Mercury Square Ascendant
Mercury Square Ascendant Natal
In Jungian psychological terms, the ascendant represents the persona or what is also called “the revealed self.” The persona contains all the bright shiny parts of our personality that we want people to see and like. In direct contrast to this is the shadow or the “concealed self,” which contains all that we wish to keep hidden, for one reason or another. Mercury’s square to the ascendant reveals a tension between the revealed and concealed parts of yourself and a need for constant conscious awareness of necessary adjustments between the two. This might play out in terms of a tension between your personal and professional lives, or between the inner and outer worlds. At first, these choices could trigger a stress response, when you could be unconsciously motivated toward “fight, flight, or freeze.” Once you learn to classify situations more quickly, a smoother and more fluid response to choose either revelation or concealment as the situation demands will become a natural part of your personality.
Mercury Square Ascendant Transit
This transit represents an opportunity for conscious adjustment between the public and personal parts of your life or between the inner and outer worlds. You may face a choice either to reveal something and activate the consequences or to look the other way and live to fight another day. This transit is generally quick in nature and occurs twice per year, but every six to seven years or more often as rarely as 13 years apart, Mercury will make a series of three squares with the middle one occurring during the retrograde. This is a more significant transit that suggests a substantial choice and subsequent major adjustment in the way you present yourself to the world. You may have to weigh privacy issues and personal freedom against gaining more visibility and authority along with responsibility.
More Aspects & Transits
Mercury
- Mercury Conjunct Sun
- Mercury Conjunct Moon
- Mercury Conjunct Mercury
- Mercury Conjunct Venus
- Mercury Conjunct Mars
- Mercury Conjunct Jupiter
- Mercury Conjunct Saturn
- Mercury Conjunct Uranus
- Mercury Conjunct Neptune
- Mercury Conjunct Pluto
- Mercury Conjunct Ascendant
- Mercury Conjunct Midheaven
- Mercury Sextile Sun
- Mercury Sextile Moon
- Mercury Sextile Mercury
- Mercury Sextile Venus
- Mercury Sextile Mars
- Mercury Sextile Jupiter
- Mercury Sextile Saturn
- Mercury Sextile Uranus
- Mercury Sextile Neptune
- Mercury Sextile Pluto
- Mercury Sextile Ascendant
- Mercury Sextile Midheaven
- Mercury Square Sun
- Mercury Square Moon
- Mercury Square Mercury
- Mercury Square Venus
- Mercury Square Mars
- Mercury Square Jupiter
- Mercury Square Saturn
- Mercury Square Uranus
- Mercury Square Neptune
- Mercury Square Pluto
- Mercury Square Ascendant
- Mercury Square Midheaven
- Mercury Trine Sun
- Mercury Trine Moon
- Mercury Trine Mercury
- Mercury Trine Venus
- Mercury Trine Mars
- Mercury Trine Jupiter
- Mercury Trine Saturn
- Mercury Trine Uranus
- Mercury Trine Neptune
- Mercury Trine Pluto
- Mercury Trine Ascendant
- Mercury Trine Midheaven
- Mercury Opposite Sun
- Mercury Opposite Moon
- Mercury Opposite Mercury
- Mercury Opposite Venus
- Mercury Opposite Mars
- Mercury Opposite Jupiter
- Mercury Opposite Saturn
- Mercury Opposite Uranus
- Mercury Opposite Neptune
- Mercury Opposite Pluto
- Mercury Opposite Ascendant
- Mercury Opposite Midheaven
Ascendant
- Sun Conjunct Ascendant
- Moon Conjunct Ascendant
- Mercury Conjunct Ascendant
- Venus Conjunct Ascendant
- Mars Conjunct Ascendant
- Jupiter Conjunct Ascendant
- Saturn Conjunct Ascendant
- Uranus Conjunct Ascendant
- Neptune Conjunct Ascendant
- Pluto Conjunct Ascendant
- Sun Sextile Ascendant
- Moon Sextile Ascendant
- Mercury Sextile Ascendant
- Venus Sextile Ascendant
- Mars Sextile Ascendant
- Jupiter Sextile Ascendant
- Saturn Sextile Ascendant
- Uranus Sextile Ascendant
- Neptune Sextile Ascendant
- Pluto Sextile Ascendant
- Sun Square Ascendant
- Moon Square Ascendant
- Mercury Square Ascendant
- Venus Square Ascendant
- Mars Square Ascendant
- Jupiter Square Ascendant
- Saturn Square Ascendant
- Uranus Square Ascendant
- Neptune Square Ascendant
- Pluto Square Ascendant
- Sun Trine Ascendant
- Moon Trine Ascendant
- Mercury Trine Ascendant
- Venus Trine Ascendant
- Mars Trine Ascendant
- Jupiter Trine Ascendant
- Saturn Trine Ascendant
- Uranus Trine Ascendant
- Neptune Trine Ascendant
- Pluto Trine Ascendant
- Sun Opposite Ascendant
- Moon Opposite Ascendant
- Mercury Opposite Ascendant
- Venus Opposite Ascendant
- Mars Opposite Ascendant
- Jupiter Opposite Ascendant
- Saturn Opposite Ascendant
- Uranus Opposite Ascendant
- Neptune Opposite Ascendant
- Pluto Opposite Ascendant