Jupiter in Leo

Related squares

• Mercury square Pluto
• Mercury square North Node
• Mercury square South Node

In traditional astrology this is interpretation, not fate. More: about squares · all aspects.