Alicia Keys’s birth chart
Mercury in Aquarius
25 January 1981, 12:00, Manhattan, NY, USA
A reading speaks to the person it was written for, so this one talks to Alicia as “you”.
Besides the Sun and the Moon there are four planets that are very important for personal horoscope analysis and define individual parts of your personality: Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter.
Mercury is the planet, nearest to the Sun and it travels the fastest. That is why it is a very important personal planet, which influences communication, education, relationships, skillfulness and resourcefulness. Mercury also symbolizes transport and travels, especially short ones.
The position of Mercury in personal horoscope tells us how you think, how you communicate with the outer world and generally describes all the things that occupy your mind.
Mercury in Aquarius
Mercury is very potent in your sign. You are a very intelligent person, capable of abstract thinking, you think logically, have a vivid imagination and strong intuition. You are original, independent and have a special way of thinking. You don't have a particularly perspicacious nature, quite the opposite – you are often daydreaming, you are constantly in your own world, always contemplating about something and waiting for inspiration and flash of wit. You are interested in knowledge and novelties, the latter you also initiate in numerous areas yourself.
Mercury in 10th house
You are a nice, youthful, pleasant and dynamic person, always on the move. You probably work in commerce, marketing, writing and publishing. You are also often interested in politics. In your life and career, you often change things. You have very good organizational skills, although you can be slightly too demanding and you react too impulsively.
Mercury as rising planet
Because Mercury is found eastern in your personal horoscope, you are dynamic and flexible, agile, swift and resourceful. You are very youthful, both in personality and in appearance. Because you are interested in all sorts of things and are also talented in many areas, it is useful to direct you already in childhood towards constructive use of excessive thinking energy; you are talented in languages, writing, commerce and marketing. You often also have sense of music and painting. You are very restless, yet articulate and it is extremely important to you to get enough movement. You constantly have to do something, both mentally and physically. You like to express yourself, you mostly talk a lot and are sociable and a good company. Because of your audacious attitude towards life, you attract all sorts of people, also more serious ones.
Mercury conjunction Mars
You are usually am impetuous, passionate person of restless spirit, you are always active and you love speed. You think and react quickly; you are constantly in action, with body and mind. You are usually also very talkative, your tongue is sometimes faster than your thought, that is why you need to nurture tolerance, patience and calmness, because you can hurt others with your ways and so can sometimes have problems communicating with others.
Mercury sextile Neptune
You have good memory and good visualization, vivid imagination and strong intuition. You often have a talent for art (painting, photography, film, music) and like moving in these circles frequently. You are agreeable, interesting, picturesque and usually popular.
Mercury trine Pluto
You are perspicacious, decisive and have exceptional thinking abilities. You have an intuitive character and are a natural psychologist. You quickly realize the essence and you quickly judge situations and in them, react quickly and well. You are factual and realistic, are good in making arguments, that is why you are persuasive and often have a strong influence on others, who value you and trust your opinion and judgments. You have a good ability (mostly of mental) renewal, you are fast, flexible, fluent and coordinated in action and movement. You have numerous plans and goals and also the will and ability to fulfill them.
Mercury square Ascendant
You are restless, nervous and always active; both intellectually and literally you are constantly in motion, but it is not always fluent and flexible. You can have a moody and dispersed, also too quick and jerky nature. You love company and are always in the midst of the happening, but you are also not always the most sociable and accessible person, you also often avoid more in-depth contacts. You sometimes have problems expressing yourself, usually because of numerous baffling thoughts and then you can't express your point. It is advisable that you write (or create in similar areas), even if merely for yourself, so that you can “pour your thoughts onto paper” and learn to articulate your thoughts, also make a selection between useful and useless information.
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