Progressed Mercury

A progressed chart moves each planet forward by counting each day after birth as one year of life, so the progressed Moon, Sun and Ascendant sit in signs that change over the years.

Progressed Mercury in aspect to your natal points

The progressed Mercury is the natal Mercury moved forward a day for each year of life, and it stands for how a person thinks, talks, learns and takes in information. It changes sign every ten to twenty years or so.

To your natal Sun

Progressed Mercury conjunct natal Sun: Your progressed Mercury joined to your natal Sun puts the mind at the centre of who you are. Thinking, talking and learning feel like part of your identity rather than a tool beside it.
Progressed Mercury in harmony (sextile or trine) with natal Sun: Easy contact between your progressed Mercury and your natal Sun lets how you think and speak fit what you are about. Ideas come readily to hand, and putting them into words feels natural.
Progressed Mercury in tension (square or opposition) with natal Sun: Your progressed Mercury at odds with your natal Sun sets how you think against how you see yourself. A thought can seem foreign to your sense of self, and a phrase may not sound like you.

To your natal Moon

Progressed Mercury conjunct natal Moon: With your progressed Mercury on your natal Moon, thoughts take on the colour of your moods. Noticing a feeling and finding words for it happen close together.
Progressed Mercury in harmony (sextile or trine) with natal Moon: Your progressed Mercury in easy contact with your natal Moon opens a smooth path between mind and mood. Talking, writing or reading about what you feel comes without much strain.
Progressed Mercury in tension (square or opposition) with natal Moon: A progressed Mercury in friction with your natal Moon makes the mind and your inner needs talk past each other. What you reason out sits badly with what you feel, and the reverse.

To your natal Mercury

Progressed Mercury conjunct natal Mercury: Your progressed Mercury meeting your natal Mercury brings the mind face to face with its first pattern. Habits of learning, speaking and noticing feel familiar and sharply drawn.
Progressed Mercury in harmony (sextile or trine) with natal Mercury: Easy contact between progressed and natal Mercury lets newer ways of thinking build on the old. Your way of learning and speaking widens without losing its shape.
Progressed Mercury in tension (square or opposition) with natal Mercury: Your progressed Mercury in friction with your natal Mercury sets a changing mind against the habits of thought you began with. Old ways of putting things and newer ones compete for the same words.

To your natal Venus

Progressed Mercury conjunct natal Venus: Your progressed Mercury joined to your natal Venus brings talk and taste together. What you like finds easy words, and conversation becomes one of the things you enjoy.
Progressed Mercury in harmony (sextile or trine) with natal Venus: With your progressed Mercury in easy contact with your natal Venus, thinking and liking agree. Words come out pleasantly, and sharing company through talk, reading or games feels light.
Progressed Mercury in tension (square or opposition) with natal Venus: A progressed Mercury in friction with your natal Venus sets what you think against what you like. Your reasoning about what is worthwhile cuts across your tastes, leaving small choices harder to settle.

To your natal Mars

Progressed Mercury conjunct natal Mars: Your progressed Mercury joined to your natal Mars gives thought a quick, driven edge. Ideas arrive with energy behind them, and speaking up or working a problem through is done at pace.
Progressed Mercury in harmony (sextile or trine) with natal Mars: Easy contact between your progressed Mercury and your natal Mars lets plans and effort move together. You think a task through and get going on it with little gap between the two.
Progressed Mercury in tension (square or opposition) with natal Mars: Your progressed Mercury in friction with your natal Mars sets thinking against drive. The mind races ahead of the energy you have for a task, or effort runs in front of a clear thought.

To your natal Ascendant

Progressed Mercury conjunct natal Ascendant: Your progressed Mercury joined to your natal Ascendant puts your mind on show in your manner. How you speak, ask and observe is a large part of how you come across.
Progressed Mercury in harmony (sextile or trine) with natal Ascendant: With your progressed Mercury in easy contact with your natal Ascendant, your way of speaking suits your manner. Saying what you mean comes across clearly and without much effort.
Progressed Mercury in tension (square or opposition) with natal Ascendant: A progressed Mercury in friction with your natal Ascendant makes your thoughts and your manner fit awkwardly. What you think and the way you come across seem to disagree, so words and presence do not quite match.

To your natal Midheaven

Progressed Mercury conjunct natal Midheaven: Your progressed Mercury joined to your natal Midheaven ties your aims and standing to ideas and communication. What you know and say becomes a central part of the place you hold.
Progressed Mercury in harmony (sextile or trine) with natal Midheaven: Your progressed Mercury in easy contact with your natal Midheaven lets thinking and aims agree. Learning, writing or speaking fits what you hope to build in your public life.
Progressed Mercury in tension (square or opposition) with natal Midheaven: A progressed Mercury in friction with your natal Midheaven sets the way you think against what you aim for in public. Your ideas and your standing seem to ask for different things, which makes your aims harder to put into words.