ALMUTEMAscendant Opposition Mercury
Ascendant represents your body, your make-up and how you present yourself and begin things; Mercury, the way you think, speak and learn.
Mercury opposing the Ascendant makes the native define themselves through exchange: clever, communicative partners, and an identity found in dialogue and negotiation. Thought is honed in the mirror of the other.
In the opposition Mercury sits beside the Descendant, in the Seventh House, and partnerships become a place of conversation, negotiation and at times dispute. Tradition links this position to marriages or partnerships with people who are young, clever or involved in trade, and to contracts that call for attention. Since Mercury takes the colour of the planets aspecting it, the tone of these relationships depends a great deal on them. The person thinks best in dialogue, and often only knows what they think after saying it to someone.