Viggo Mortensen
mental interests and abilities

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

Viggo Mortensen thinks a great deal about his career, his reputation and public image, and the way he makes a contribution or impact on the world at large. Public speaking or communications of some other kind is likely to be an important aspect of the work Viggo Mortensen does.

He is not interested in subjects that are wholly abstract or technical. There must be a personal, human element to spark Mortensen's interest. His interests revolve around people and their inner motivations, feelings, personal lives and experiences. Viggo Mortensen is a natural listener with a talent for getting others to talk about their lives, relationships, dreams and desires - namely the things that are meaningful to them. Mortensen could also be an excellent writer, reporter or biographer.

Viggo Mortensen has a particular interest in the past. He is concerned either with personal history (childhood and early family experiences, genealogy, etc.) or with the roots and origins of societies (archeology, mythology, history, etc.).

Viggo Mortensen is nostalgic and he loves to hear others' life stories and to discuss his own experiences and feelings. Viggo likes to read biographies and memoirs, and he probably keeps a diary or journal himself. Viggo Mortensen also has the ability to be a successful public speaker.

He enjoys philosophical speculation and theorizing about abstract ideas and concepts. Mortensen is interested in a broad perspective, universal principles and systems, and connecting relationships and patterns - namely, he prefers to see the whole picture rather than the sum total of its components.Viggo Mortensen has a great respect and thirst for knowledge and education, and is the proverbial "perpetual student". Viggo Mortensen also has a talent for teaching and sharing his knowledge, and as a teacher, Viggo presents himself as a fellow participant in the ongoing quest for understanding rather than as a figure of authority.

He may become involved in television, publishing or other fields that involve sharing ideas with large groups of people. Viggo Mortensen excels in areas that require long-range planning and foresight, and can therefore be very successful in business, but he is rather sloppy and haphazard when it comes to implementing his ideas concretely. Viggo Mortensen should leave the details to someone else. Travel or long-distance contacts and communication will play a major role in his life and work.

His mind does not function in a linear, logical manner and Viggo Mortensen is often unable to express his thoughts in simple, everyday language. Symbols, images, art or music better express Mortensen's ideas. Flights of imagination and fantasy carry Viggo into strange and beautiful worlds, and he could foster the ability to transcribe some of his perceptions so as to share them with others, for example, by writing fantasy, fiction, lyrics or poetry. Mortensen is sensitive to nuances and possesses intuitive or psychic gifts, but he may become confused between imagination and true perception. Viggo Mortensen has a strong mystical and idealistic bent, and has difficulty focusing his attention on practical or mundane activities. Viggo Mortensen is strongly attracted to metaphysical and spiritual topics.

His mind is characterized by a penetrating depth and thoroughness. Viggo Mortensen ferrets out the facts, and especially enjoys a problem if there is an element of mystery, darkness, or the forbidden. Generally, Mortensen does not shy away from the truth, no matter how unpleasant it is.

Viggo Mortensen has good powers of perception and visualization and an intense imagination. Greatly inspired, he feels optimistic and hopeful for the future. He is likely to talk a lot about his plans and also is inclined to put on an act at times.

Astrological factors in this Astro Profile section:

Mercury in Scorpio

Mercury in 10th house

Moon Square Mercury

Mercury Conjunct Jupiter

Mercury Conjunct Neptune

Mercury Sextile Pluto

Mercury Conjunct Jupiter/Neptune