During this period, words catch the image and relationships more quickly. You may say too much, rush to a conclusion, misread the other person’s tone, or look more nervous than you wanted. The square shows where thought does not match presentation, and contact breaks on a formulation, look, or intonation.
Mercury presses on the Ascendant through conversations, messages, documents, meetings, and short trips. A person argues, clarifies, justifies, interrupts, and defends their point of view with body and voice. Sometimes the problem is not in the thought itself, but in the speed: words fly out before the right tone is found.


