Montgomery Clift
mental interests and abilities

Montgomery has the ability to concentrate and become completely immersed in his work. Montgomery Clift seems to know things at an instinctive, nonverbal level and prefers learning through direct experience or apprenticeship rather than through books or lectures. Montgomery has mechanical ability and works well with his hands. Clift could become adept at sculpture, pottery, carpentry or anything that involves manual creativity.Biology (and related fields such as medicine) interests him as well. Montgomery Clift also has an instinctive rapport with animals, and may feel that he relates better to them than to people! Montgomery Clift tends to become narrowly focused on his own specialized interests and may not have much to say or communicate outside of that particular field.

Inquisitive and communicative, Montgomery'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; Clift has many and diverse interests, and is easily distracted. Clift learns quickly, is eager to pass on what he is learning and thinking about, and may talk excessively.

Montgomery Clift appreciates aesthetics and has a fine sense of form, design and beauty. He could develop considerable technical skills as an artist, designer, craftsman or creative writer. Clift could also sell objects of beauty such as artistic products, cosmetics, jewelry, etc.

Montgomery Clift has the ability to please and harmonize well with others and a talent for assuaging strain in the relationships of other people. His sense of humor, tact, and personal charm are a great asset when working with people one-on-one.

Montgomery Clift has a great capacity for concentration, handling details, and learning about subjects others might find ponderous, too technical, or dry. He could easily become a teacher of some specialized skill or field of knowledge. Practical applications and techniques are his forte. In speech Montgomery Clift tends to be factual and to the point.

Although Montgomery Clift's thinking is precise and logical, as described above, at times Clift can be quite the opposite. There may very well be periods of absentmindedness, building castles in the air, or ruminating over mystical, abstract or imponderable subjects, as discussed below.

His mind is highly imaginative and creative and he possesses dramatic, artistic or musical abilities. As a child, Montgomery Clift enjoyed daydreaming, fantasizing and pretending, and probably lived in "his own little world" a good deal. He perceives things that are not obvious to other people and Montgomery Clift has an uncanny ability to "read" people and situations without being told anything about them. However, Montgomery Clift must learn to discriminate between true psychic perception and his imagination. Learning to discipline and focus his mind is necessary if Clift wishes to use all of his creative potential. Otherwise, Montgomery Clift could be simply a dreamer.

Communication with others is difficult for Montgomery Clift because he often finds words frustrating and inadequate to express his experiences and perceptions. Also, Montgomery may purposefully mystify or deceive others.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Mercury in Scorpio

Mercury in 3rd house

Mercury Conjunct Venus

Mercury Sextile Saturn

Mercury aspects Saturn and Neptune

Mercury Square Neptune