Mercury and Mars in Your Birth Chart

Conjunction: Mercury and Mars

This aspect shows up in how you communicate, as a tendency toward confrontation, heated discussion, and argument. You love to compete in proving you're right, but you can also argue simply on principle.

In conversation with an opponent, you can be intemperate and rude, and your categorical remarks and criticism can hurt sensitive people. At the same time, you can get your thoughts across clearly and sharply and defend your point of view with sound arguments and evidence. You're hard to talk out of anything.

You tend to look for a practical use for any information, so you aren't very interested in abstract information that can't be applied in practice.

Harmonious aspects: Mercury and Mars

At times, your mind moves so fast that you don't have time to take in other people's ideas, theories, and concepts. You like things to be concrete and practical. You prefer independence and your own strategies and decisions to outside advice and recommendations. You always have plenty of plans, you often get fired up about an idea, and you won't rest until you've carried it out. This can prove a very useful quality for urgent projects that call for investment and for bringing in partners and colleagues. Your inner fire spreads to the people around you. You fill the space around you with energy, becoming a source of energy that turns ideas into reality. You're especially promising as a business partner, and joint ventures with you move faster.

Challenging aspects: Mercury and Mars

You're a strong competitor in situations that call for courage and decisiveness, but the way this aspect plays out is tied to aggressive manners. Its energy comes in handy in competitions and private business, except in business negotiations, where you can come on too hard, too blunt, or uncompromising.

The other side of this aspect involves sarcasm and criticism that many people you talk to may take as an insult. You should avoid ill-timed witticisms, outright condemnation, and crude, vulgar language, especially with people you hold dear.