Dr. Sharma provides a beautiful psychological profile of the Mercury-Venus conjunction in the 1st house (Ascendant).
Mercury represents intellect, communication, and youthfulness. Venus represents beauty, art, and romance. When these two planets combine in the 1st house (the core personality), the native becomes incredibly creative, artistic, and charming ("kalakar ya kala premi").
However, this combination also makes them highly romantic and emotionally impressionable. Because they see beauty in everything, they tend to fall in love very quickly and easily ("jaldi hi use doosron se pyaar ho jata hai"). Dr. Sharma notes that this exact same effect happens if the conjunction is in the 7th house, provided the harsh energy of the Sun is not nearby to burn the romance.