Mercury in Gemini in the First House

The placement of Mercury in Gemini indicates you have a need for an active and stimulating mental environment and abundant opportunities to communicate. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated with Mercury in Gemini are a result of the very active operation of those functions symbolized by Mercury. Mercury is well placed in Gemini, since Mercury rules Gemini.  Thus, those functions associated with Mercury have a particularly strong affinity for Gemini’s energy and the attunement of those functions to Gemini’s vibration strengthens and empowers them.

Gemini is the Mutable Air sign. Gemini’s changeable air is the perfect medium within which the Mercury-associated functions can work. The flexible, changing air element offers little resistance and its “wind” allows the mind to quickly move anywhere it likes. Thus, the functions associated with Mercury are “all over the place.” If there is a drawback to the Gemini placement of Mercury it is the potential for too much mental energy operating too freely and without enough grounding.

Inseguridades

As an individual with Mercury in Gemini, if you are insecure, you are never really certain of the knowledge you have acquired. You do not rest long enough to acquire a thorough knowledge of a thing.  Partly this is because your ego subconsciously knows that keeping the mind perpetually moving from one thing to another and never letting it rest is one of the best ways to guarantee that the illusion of ego will be maintained. You, therefore, often try to dazzle others with volume and speed in your attempt to hide the superficiality of your knowledge and understanding.

Mercury in the 1st House:

Having Mercury in the 1st House suggests that your mind and your ability to communicate play an important role in defining your identity and your sense of self. Inwardly, you may mentally focus on your self-identity. You are apt to think consciously and analytically about your identity and selfhood. You are more likely to consciously form the question, “Who am I?” than are most people. You can be expected to take a rational approach to answering this question. With Mercury in the 1st House, your self-analysis may extend beyond this basic question to others involving the definition of your identity. The danger in your mental energy being particularly focused on your self-identity is that you may become too self-absorbed.

With Mercury in the 1st House, tt is even more common for you mental and communication functions to manifest as an integral part of your identity. You are likely to see yourself as a thinking person (or, if you shun seeing yourself as an “intellectual,” as a communicating person). Because the mental and communicating functions are so closely identified with your self-concept, they are likely to be energized and extroverted.

Inseguridades

As an individual with Mercury in the 1st House, if you are inwardly insecure, you may feel that your self-identity and self-worth are tied to your intellectual ability and/or your ability to communicate to others. With Mercury in the 1st House, you think about and analyze yourself and your worth excessively. When critically comparing yourself to others, you inevitably come up short. You may think, consciously or subconsciously, that you are mentally inferior to others or that you cannot communicate as well as others can.

Having Mercury in the 1st House, you may have an idealized mental picture of yourself – one that is flattering to your ego – but when you think about yourself honestly and realistically, you feel ashamed that you are not what you think you should be. Your response may be to belittle yourself or to express your lack of self-confidence. As an individual with Mercury in the 1st House, you may also over-compensate by criticizing others and becoming arrogant about your own intellectual abilities. Your over-compensation, however only hides your own inadequacies from yourself.

Intellect’s Focus

With Mercury in the 1st House, your intellect is generally self-focused. You are likely to be self-analytical and to think about your self-identity. Of course, you, also apply your intellect to a variety of external situations and tasks but you usually consider your intellect to be an important dimension of your personality and to define who you are.

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Artículo referenciado de:

• Gargatholil, Astrología Profunda: An Astrological Handbook - Volume 2: Planets in Signs

• Gargatholil, Astrología Profunda: An Astrological Handbook - Volume 3: Planets in Houses

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