![]() Your over-compensation, however only hides your own inadequacies from yourself. As an individual with Mercury in the 1st House, you may also over-compensate by criticizing others and becoming arrogant about your own intellectual abilities. Your response may be to belittle yourself or to express your lack of self-confidence. Having Mercury in the 1st House, you may have an idealized mental picture of yourself - one that is flattering to your ego - but when you think about yourself honestly and realistically, you feel ashamed that you are not what you think you should be. You may think, consciously or subconsciously, that you are mentally inferior to others or that you cannot communicate as well as others can. When critically comparing yourself to others, you inevitably come up short. With Mercury in the 1st House, you think about and analyze yourself and your worth excessively. InsecuritiesĪs an individual with Mercury in the 1st House, if you are inwardly insecure, you may feel that your self-identity and self-worth are tied to your intellectual ability and/or your ability to communicate to others. Because the mental and communicating functions are so closely identified with your self-concept, they are likely to be energized and extroverted. You are likely to see yourself as a thinking person (or, if you shun seeing yourself as an "intellectual," as a communicating person). With Mercury in the 1st House, tt is even more common for you mental and communication functions to manifest as an integral part of your identity. The danger in your mental energy being particularly focused on your self-identity is that you may become too self-absorbed. With Mercury in the 1st House, your self-analysis may extend beyond this basic question to others involving the definition of your identity. You can be expected to take a rational approach to answering this question. You are more likely to consciously form the question, "Who am I?" than are most people. You are apt to think consciously and analytically about your identity and selfhood. Inwardly, you may mentally focus on your self-identity. Having Mercury in the 1st House suggests that your mind and your ability to communicate play an important role in defining your identity and your sense of self. You, therefore, often try to dazzle others with volume and speed in your attempt to hide the superficiality of your knowledge and understanding. Partly this is because your ego subconsciously knows that keeping the mind perpetually moving from one thing to another and never letting it rest is one of the best ways to guarantee that the illusion of ego will be maintained. You do not rest long enough to acquire a thorough knowledge of a thing. InsecuritiesĪs an individual with Mercury in Gemini, if you are insecure, you are never really certain of the knowledge you have acquired. Thus, the functions associated with Mercury are “all over the place.” If there is a drawback to the Gemini placement of Mercury it is the potential for too much mental energy operating too freely and without enough grounding. The flexible, changing air element offers little resistance and its “wind” allows the mind to quickly move anywhere it likes. Gemini’s changeable air is the perfect medium within which the Mercury-associated functions can work. Thus, those functions associated with Mercury have a particularly strong affinity for Gemini’s energy and the attunement of those functions to Gemini’s vibration strengthens and empowers them. Mercury is well placed in Gemini, since Mercury rules Gemini. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated with Mercury in Gemini are a result of the very active operation of those functions symbolized by Mercury. Their interests are quite diverse.The placement of Mercury in Gemini indicates you have a need for an active and stimulating mental environment and abundant opportunities to communicate. ![]() These natives do well as astrologer, reporter, teacher, singer, poet and writer. They quickly get to solution to problems using their intellectual abilities. They like to acquire new information and learn new ideas. They are quite logical and practical in their ways. They like to have freedom and personal space for growth. Mercury in Gemini also gives them an acute ability to argument and win. They earn a lot of respect and recognition in society and live an affluent lifestyle. Such natives also excel in mathematics, accounts and languages. They have a strong hold over communication and articulation. These natives tend to be quite soft-spoken. People born with Mercury in Gemini have a sophisticated appearance and always project themselves as mannered and polite. ![]() Naturally, this placement turns out positive for the native as per Vedic Astrology principles. This is a comfortable position for Mercury since it is the lord of Gemini, a dual air sign. ![]()
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