Meriadoc Brandybuck: zodiac sign and birth chart

Merry Brandybuck has no canon birthday. Tolkien gives no day or month, so the chart is NEBO's take, read from his personality. Sun, Moon, rising, Mercury, Venus and Mars all land in Gemini: the clever, talkative hobbit who is already one step ahead when the others find out there is a plan.

SunGemini
MoonGemini
RisingGemini
MercuryGemini
VenusGemini
MarsGemini

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SourceNo canon birthday: Tolkien does not give Merry a day or month. The chart is NEBO's take, read from his personality.

Birth chart

Merry's chart at a glance

No canon birthday, so this is NEBO's take, read from his character.

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Earth0
Air6
Water0

Mostly air. 6 of his 6 placements are air signs.
Double Gemini. Sun and Moon in the same sign, about 1 in 12 people have that.
About 1 in 55 birthdays get Merry in the app's The Lord of the Rings world.
Other Geminis here: Gandalf, Legolas and Tauriel.

NEBO's take

No birthday in canon. His personality says Gemini.

We ran Merry through the same model that matches people to characters in the app, and looked at which chart gets him most often. It reads him as Gemini through and through: every placement on the page sits in the same sign.

Canon

No canon birthdayNever given in the books or the films

NEBO's take

Gemini SunRead from his personality

Sun CanonNot in canonNEBO's takeGemini
Gemini talks, plans and organizes. When Frodo plans to slip away alone, Merry and the others have already arranged to go with him.
Moon CanonNot in canonNEBO's takeGemini
A Gemini Moon keeps it light. At the ruins of Isengard he and Pippin sit by the water with a meal and a pipe, as if the war had nothing to do with them.
Rising CanonNo birth timeNEBO's takeGemini
No birth time in canon. First impression, Gemini style: friendly, quick and always ready with a joke.
Mercury CanonNot in canonNEBO's takeGemini
Gemini Mercury explains things. With Pippin, Merry tells Treebeard what Saruman is doing, and the Ents decide to act.
Venus CanonNot in canonNEBO's takeGemini
Gemini loves a friend who keeps up with the talk. Merry and Pippin are inseparable, and their return to the Shire is a double act.
Mars CanonNot in canonNEBO's takeGemini
Gemini Mars fights with the tool at hand. On the Pelennor he strikes the Witch-king with a blade from the barrow.

What canon does give: a hobbit who sees trouble coming and arranges things before anyone asks. Gemini answers that with quick wits and a head full of plans.

How he shows up

Why he's like this

Gemini is the sign of wits, talk and planning ahead. Merry hits all of it, in scenes fans know by heart.

CoreGemini Sun

Already planned it
Frodo thinks he is slipping away unnoticed. His friends confront him: they have known for a while and are coming too, and Merry has been quietly doing the planning.
The Fellowship of the Ring, book, 'A Conspiracy Unmasked'
MindMercury in Gemini

Gets an Ent to listen
In Fangorn, Merry and Pippin tell Treebeard what is happening to the forest and what Saruman is doing. The Ents hold a Moot and then march.
The Two Towers, book, 'Treebeard'
FeelingsGemini Moon

Jokes in the ruins
After the Ents flood Isengard, Merry and Pippin sit on the wreckage with food and pipeweed. Gandalf's company turns up and finds them at ease.
The Two Towers, book, 'Flotsam and Jetsam'
LoveVenus in Gemini

Best friends who finish each other's lines
Back home, Merry and Pippin raise the hobbits against Saruman's ruffians and lead the fight at the Battle of Bywater.
The Return of the King, book, 'The Scouring of the Shire' · spoiler
In a fightMars in Gemini

Small blade, big timing
On the Pelennor Merry rides with Éowyn. When she faces the Witch-king, he stabs him from behind with the barrow-blade, and she finishes it.
The Return of the King, book, 'The Battle of the Pelennor Fields' · spoiler