Mercury Aspects to Jupiter
Note: For semi-sextile, read the sextile. For semi-square, read the square. The same traits and characteristics apply, but they will not be as prominent, as pronounced or as influential as they are with either the sextile or square.
Mercury Conjunct Jupiter: You're insatiably curious and interested in many fields, especially law, higher education, religion, philosophy, history and public relations. You think big and are prone to exaggerate. You're enthusiastic, kind, optimistic, broad-minded, confident of your mental abilities, compassionate, sympathetic, merciful and good natured, but you may also be conceited. You're not very ambitious and can be lazy, stubborn and self-willed in a non-combative way. You must develop self-discipline. If afflicted to Mars, you can be egotistical and arrogant. You command respect and can influence others with your great verbal ability. Your career often requires speech to win others' support. You use your mind and generous spirit for the advancement of humanity, so you attract many benefits. You have above average intelligence, intellectual integrity and the reputation for being an authority in your profession and the respect and recognition of others. You're fond of travel, usually taking at least one extended trip.
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Mercury Trine Jupiter: Your mind is broad, tolerant, quick to comprehend and honest, but may be overly contemplative. This aspect is good for those in higher education, religion, philosophy, and third, sixth or ninth house matters. You communicate with ease and confidence and can project your ideas and have others accept them. You have good judgment, keen powers of observation, above average intelligence and integrity-- you naturally consider the moral and ethical implications of your thoughts and actions. Your mind is active but often unoriginal. You may lack ambition, can be stubborn and usually avoid controversy. You're good-natured, mild-tempered, breezy-mannered and generous toward friends. You enjoy entertaining in your home and want it to be conducive to social harmony and intellectual pursuits. You usually have a large personal library. You're generally fond of travel, both physical and mental. You exemplify the principle of positive thinking and your mental optimism helps you to succeed.
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Mercury Square Jupiter: You're curious, impulsive, a good bluffer, generous, well-intentioned, unrealistically optimistic and not well organized. You mind is active but forgetful and you mentally attempt things beyond your capacity. You have lots of ideas but they're impractical because you lack balance and a sense of realism. You're usually in too much of a hurry and often promise more than you can deliver. Your mind and feelings often clash over religion or philosophy. You're generous, sometimes extravagant, but lack common sense and a sense of proportion in your thinking. You can be indiscreet or say the wrong thing to the wrong person at the wrong time. You may talk excessively to impress others. You must be very careful when signing any document since you're an easy victim of glib talkers. Your poor judgment and rash decisions may be the cause of your self-undoing. You're a procrastinator who wants to start at the top and may have unwarranted egotism and mental pride. Education is important to you but may be interrupted. You may have liver problems.
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Mercury Sextile Jupiter: You have above average intelligence and an active mind that's often unoriginal and forgetful. You have an excellent command of language and can express yourself eloquently. You have a well-developed intuitive mind and are at home with abstract ideas. You're breezy, good natured, mild-tempered, honorable, fair, optimistic (sometimes overly so), easy-going, shy and philosophical. You have an excellent sense of humor, good judgment, keen powers of observation, good comprehension and integrity, but may lack ambition. Your fondness for travel, desire for wider experiences and your curiosity often take you to foreign lands and travel is usually rewarding. You enjoy study and do well in school, especially in religion, philosophy, law and higher education. Your home is a place of intellectual activity although you tend to avoid controversial issues, especially about religion. You have a constructive way of life and are able to help those who are ill or in need simply through encouragement and sound suggestions.
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Mercury Inconjunct Jupiter: You have an original, fertile mind but are often absentminded. You have poor judgment and must guard against indiscretion and taking too broad an outlook. Your education may be interrupted but it's necessary to achieve your goals. You tend to take on too much and become easily frustrated. You're generous with others at the expense of your own time and often travel to escape.
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Mercury Opposite Jupiter: You want to start at the top or take the easy way out and tend to daydream your way through life. You have an original, fertile mind but are often absentminded. You can be a good bluffer but you're easily frustrated and your memory often fails under stress. Education is important to you but it may be interrupted or you may pursue esoteric or scholarly subjects that have no practical earning potential. You're curious, impulsive and well-intentioned but often promise more than you can deliver. You have difficulty focusing your beliefs and philosophies and are often an agnostic or hold illogical beliefs. Communicating is not easy for you and you often say the wrong thing to the wrong people at the wrong time. Your convictions and opinions are strong but not always correct. You need to acquire thoroughness and attention to detail. You have poor judgment and aren't good at keeping secrets. You can be an intellectual snob. Guard against taking too broad an outlook.
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