Welcome back to the next ruler discussion for aries ascendant folks – mercury.
Mercury rules the 3rd house of communication, courage, efforts, skills among other things and the 6th house of mundane life, health, conflicts , dealing with enemies etc. For this ascendant, mercury gets exalted in its own sign of Virgo in the 6th and debilitated in Pisces in the 12th. This gives some important information on why Aries behaves the way they do and maybe should if they don’t.
Based on where mercury is situated in the natal chart, Aries ascendant will deal with that house in a challenging way. Being lord on 3rd and 6th both houses that grow with time (upachaya houses) and need a learning curve, these people need to be extra careful on how they communicate in life and deal with mercury. Primarily because, based on how they interact with people in their day to day life can bring in peace or discord. Their style of communication, how much effort do they put in in a task, how they handle daily life issues is all governed by this logical and analytical planet. This is the reason why Aries people are usually more logical in their approach than emotional when it comes to their day to day activities. They like to be able to find solutions to problems by applying all possible analytical skills and they should.
Mercury ruling their 3rd house gives these Aries ascendants the ability to be very rational and logical. They do their research and try to find the best possible solution. As the ruler of 6th, it shows the person’s capacity to deal with enemies. Mercury brings intelligence to the war, metaphorically speaking. If these people use their mercury well, they can very skillfully deal with their “enemies”, basically the difficult people in their life. Both are upachaya houses, which shows that Aries need to develop their intelligence, skills, talents, ability to deal with problems as they grow in life. They need to learn not be selfish and think about themselves all the time and take help and support from like-minded people.
Mercury being exalted in 6th shows the same. The best functioning for mercury would be when its analytical abilities are used to resolve conflicts and take care of daily life. Also, if mercury is well positioned and is in good dignity, such people can take criticism in a healthy way and utilize it to improve rather than getting offended by them. Aries people can sometimes be considered as very self- centered and defensive in their approach to deal with people. But if they can grow up to have this well-developed mercury they will be able to get out of this attitude.
On the other side, mercury debilitation in the 12th (sign of Pisces) shows, emotionally dealing with conflicts, legal issues etc will not be work out for them. They should not use their vulnerable side when dealing with life situations, rather use their intellect to support them out of the situation. 12th house also represents expenses. So when it comes to that, Aries might not be able to handle that very well. Maybe for them having a spouse (Venus exalted here, ruling the 2nd/7th house) that can take care of the finances will be more beneficial. This also shows that even though they need to deal with conflicts with intelligence and as soon as possible they also need to learn to let go and enjoy the peace from time to time, maybe go on vacations and not think about work and daily chores there. This will allow them to rejuvenate themselves and prepare for whats to come ahead in a more balanced way.
If you are an Aries ascendant or know one, see where your mercury is placed and how it resonates with this. Mercury is all about analysis, see if you can analyze it.
That is all for this analytical planet. Will be back with the moon and sun lordships next…
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