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Mercury-Uranus Aspects: The Genius

Having Mercury conjunct, square, opposite, sextile, or trine Uranus, in your birth chart, makes you the genius. This isn?t always literally true, even though it?s typical for a person with a Mercury-Uranus aspect to have a high IQ to the point of intellectual giftedness. But, it?s more so a genius in the manner of having a very idiosyncratic, unique way of thinking. Mercury is all about the mind and our comprehensive and communicative abilities. It?s how we think and the ways in which we verbalize our thoughts. Uranus, on the other hand, is an unusual planet, symbolizing innovation and progression, as well as a contrary kind of weirdness or rebellion. So, with Mercury in aspect to Uranus, the ways in which you think (Mercury) are offbeat (Uranus) to the point of brilliance. Accepting this part of your nature and finding ways to channel it is the key with these aspects.

You?d think that Mercury-Uranus people would have it easy in school, flying through their subjects and grade levels, acing tests with flying colors. But, think again. It?s actually more common to hear people with these aspects say that they couldn?t stand school and that they didn?t get the best grades. It?s quite a contradiction as, again, these people are usually highly intelligent. But, the thing about the school system is that it can be confining, to the point of wanting to put all of its students into a little box of thinking and learning. But, Mercury-Uranus people?s minds don?t fit into that neat little box. Therefore, the conflict is established. If you have one of these aspects, you might have seen the classroom, growing up, not as a haven of stimulation but as an oppressive cage.

Uranus is, after all, a rebel. So, if you have a Mercury-Uranus aspect, you are prone to rebelling on a mental level. This is how you probably dealt with school throughout your upbringing. You bucked and balked against the system, not appreciating being told what to think and what to be interested in. In fact, you might have become deeply misunderstood, as a result. Students with these aspects can stand out in the classroom, for better or worse. Your inability to color inside the lines might have worried teachers, making them feel like there was some sort of disorder or behavior issue going on. Hopefully, you had some sort of particularly friendly teacher to guide you. Mercury-Uranus students are only difficult to handle when you try to make them rigidly conform. But, if you had a teacher who recognized your giftedness and befriended you, showing total tolerance toward your individualistic ways, you felt much more motivated and stimulated in class.

But, all throughout life, there can be an element of you being misunderstood (Uranus) via the way you communicate (Mercury). Some people with this placement have such erratic, left-field thoughts that the things they say often leave people scratching their heads. Others might be easier to understand on a logical level but just difficult to fully reach or gain a read on in conversation. You have a remote quality to the way in which you communicate, as your mind can often seem to be somewhere else. Sometimes, your head is just way out in outer space. You are an unpredictable talker, as well, leaving those to expect the unexpected when speaking to you. It?s a regular occurrence for people to walk away from a conversation with a Mercury-Uranus person saying, ?Where did that come from?? This can be regarding brilliant insights, wildly inventive ideas, provocative jokes, and unusual comments that all come spilling out of your mouth.

There is a suddenness to the way that Uranus operates that influences your speech. You might appear to really blurt things out. But, this is the way in which your mind naturally works, as your thoughts manifest like quick flashes of lightning. You must feel like you?re being given the complete freedom to just say whatever?s on your mind. Having Mercury in aspect to Uranus doesn?t make you too encumbered by tact or pretense or politeness. You don?t care too much about how what you?re saying is being received and your detachment from social conventions can be quite startling to some people. Therefore, you might often end up rubbing someone the wrong way or offending them through your speech. Talking to you can feel like sticking your finger in a socket. Your words truly shock people, in some way or another, and you might just get off on doing so.

Yet, this can contribute to that mental perspective of being misunderstood. Having a Mercury-Uranus aspect means that your brain just doesn?t work like most people?s. So, thoughts and ideas and opinions that you see as totally normal are often considered odd or absurd to others. It?s the age-old tale of the genius: being so ahead of his/her time that he/she walks a lonely path. Basically, you must get used to the idea that your mind works differently and fully embrace that, without feeling like a freak and without feeling the rebellious need to push others? buttons, as a result. Many with this placement can continually up the shock value in their conversation, especially those with the conjunction, square, or opposition, which can stem from a certain frustration that comes from constantly being seen as a weirdo or a troublemaker. If this is the case, you must learn how to focus that mental energy on something more constructive. You still might end up being shocking via your speech. But, just don?t try so hard to do so on purpose.

Gifted people often struggle with the process of claiming their giftedness, as society can make them feel ostracized or ridiculous for doing so. The same can be said of Mercury-Uranus people, many of whom fall into the gifted category. You might have spent so much of your life being told your ideas were crazy and unacceptable that you isolate yourself from the crowd and don?t share your ideas, just talking to yourself about them instead. The same can be true of your high intelligence, which can, of course, make you an outcast in a different way while growing up. Mercury can be looked at to pinpoint any issues around the intelligence. With Mercury in aspect to Uranus, your issue might be simply owning up to the fact that you are very smart. That can sound like egotism to Uranus and make this planet very uncomfortable. But, it?s not egotistical if you?re using that intelligence to help advance the world and the people around you. This needs to be Mercury-Uranus? primary focus.

You have the mind of a true innovator, capable of looking at things from unusual, highly interesting perspectives. That "light-bulb" in your head turns on without warning and you are an avid brainstormer, capable of engaging in a flurry of mental energy and exchanges. Those with the sextile and trine, and sometimes the conjunction, simply prefer to approach things from a totally independent-minded angle, allowing them come up with fascinating ideas or refreshing opinions. Yet, if you have the square or the opposition, you might be rather overwhelmed with your mad-scientist point of view, as your mind doesn?t seem to stop spinning in unpredictable directions. The conjunction can manifest this way, at times, as well. Mercury-Uranus might not just think outside of the box. The concept of a box might not even cross their minds. This is a highly creative combination, though not necessarily like artistic Mercury-Neptune. Your creativity stems from sheer inventiveness and a willingness to go out on a limb intellectually. Therefore, you must cultivate numerous ?experiments? in life in order to channel this.

In doing so, you can help open up and progress the minds of those around you. Mercury-Uranus people aren?t content with mundane, small-talk conversation. You want to discuss truly stimulating subjects that will push both you and the other person to really think. You have an electrifying influence in your conversations and people can walk away from you impressed by how unique your observations and opinions are. However, when someone or something bores you, you?re totally disconnected, to the point of seeming to be taking off on a spaceship to someplace much more interesting. This is another reason why Mercury-Uranus people can hate school. You?re much more mentally detached than most when you?re uninterested in something, which could?ve been a few subjects in school. Yet, when you are truly interested, your genius shines through.

You definitely don?t appreciate being told what to think. In fact, that?s the number one rule for getting to know a Mercury-Uranus individual: don?t tell them what to think. No one should just freely dish out advice to you, especially when it?s unsolicited. In your mind, you and you only determine your opinions. Your manner of comprehending things is highly independent, sometimes to a startling degree. It?s rare to find a Mercury-Uranus person who constantly seeks people?s advice. It will be an out-of-the-norm event when you do and, even then, you will still filter it through your own logic. The disapproval of others doesn?t deter you, even if it might secretly bother you. In fact, the more people disagree with you, the more determined you become to stick to your point of view or your decision, like the rebellious-minded individual that you will eternally be.

Because of this, Mercury-Uranus people?s opinions usually go against the normal conventional thought of society. This can apply in many different areas, possibly even just about every area you can think of. You do not readily go along with the herd?s mentality but stop and question things for yourself. Peer pressure is never, ever an issue for you, as you?re far from easily influenced. People with these aspects are generally not prejudiced in their thinking. In fact, they can feel even more isolated, sometimes, due to their ability to not place people in such rigid, stereotypical categories because of their race, sex, class, sexual orientation or anything else. With this aspect, you can see the inherent stupidity of people?s discriminatory thinking much more readily than others. As a result, you find it easy to detach from these perspectives, seeing them as totally illogical, and follow your own broad-minded mode of thought that sees everyone as one and the same.

Individuals with Mercury-Uranus are future-oriented minds. They are ready to take us into a whole new age of thinking and have probably been ready their entire lives. With this aspect, you are always two steps ahead of the pack, in one sense or another. However, it?s difficult for you to realize this until the others catch up and you see how much faster you are than them. If your Mercury is in Aries, Gemini, Virgo, or Aquarius and in aspect to Uranus, then your thinking is even more exceptionally quick, to the point where you might need to curb a tendency to suddenly jump to conclusions. But, you will never be able to slow those brilliant brainwaves down too much. Because of your quickness, you are usually the first person in the room to get the joke. It takes someone who?s as fast on the uptake to keep up with you when you?re in a humorous mode, as you not only have a very quick wit but can go off on crazy riffs and tangents that seem to take on a life of their own. And of course, your sense of humor always has that edginess, that feeling of no one knowing exactly what you?re going to say. And most wouldn?t have it any other way.

Mercury conjunct Uranus: Due to the conjunction, you are a complete mastermind, full of an inventiveness that few people can match. But, there's definitely a potential for you to take the perverse approach, constantly seeking to subvert everything and everyone around you with your unconventional speech and your left-field approach. You possess an odd kind of intuition, as well, as even you can be puzzled as to how you seem to just brilliantly comprehend things like you do.

Mercury square or opposite Uranus: You are the most likely to speak and think in erratic, bizarre ways. Having the square or the opposition can make you more of a frustrated genius, as it can be difficult for you to translate those extraordinary ideas into a sensible reality. This can be difficult and make you feel even more isolated in your outlook. But, when you find a healthy balance between common logic and wild inspiration, you are capable of putting your unique intelligence to good use.

Mercury sextile or trine Uranus: With the sextile and the trine, rationality and unconventionality blend to the point where you're just enough of a kook to stand out but not so bizarre that you don't make any sense. In fact, your individualistic mindset often ends up sounding refreshingly logical to many. You are just as nonchalant about people's approval as the others with this aspect, though, and might have to watch for a tendency to be so detached in this way that you don't care whose buttons you push.

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