Paul Newman’s birth chart
Mercury in Capricorn
26 January 1925, 06:30, Cleveland Heights, OH, USA
A reading speaks to the person it was written for, so this one talks to Paul 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 Capricorn
You are a serious, cautious and responsible person who rarely strives for being in the forefront. You have good organizational, strategic and analytical abilities and do everything with care, step by step and with persistence – you fulfill your goals. You are very ambitious, you respect authority (you will also once become an authority) and knowledge. However, you can experience some difficulties with education at a certain point in your life, because you accept, comprehend and adopt other systems of learning and acting with difficulty – you basically have a quite nonconformist character and work best and easiest by following your own carefully elaborated systems.
Mercury in 1st house
You are successful in commerce, marketing, writing, publishing, etc. You are resourceful, skillful and clever, you are always on the lookout for new possibilities and also use these possibilities very well. You are interested in science, medicine, literature, architecture, etc. You are a sociable, easy-going and restless person.
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 Venus
You are usually a good-spirited person and have a pleasant nature, are sociable and talkative, you always find a way to express your creativity. You love children, animals, nature and art and often your work (or hobby) is connected to them. You are also skilled in household chores, especially those which are connected to handwork and systematization (e.g. organizing, tidying, putting things in order).
Mercury conjunction Jupiter
You are usually a nice, sociable person of wide views. You have big thinking capacities, are very eager to learn and you learn easily, you are curious and bright, you are practically interested in everything. You are always striving for progress and fulfillment, you highly value knowledge. You are talkative, you like exaggerating and dramatizing. Because you are impetuous, others sometimes find you to be difficult, but you are also popular thanks to your natural charm.
Mercury sextile Saturn
You are hard-working, conscientious and responsible. You respect others and understand hierarchy, bosses and co-workers appreciate you. You get along with the young and the old, your acquaintances are often beneficial for you. You are interested in history and similar areas, you are methodical and you value science.
Mercury opposition Pluto
You are decisive, perspicacious and energetic, you have a strongly working mind and endless mental capacity, but you can be prone to being cynical, too critical and judgmental. You take good advantage of intelligence and perspicaciousness, but you can be cold and impersonal in doing so, also cruel and manipulative. You “protect” by “stinging” in advance. You often oppose to something or someone, you get upset often and know how things should be happening, but with you this often stays at a thinking and verbal level. You need to nurture tolerance and acceptance.
Mercury conjunction Ascendant
You are usually a pleasant, open, sociable, communicate and talkative person. This is also why you have a big circle of friends and acquaintances. You have a restless nature and you never stop, you are constantly in movement and action, both in body and mind. You think, speak and act quickly, sometimes without thinking. You are curious and interested in everything, but you often bit off more than you can chew and so tend to be nervous sometimes.
Mercury sextile MC
You are sociable and friendly, talkative and communicative, you make acquaintances easily and they are often beneficial for you. You are clever and curious, you learn quickly and you often improve in life. You often know how to use the right approaches with the right people, you have sense of business, you like doing business and do it often.
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