Mercury-Venus

Mercury-Venus combines the love, beauty, pleasure and pleasantries of Venus with the voice, thought, correspondence and mercantilism associated with Mercury.

This combination can show up in life in ways that include, but are not limited to, speaking (Mercury) pleasantly (Venus), contentment with talking (Mercury) about superficial (Venus) topics, relaxed conversation (Mercury) among friends (Venus), and the ability to perceive (Mercury) the beauty (Venus) of color, symmetry and composition.

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-Venus combination in the chart of Heidi Klum can easily be seen in her role, for over a decade and a half, as a judge on the show Project Runway, in which it is her job to speak (Mercury) about beauty and fashion (Venus).

• The Mercury-Venus combination often combines speaking, communicating, and perceiving, all functions of the senses associated with Mercury, with beauty and art (Venus). In the chart of Siobhan Fahey, we can see the Mercury-Venus combination showing up in the singing of her top hit song “Venus,” with the band Bananarama. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4-1ASpdT1Y