Mercury-Uranus

Mercury-Uranus combines the learning, thinking, speech and writing associated with Mercury with the inventiveness, eccentricity, freedom, and spontaneity associated with Uranus.

This combination can show up in life as a tendency to communicate (Mercury) in a funny or quirky (Uranus) way, or the mind (Mercury) that is lightning quick and inventive (Uranus), or information (Mercury) insights that suddenly appear (Uranus) as if downloaded.

 

Below are examples of famous people born with this combination in their natal charts (natal chart is another word for astrological birth chart, or pictographic representation of the sky when they were born). When we witness how this combination shows up in the lives of others, we can become more self-aware of how this combination shows up in our own lives. The more we are conscious of the ways astrological alignments (otherwise known as “aspects”) show up in our lives, the more the archetypal tensions involved can become integrated in our lives, thus revealing inherent strengths to us.

Please note that the tension of this archetypal combination, as illustrated in the lives and creations of the famous people in the examples below, may be demonstrated in ways that are more integrated or less integrated.

  • The Mercury-Uranus combination in the chart of the musician Bjork can be seen in the way she is known for the unique (Uranus) style and content of her speech (Mercury). In this interview we see her talking (Mercury) about technology (Uranus) in a way that demonstrates very unique and eccentric (Uranus) thought (Mercury): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2lRscaX0uI

 

  • The Mercury-Uranus combination in the chart of Franz Kafka can be seen in the writer’s career as the author (Mercury) of the strange (Uranus). His writings (Mercury) were so revolutionary (Uranus) that they are considered to have invented (Uranus) and new style of surrealist (Uranus) literature (Mercury).

  • The Mercury-Uranus combination can show up as the one who is rebelious or eccentric (Uranus) through communication (Mercury). In the case of whistle blower Edward Snowden, who was born with this combination in his natal chart, we see how he rebelled (Uranus) through communicating (Mercury) about freedom of information (Mercury-Uransu). In the case of actor Jack Black, also born with this combination in his natal chart, we see the Mercury-Uranus combination showing up as the following eccentric form of communication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fogA2E-DEw

  • The Mercury-Uranus combination in the natal chart of comedian Steven Wright can be observed as the unexpected quirky (Uranus) turns of phrase (Mercury) in the following quotes from him:

“I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.”

“Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it back.”

“99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.”

“82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.”

“All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand..”

“I almost had a psychic girlfriend, ..... But she left me before we met..”

“How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?”

“When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.”

“What happens if you get scared half to death twice?”

“Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.”

“The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.”

“If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.”