Mercury in Aries
What Mercury in Aries means, the traditional facts behind it, and when Mercury is actually in Aries.
The sign: Aries
- Element
- Fire
- Modality
- Cardinal
- Polarity
- Yang: outward, active
- Ruler
- Mars
Essential dignity
Mercury holds none of the four major dignities in Aries: no rulership or exaltation, no detriment or fall.
The four major dignities, from Ptolemy's table as Lilly gives it (1647).
When Mercury is in Aries
Every stay of Mercury in Aries from a year ago to two years ahead. Retrograde motion can split one stay in two.
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2026, 03:21 | May 3, 2026, 02:57 |
| Apr 8, 2027, 23:20 | Apr 24, 2027, 22:18 |
| Mar 31, 2028, 12:28 | Apr 15, 2028, 11:48 |
Times in UTC, to the minute.
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How this page is made
Sign facts and dignities follow the traditional tables; dates come from our own ephemeris engine. Exact about the astronomy, honest that astrology is a symbolic language.