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Mercury in Aquarius

Mercury in Aquarius is where Mercury sat in the zodiac at the moment of birth, the part of a chart read for how you think, talk and learn. Mercury stays in a sign for two to ten weeks, longer when it turns retrograde. Aquarius is a fixed air sign.

Of the 6,194 well-known people in StarMap's dataset, 584 have Mercury in Aquarius for the whole of their birth date. Steve Jobs, Corbin Bleu and Cristiano Ronaldo are among them. Their commonest Sun signs are Aquarius (289), Pisces (207) and Capricorn (71). 29 more were born on a day Mercury moved into or out of Aquarius and are left out, because the hour decides and StarMap has no birth time for them.

Steve Jobs and Corbin Bleu both have Mercury in Aquarius.Is your Mercury in Aquarius?Find out with the free Mercury sign calculator

What Mercury in Aquarius means

Read for how you think, talk and learn. If this is your placement:

Your thinking is original and a step removed from convention, and you communicate best through ideas rather than small talk. The stubborn streak is holding a position out of principle after the evidence has moved on. In a group, you are the one who asks the question nobody else thought to ask.

One placement is one part of a chart; the Sun, the Moon, the rising sign and the planets around them change how it plays out. Draw your whole chart to see the rest.

Famous people with Mercury in Aquarius

All 584 people with Mercury in Aquarius, A to Z

Mercury in Aquarius, from last year to two years ahead

  • 20 January 2026 to 6 February 2026
  • 13 January 2027 to 1 February 2027
  • 18 February 2027 to 18 March 2027
  • 6 January 2028 to 13 March 2028

Dates are UTC. A retrograde close to the sign boundary shows as two stays a few weeks apart; born between them, Mercury was back in the sign before.

Questions people ask

How do I know if I have Mercury in Aquarius?

From your birth date: the Mercury sign calculator works it out from the real sky. Mercury stays in a sign for two to ten weeks, longer when it turns retrograde, so most birth dates settle it; on a day it changed sign, the time decides.

Which famous people have Mercury in Aquarius?

Steve Jobs, Corbin Bleu, Cristiano Ronaldo, Muhammad Ali and Justin Bieber all have Mercury in Aquarius. StarMap's dataset of 6,194 well-known people has 584 with it for the whole of their birth date, each with a birth chart.

When is Mercury next in Aquarius?

Mercury enters Aquarius on 13 January 2027 and leaves on 1 February 2027. It was last there from 20 January 2026 until 6 February 2026.

More of Aquarius

Positions are computed from each person’s birth date and place with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth data comes from Wikidata; a placement is listed only when it holds for the whole birth date, and a rising sign only with a birth time Astro-Databank records. Readings describe tendencies, for entertainment and self-reflection; StarMap predicts nothing. Every planet in every sign.

Photo credits (48 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

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