Mercury in Aries, Mercury in the 7th House

Mercury in Aries ♈︎ in the Natal Chart

Mercury in Aries in the natal chart symbolizes speaking out of turn and taking action. There is a tendency towards impulsivity given the quick and fiery nature of this sign. Mercury in Aries individuals are known for instigating change and at times bringing much needed awareness to social causes often using adversarial means if necessary. 

You love intellectual pursuits but due to your short attention span you never stay with any one topic for too long. This gives you an overall sense of variety and basic knowledge in a wide area of interests. The Mercury in Aries individual will respond quickly based off of emotions as opposed to thinking things through. You are passionate and responsive; reacting well in the event of crisis or disaster. 

As a Mercury in Aries person you are gutsy and enjoy being the hero. You have a love of adventure or love reading about the adventures of others. With a fearless approach to life you speak your mind freely never allowing your true feelings to be repressed. You may tend towards a bad temper as you need an outlet to express anger and rage. Mercury in Aries individual’s act as a catalyst, a leader, and organizer for change.

7th House

Keywords: The keywords associated with the 7th house are marriage, partnership, relationships, business partners, friends, social life, balance, legal matters, cooperation, collaboration, compromise, love, and contracts. 

Angular House Type: An Angular house type is ruled by a cardinal sign. Libra is the cardinal air sign overseeing the 7th house. 

The 7th house is associated with partnerships, marriage, and contracts. It is where you start to see yourself expressed through others. Often people do not express the sign on the 7th house very easily but instead live out the themes of this house through their relationships. This house is the area of life where you have made commitments to someone else often in a legal or official capacity. For this reason the 7th house can be seen as your relationship to a business partner, a close friend, or a spouse. 

On a spiritual level the 7th house is bringing awareness to the areas of life you find yourself in opposition to. This is why individuals may end up dating their complete opposite zodiac sign, as the saying goes: “opposite attract.” Having a lot of planets in the 7th house indicates that you will often be searching for yourself in others. How you relate to your own identity and the identity of others is in the themes of this house.