Sun conjunct Mercury gives a sharp, quicksilver mind and tongue. These people live by their wits and have the ability to shine with words. They are often social chameleons. Their restless mind can be faddish and an over-active imagination often gives rise to odd quirks and phobias. A good few of the examples below had multiple marriages (3 and over!). Health seems to be an issue and this could come from their highly strung nerves. It may be hard for them to separate their ego from their thinking, taking it far too personally when anyone disagrees with their opinion. They can be masters of spin. Mercury being the neuter planet can account for a tendency to androgyny and bi-sexuality, or a certain childlike asexual charm.
Sun Conjunct Mercury Celebrities
Benito Mussolini’s (32′) odd quirk was that he feared hunchbacks, cripples and open umbrellas. Deeply superstitious he also kept a St. Anthony statue about his person at all times. Oliver Stone (35′) used the power of spin for his opinionated films that can be seen to promote conspiracy theories. He has often been criticised for historical inaccuracy. He sometimes uses several film formats in a single scene, a collage of information, used to fabricate the truth. Very trickster.
Carol King (24′) was the prolific songwriter behind many of the biggest hits of the 1960′s. Her emphasis was on lyrics. It seems she wrote for others because her nerves reportedly give her such severe stage fright, she very rarely took to the stage. Annie Lennox (16′) was famed for her androgynous look in the 1980′s. Her myriad of provocative stage persona’s ensure her ongoing status as a gay icon. Italy’s most successful fashion designer Giorgio Armani (13′), employed cunning with his Machiavellian style business strategy to amass a personal fortune of 5 billion. He is openly bi-sexual. Others with Sun conjunct Mercury include Christopher Reeve (35′), and 8 times married Elizabeth Taylor (10′).
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This is an interesting read. My Mercury is conjunct my Sun and also conjunct Uranus…what does the Uranian influence bring to the interpretation above? Any examples of people with these shared aspects you can think of? I would be most interested to know.
The description above is quite accurate… the social chameleon, the restless mind, the overly-active imagination, being high-strung, and I do feel utterly wounded when people don’t share my opinion. I can “spin” things but normally only do so to make people feel better or not offend them in someway (BTW-this triple conjunction is in Libra.) However, I am not androgynous or bi-sexual nor have I been married multiple times – I haven’t even been married once. Although this is mainly due to not thinking I can stay with one person for very long and experiencing the same.
I would imagine (and I’ve experienced) that Uranus would impact my mind with surprising energy – flashes of ideas, overwhelming barrage of thoughts, quick wit, added nervousness and insomnia (due to not being able to “turn off” my brain. Is this close?
@ Double Ivy. Oh yes you got the Uranus influence right. Also probably being objective,distanced,flashes of intuition,innovative thoughts, far out ideas. I think the quick wit and insomnia could be Mercury too. But Uranus is higher octave of Mercury anyhow, so its like you got a turbo charged Mercurial mind there. One could say Genius?
Not everyone of course will be androgynous or bi sexual because those are quite unusual lifestyle choices. The aspects we are using are very tight, so our observations will be the most extreme expression of this energy.
Thanks for the feedback Marina! I’m trying to learn more about astrology, so I am very grateful. Your site is so helpful – there is a lot of fantastic information and insight to learn from.
BTW- My Sun and Mercury are on the same degree and Uranus is just one degree of difference – so it is rather tight but just not so extreme!
I really like your article, and I can say that with a 27′ orb I think A LOT and I am scared of speaking in front of large crowds, what large crowds, in front of more than 10 people. But that is because of overthinking and vivid imagination, even if I fantasize about succesfully speaking in front of large crowds. I think this conjunction can give either loving to speak in front of large crowds, either fear of that. Ipochondria is likely too especially if the conjuction takes place in the 6th.
I don’t think though that bi-sexuality is given by this conjunction, I am sure that those people have some other aspect responsible for their bi-sexuality. I am also a very open person in matters of sexuality and would try unusual things, but I think that is given by my 8th house cusp venus.
Oh yes I agree that the chart is actually pretty sexless and you cannot definatively see sexual preferences in a chart. This conjunction certainly would’nt GIVE bi-sexuality. Annie Lennox isnt bi-sexual. But her creative style is, how she shines as a person has Mercurial qualities and one of those qualities is a bi-sexual sensibility , even if that just means being the “guy” sometimes when you (as a female.) are in bed with a man.
@Marina
Yes I think you are right about being the man sometimes. Mine takes place in my 7th and I need the pants, but not always and my style is very androginous, even if i am very feminine I need a touch of masculinity.
Interessante, grazie. Ma secondo te esiste una differenza fra mercurio cazimi, congiunto al grado al sole, e un mercurio congiunto al sole 2 o 3 gradi?
Ekain, first I’ll translate, then get back to you.
“Interesting, thanks. But second you exists a difference between mercury cazimi, joined to the degree to the sun, and a mercury joined to the alone one 2 or 3 degrees? “
The idea of Cazimi is that if a planet is conjunct the Sun by 17 minutes or less, the power of the Sun “englulfs” the planet which is seen as very positive influence. This was meant to distinguish this tight conjunction from combust, which is a conjunct of 8.5 degrees or less. This is because in traditional astrology, combust, or being “under the sun’s beams” was said to weaken the planet invloved and thus be a negative influence.
I don’t use this differentiation. I simply believe the tighter the conjunction, the stronger it’s influence, both in a positive and negative way. As a modern astrologer, I “make no distinction between a planet being combust the sun or cazimi.” [Cazimi - Wikipedia]
Interesting. I have Merc/Sun conjunction (9 degree orb) in Pisces in the 8th. I definitely relate to the androgynous aspect of the interpretation. I often feel that I embody masculine and feminine traits in extreme obvious balance: I am a physically strong woman with a strong will but I am also very receptive, very sensitive. I have always felt this way, even my appearance (short hair, lack of frilly or girly-ness) is often androgynous. Mostly, I experience this aspect as my thinking nature and my ego nature are both of the 8th house variety, deeply probing, drawn to the occult/dark/strange/sexual and that transformation in thought and personal expression go hand in hand. I feel like a slow bubbling volcano, wondering if I will ever erupt or just be doomed to simmer forever.
d.o.b.-22/11/2011 at 8.29 am
pl. give us prediction ,bhagyabhav,karmabhav
d.o.b-22/11/2011 at 8.29 am
pl give bhgyabhav & karmabhav
Ive seen a couple of Sun Merc conj who had a problem not knowing when to stop talking. in both cases Mercury was combust. I.e very close and ib bot cases the same degree. Niether person had any sort of inner editing mechanism and in one case the person overproduced saliva! I asked a homeopath about this and the remedy was Mercury!
One of the subjects had Mars conj Merc and the Sun… what a temper.. and what drivel!!!
I have a heavily influenced mercury.
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