Mercury-Pluto Aspects in Synastry
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Disclaimer: This article represents a few interpretations among countless interpretations of synastry. I have 900+ synastry aspects in total, so you should check your whole synastry chart instead of one aspect within it.
Mercury Conjunct Pluto Synastry
With Mercury conjunct Pluto synastry, Pluto can help Mercury eliminate their negative thoughts. Pluto can encourage Mercury not to believe everything they think. A fleeting thought comes into the mind, but it isn’t the truth.
In fact, many of our thoughts merely echo past experiences and assumptions. Pluto can embolden Mercury to observe their thoughts without attaching meaning to them. Believing thoughts without questions can lead to a life of unnecessary suffering.
Mercury can feel safe to discuss their fears, intimate matters, and secrets with Pluto. Mercury is willing to have tough conversations with Pluto when needed. Even Mercury’s small talks can feel important to Pluto. Pluto tends to approach communication with a deeply serious attitude.
The downside is Pluto may have obsessive thoughts about Mercury. Pluto may often test Mercury’s intentions to see if they’re truthful.
Mercury Sextile Pluto Synastry
With Mercury sextile Pluto synastry, you can have deep conversations with each other. You can easily share your secrets. You may also love to talk about life’s mysteries and hidden matters together.
Pluto can demonstrate great listening skills. Pluto’s silence isn’t the absence of sound; it’s the presence of attention. Pluto can listen to Mercury’s unspoken words.
In turn, Mercury can see small details Pluto misses. Mercury can show logical flaws in Pluto’s thinking. What Pluto thought was true may not be so. Mercury can motivate Pluto to consider multiple perspectives when solving problems.
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Mercury Square Pluto Synastry
With Mercury square Pluto synastry, your conversations tend to be intense. If Mercury speaks without much forethought, this can trigger Pluto’s anger.
Mercury should choose their words carefully and be aware of the potential impact they might have on Pluto. Mercury may feel a sense of walking on eggshells, where spontaneous communication becomes difficult.
Pluto may think Mercury is not serious in their approach to important issues. They might even perceive Mercury as dishonest. Pluto may often doubt Mercury’s statements as they look for hidden agendas behind Mercury’s words.
Mercury Trine Pluto Synastry
With Mercury trine Pluto synastry, you both value honest communication, even on difficult topics. You encourage each other to speak the truth, because only the truth can set you free.
Pluto can motivate Mercury to develop courage in tough conversations. It takes two to speak the truth—one to speak and another to hear1, so Pluto can demonstrate great listening skills. Pluto listens to understand, not to respond.
Mercury can feel comfortable sharing their deep thoughts with Pluto. Pluto can also feel safe sharing their fears and past traumas with Mercury. Mercury can help Pluto think critically about what had happened.
Mercury Opposite Pluto Synastry
Mercury opposite Pluto synastry can indicate mind games in the relationship. Mercury can challenge Pluto’s logic to prove their intellectual superiority. Pluto may resort to emotional manipulation to sway Mercury’s thinking.
Pluto may often have obsessive thoughts about Mercury that play on a loop: “Why didn’t they text back?”, “Do they hide anything?”, “What if this happens?”
At the core, these thoughts are less about the relationship and more about unresolved inner conflicts. Instead of asking, “What if I lose them?”, Pluto should ask, “What can I learn from this experience?” Mercury can help Pluto consider alternative explanations to what Pluto already has on their mind.
- Quote from Henry David Thoreau ↩︎