Alfred Lord Tennyson
mental interests and abilities

He is highly interested in inner, subjective and personal issues, and his thinking is based more on feelings, intuition, personal experiences and prejudices, than on reason or logic. Intellectual abilities and accomplishments without heart or soul mean little to Alfred Tennyson. He is empathic and would be an excellent counselor, for he is a sensitive listener and deeply interested in people's feelings and inner life. In addition to psychology, Alfred Lord Tennyson is drawn to education, art, poetry, music or mythology. He is not particularly confident about speaking in public, but will open up and share his thoughts in small, intimate groups. 1st Baron Tennyson enjoys keeping a personal journal and reading the chronicles of others' lives and personal development.

Inquisitive and communicative, Alfred Tennyson's mind seems to be "on" all of the time and he is forever gathering information and sharing ideas. His attention span may be rather brief; 1st Baron Tennyson has many and diverse interests, and is easily distracted. 1st Baron Tennyson learns quickly, is eager to pass on what he is learning and thinking about, and may talk excessively.

Alfred Lord Tennyson has an abundance of ideas, interests, and plans for the future, and may find it difficult to focus on any single area. He is not a specialist for he seeks a broad overview; he wants a glance of the whole picture rather than a close scrutiny of its components. Philosophy, religion or other areas of theoretical speculation interest him.

He also possesses foresight, numerous enterprising ideas and a gambling instinct - all of which contribute to his success in the business world. However, 1st Baron Tennyson's optimism and grand vision can also get him into trouble. Alfred Lord Tennyson sometimes promises more than he can deliver, glosses over important details that come back to haunt him later, and overestimates the potential of an idea or product.

Traveling is a great love of 1st Baron Tennyson's, especially if there is a mind-expanding or educational aspect involved, and Alfred Lord Tennyson may travel extensively in his work. Consulting or education would be ideal fields for him.

Although broadminded and interested in the philosophical or long-range implications of any plan (as mentioned earlier), 1st Baron Tennyson's mind is clear and practical as well. His wide-ranging ideas and interests are grounded by a sense of realism and order. At times Alfred Lord Tennyson may seesaw between his optimism and sense of broader possibilities, and his skepticism and need for facts and tangible proof.

Alfred Lord Tennyson possesses excellent powers of concentration and enjoys studying or deep thinking in solitude. Discriminating and highly rational, 1st Baron Tennyson gets right down to the bare bones in any discussion and is quick to see the fuzzy thinking or weaknesses in another's logic. He is well-suited to any work that requires organized thinking, precision and a methodical approach. He enjoys working on problems that others consider too tedious, repetitive or technical. Alfred Lord Tennyson tends to become a specialist in a given field of knowledge and to become engrossed in all of the small details involved, sometimes unaware that only few people share his particular interest, especially to the extent that he does.

He is very sociable and has a talent for organizing and arranging associations or groups of people. Alfred Lord Tennyson is likely to have good cooperation between people and he proudly shares his successes with them.

He may have to deal with considerable nervous tension and is inclined to see everything a little cloudy. Expressing what is on his mind could be hard for Alfred Lord Tennyson, and he could either intentionally or inadvertently deceive others, or vice versa.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Mercury in Cancer

Mercury in 3rd house

Mercury Square Jupiter

Mercury aspects Jupiter and Saturn

Mercury Trine Saturn

Mercury Opposition Jupiter/N. Node

Mercury Opposition Neptune/Pluto