Comments on: What aspects in astrology indicate a difficulty in mental concentration?

By: Karen S

Karen S — Sun, 24 May 2009 17:56:28 +0000

Just adding–Mercury too close to the Sun-called Combust (depending on who you listen to between 3 and 10 degrees) said to be debilitating–hard to separate rational thought from ones ego

By: mhiaa

mhiaa — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:28:06 +0000

Leonard

Mercury/Uranus challenging aspects, Mercury/Moon challenging aspects, Mercury/ sun challenging aspects.

By: aspicco

aspicco — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:05:10 +0000

Gertrude

Basically I agree with everything Astro Lady says… since you didn’t explain exactly how you have trouble concentrating, I will add that Neptune aspects to your Mercury can make you more of a space-y dreamer… but a Uranus aspect could rev up your mind and make your thought dash all around… Mars conjunct your Mercury could really rev up your thinking to the point of non-stop thought…

Hope that adds a little something to help you…

By: Astro Lady

Astro Lady — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:51:59 +0000

Tammy

Mercury in tough aspects with some of the other planets would attribute to this, in particular, the conjunction, square and opposition aspects. This is esp. true if Mercury is in conjunct with outer planets like Neptune or Uranus/Pluto. Mercury conjunct Uranus or Pluto would give a penchant for extreme innovation and creativity but also that of destruction, unreliability and unpredictability etc.

Mercury opposite such powerful planets would indicate that there are likely to be sudden, drastic breakaways from the old patterns of thinking etc..all this in a flash, which could lead to much confusion and tension for the native and those around him. Mercury in hard aspects to Neptune would also arouse the dreaminess and illusive qualities of Neptune, making the native difficult to tell apart fact from fiction, dreams from reality at times

And of course having Mercury in mutable signs - esp Gemini & Sag - would add on to the restless and fickle-minded nature of some individuals, if there arent enough influences to ground the native.

By: Syriaan

Syriaan — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:33:15 +0000

Dora

Hmm..this is a tough question. I think it has to do with the alignment of certain planets. Like for example lets say your rising sign is in Gemini, it could make it harder for you to focus on one thing at a time. Sagittarius also has a hard time deciding what to do when faced with a challenge.