☿︎ Mercury in ♈︎ Aries
Mercury in Aries places the thinking mind in a fast, outward, expressive key. Being cardinal, it wants to start things and set them moving.
Aries is the cardinal fire sign, ruled by Mars. Its keynote is initiative, courage, the spark that starts things. Placed here, Mercury (mind and message) takes on that colouring, so read the two together on the Aries arc of the wheel.
Here thinking, talking, and trading runs warm and direct and initiating: Mercury connects, but in the Aries manner rather than any other.
At its best that shows up as a clear, agile, curious mind, expressed the Aries way. Under pressure it can tip into nervous talk that never lands.
When Mercury is in Aries
Mercury next enters Aries around 8 April 2027, staying until about 24 April 2027.
It returns to Aries around 31 March 2028 (through about 15 April 2028).
It returns to Aries around 23 March 2029 (through about 7 April 2029).
Dates computed from the ephemeris (UTC), not copied from a table.
Mercury’s aspects today
| Moon square Mercury | orb 4.4° |
| Mercury sextile Mars | orb 4.5° |
| Sun conjunction Mercury | orb 7.8° |
Mercury through the other signs
- ♉︎ Taurus
- ♊︎ Gemini
- ♋︎ Cancer
- ♌︎ Leo
- ♍︎ Virgo
- ♎︎ Libra
- ♏︎ Scorpio
- ♐︎ Sagittarius
- ♑︎ Capricorn
- ♒︎ Aquarius
- ♓︎ Pisces
Tradition and interpretation, not prediction. See Mercury or the sign of Aries.