Mercury Quincunx South Node: Blocks & Talents

What does Mercury quincunx South Node mean? This aspect causes a disconnect between Mercury’s logic and communicative nature and the South Node’s ties to past lives, natural skills, and trauma.

Dealing with emotional baggage can be especially difficult because a person might over-intellectualize it, or a couple may have trouble connecting.

It can be difficult to acknowledge all the challenges that come with this aspect, so it will be challenging to work through them. Remaining emotionally distant and refusing to face trauma head-on won’t allow someone to move forward into the future, though.

Natal

Mercury quincunx South Node in a chart typically indicates a disconnect between a person’s rational, intellectual mind and the karmic lessons they are meant to learn from the South Node.

People with this quincunx in their charts may deny innate talents or have trouble acknowledging any trauma and baggage they carry over from the past.

Regardless of whether someone believes in the “past lives” aspect of the South Node, they will still struggle with parts of their personality or natural gifts that seem to be with them from birth. Their mind may not be able to access innate talents.

If you’ve got Mercury quincunx the South Node in your Natal Chart, you might not fully understand where your past. You may encounter a mental block related to your past and the baggage you carry from it.

You might be a nervous or anxious person. You may feel down and talk negatively to yourself if you feel like you don’t have any natural talents or if the ones you do have don’t benefit you in the way you’d like.

The lesson to be learned from this quincunx is that you have to acknowledge your baggage. You have to recognize your talents as well! You can access and use them while growing and gaining the other skills you’d like.

You may be the source of some of your mental blocks. By speaking negatively to yourself and refusing to acknowledge anything about your past, natural talents, or potential trauma, you’re keeping yourself from moving forward.

Self-reflect and connect to yourself better. Accept the ways your past is affecting you and work through them. Allow yourself to build off your innate talents instead of denying or downplaying them.

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Transit

Mercury quincunx the South Node during a transit typically indicates that your past may cloud your mind in some way. Issues you thought you were over might spring up again, or you may be unable to ignore a problem you’ve been avoiding.

If Mercury transits your natal South Node, you might feel anxious during this time. Your negative self-talk might increase, especially if you’re already insecure about your skills and talents.

If the South Node transits your natal Mercury, you’ll become more aware of your baggage. Something may remind you of an issue you’ve had in the past, especially during your childhood.

The Mercury-South Node quincunx may also remind you of the ways you’re holding yourself back. If you’ve already been experiencing mental blocks, you might realize you’re partially the source of those blocks during this time.

Don’t allow yourself to become depressed by your mental blocks or any past issues that come up, but don’t ignore them. You must focus on working through them or at least developing a plan.

You might not fix all of your problems during this transit. You may still feel blocked in some way by the end of it. However, you can start working toward mental clarity and healing.

Meditate, do yoga, journal, or pick up another activity that will allow you to clear your mind and get your thoughts out. If you’re comfortable, you can also talk to someone close to you to work through your jumbled thoughts and feelings.

If you try, you can better understand how to move forward by the end of this transit. You can develop a strategy for unblocking your mind and dealing with past issues that are still affecting you.

Synastry

Mercury quincunx the South Node in synastry typically indicates a disconnect between one partner’s intellect and communication style and the past of the other.

The South Node partner in this relationship may have emotional baggage that is somehow triggered by how the Mercury partner communicates with them. They may not even realize this is happening if they aren’t entirely aware of their baggage.

The Mercury partner in this relationship may not always understand the South Node partner’s feelings. They likely see no issue with how they communicate or what they enjoy talking about. If something triggers the South Node partner, they won’t know how to handle it.

It sometimes feels like something is holding this couple back from truly connecting. The Mercury partner might be frustrated by this if there is no simple explanation. The South Node partner will be equally frustrated, especially if it feels like their own baggage is causing the problem.

These two will feel disconnected from one another. This is one of the Mercury quincunx South Node cons. Even if neither partner knows what’s happening, they won’t trust each other.

When these two have miscommunications, they can quickly lead to arguments. This will push them further apart if they can’t figure out how to deal with conflict healthily. They’ll need to be more patient with one another to bond and better their relationship.

This relationship can teach both partners lessons about how they communicate and the baggage they carry into relationships. This is one of the Mercury quincunx South Node pros.

Both partners should be as open and honest as possible. When they feel frustrated with one another, they should work through that and get to the root of the problem. They can both heal and become more compassionate through being together.

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Composite

Mercury quincunx the South Node in a Composite Chart can create a lot of anxious energy in a relationship. These partners sometimes walk on eggshells around one another because they are worried about bringing up old baggage.

These partners can be emotionally distant from one another. They may have trouble opening up and trusting each other, making it difficult to form a bond and move forward in their relationship.

Mercury’s more communicative side will be blocked in this relationship. These partners may have different communication styles or be uncomfortable speaking with one another for various reasons.

Any negativity these two carry from past relationships, childhood, or past lives (if they believe in such a thing) will make this relationship even more difficult. These two won’t talk about their issues, though, so they won’t be able to move forward.

It might feel as if these two are far too disconnected to make anything work. This couple’s is unable to communicate because they each refuse to do so. It makes them uncomfortable sometimes, so they avoid it.

They need to work through that discomfort, though. If they want to bond and have a relationship, they must open up and be vulnerable with one another.

This couple can work through their pasts together. They can start by acknowledging the good things they’ve carried over instead of only focusing on the bad. They can encourage one another to open up and make more effort to open up themselves.

They will develop a stronger bond if these two can work through their past issues as a couple. They can both move forward into the future and grow the exact relationship they want. They can heal the past and only carry over the things that benefit them.

Solar Return

Mercury quincunx the South Node during a solar return typically indicates that issues related to your innate talents will arise this year. You might feel blocked from them if you usually acknowledge them. If you normally ignore them, you can’t do so any longer.

You may experience some blocks with your ability to communicate as well. You might not be able to talk about the past in particular or about anything you’re carrying over from it.

Mercury inconjunct the South Node in a Solar Return Chart may create some blocks, but it will also highlight some areas you’ll want to focus on in the upcoming year.

You shouldn’t ignore your mental fog, inability to communicate, or the way your past is negatively affecting you. Focus on solving whatever problems arise in the upcoming year.

If your talents feel blocked, you should actively work on honing them. Even innate talents require work. You can’t always coast on the skills you were seemingly born with. You have to continue learning and building those skills.

If you feel your natural skills are useless to you, examine why that is. You have those skills for a reason. You can make them work for you while also gaining new skills. You may need a shift in perspective.

Don’t ignore your past. If it still affects you, you must work through it to move on and reach your full potential. Shadow work, therapy, or simply talking about your problems can help you during the year following this solar return.