Mercury In Astrology

Planet Mercury in astrology is the mental part of you and how you communicate.

The information gathered in this content is taken directly from my personal notes in my research of astrology. I decided to keep it in point form – similar to how I wrote it out on paper as it keeps my virgo thinking mind intact. It also gives me the opportunity to explain further through live, video and/or podcast. Which is needed because understanding the depths of astrology is not as simple as reading one post. There needs to be discussion, conversation, and intuitive reflection. Astrology is an ancient spiritual tool and accuracy is a phenomenon.

There Are 5 Personal Planets That Impact Who You Are

• The Sun is your Spirit
• The Moon is your Body
• MERCURY IN ASTROLOGY IS YOUR MIND
• Venus is your Heart
• Mars is your Desire

Astrology Is Mercurial

• Mercury in astrology is the mouthpiece
• The Natal process is how it gets out to the world

Body Parts Mercury Rules

• Hands – Work with hands / Skill with hands / dexterity
• Shoulders
• Fingers
• Joints
• Belly
• Hearing – transmute and translate all in one / receiving speech = how you hear
• Challenging physical issues with hearing
• Windpipe
• Intestines
• Tongue
• Pancreas

• Connected to mental and linguistic functions

• Domicile = Gemini & Virgo
• Antithesis = Sagittarius
• Fall/Depression = Pisces

About Mercury In Astrology

Positive Aspects of Mercury

• Shows someone who can speak with ease
• Planets stationed at time of birth are more important
• Turning points are stationed direct – where Mercury was when you were born
• Progression if you were born close to a station of another planet
• Focus on the small things (details)
• Ability to focus on them and improve / tweak
• Tangible quality that needs proof
• Methodical – numbers and counting is associated with Mercury
• Taking multiple parts and putting it together
• Critical thinking skills to question and explore
• Take things apart mentally with concepts and conversation
• Discernement
• Communication, speaking and receiving information
• Solar knowing – heart has clarity
• Rationalizing – Think through logically is the mercurial way of deciding

Negative Aspects of Mercury

• Rationalizing bad behaviour
• Brain and thoughts are too much
• Restless thoughts and mental loops
• Mind / Body separation
• Hyper Rationalization
• Can’t shut off running thoughts

Mercury Rules Virgo

• Investigating the details
• Cold and dry
• Methodical and Systematic
• Wants to know all the small parts
• Technology ability
• Can get stuck on the details
• Obsessing and not able to zoom out
• Being bogged down by the details
• Taking things too far and getting stuck
• Inward moving energy
• Hard to “unsee” or “un-know” something (eg. germs and phobias)
• Perfection
• Ability to see what flows in writing and convey it better

Mercury Rules Gemini

• Connecting the dots
• Bouncing ideas around with other people
• One who proclaimed
• Outward moving energy
• Town herald archetype
• Open to change
• Adaptability
• Go with the flow
• A lot of words but not a lot of depth behind it
• Talking for the sake of talking
• Curious to know how something works

The Trickster Part of Mercury

• Riddles and cleverness
• Craftyness
• Jokers and stand up comics
• Being funny with words and speech

Translation & Divinity Is Mercury – depending upon placement

• Ability to mentally travel in between worlds
• Receive information and deliver it to the world
• Mercury in astrology is the messenger of God
• Can go to the spirit world and translate messages to the physical world

Mercury Has A Large Variety of Roles

• Takes on the qualities of other planets
• More so with the sign it is in
• There is a lack of consistency with Mercury – Needs variety
• Instability – Retrogrades 3 times per year

The Messenger to Other Planets…

• Mercury in astrology is “Neutral” and takes on Planet/Sign most close with
• Adaptable and absorbs malefic and benefic planets
• A person has access to knowledge and wisdom to help others – wherever Mercury is
• Describing or capturing systems and divine intellect
• Thinking brain that writes or communicates to others

The Core Function of Mercury Is To Transmit & Convey

• The placement is dependent upon how they take information and bring it to the world
• It is different with each placement
• There are different communication styles based on the placement of a chart
• Difficult communication is with Mars and Saturn

Mercury Is Never Far From The Sun

• If Mercury is not in the same sign as the Sun
• It is always going to be one sign forward or one sign back from the Sun

The Sun With Mercury

• When Mercury goes under the beam of the Sun it goes unseen
• Hidden slyness
• Divine intellect of the Sun mixed with thinking juice of Mercury
• Mercury and the Sun are on the same page
• Thinking mind shines
• Mercury cannot move further than 28 degrees from the Sun

The Moon With Mercury

• 2 of the fastest planets
• Rhythm is to the lunar cycle
• Instability becomes Mercury and goes retrograde
• Unstable
• Far from the Divine

Venus with Mercury

• Words are a medium for art
• Artistry in writing style

Mars with Mercury

• Words are weapons
• Aggressive words
• Quick to speak
• Impulsive / fighting words
• Screaming and loud words
• Cursing words
• War strategies
• Incisive and relentless
• Driven intellectually
• Mental focus
• Good comebacks
• Quick thinking
• High strung quality
• Argumentative – going beyond devil’s advocate and enjoying arguing
• Talking behind people’s back
• Gullible – would and could fall for anything
• Self-educated and good at learning on your own
• Enjoys getting good at different things
• Curious towards mysteries / occult / divination
• Uncovering hidden knowledge

Saturn with Mercury

• Obstacles with communication
• Fear and the ability to see fear
• It can bother you where you feel stuck
• Saturn builds a sustainable container to hold Mercury’s ideas

Neptune with Mercury

• Mercury conveys things – makes distinctions
• Neptune clouds things – we are all one
• Lines and boundaries are blurred
• Can be divine inspiration
• Can be confusing and foggy
• There is a haze over figuring something out
• Surrender works in this situation
• Glossed over speech that can be appealing
• Transports and captivates you
• Can be uncomfortable if you have strong mercurial placements

Uranus with Mercury

• Things are more fast and more communicative
• Changes directions quickly which you cannot predict
• Dazzling or frazzling
• Unpredictable
• Originality – A strike of inspiration / messenger for a great idea
• A lot of contact with outer planets can be hard to hold
• Things explode and can be hard to handle
• Overwhelm, idea, or rapidly expand the world
• Both move fast
• Might do the opposite
• Communication is needed
• Boundaries of no communication
• There can be an overlap or double up

Jupiter with Mercury

• Natural polarity
• Mercury – logic and wants the information
• Jupiter – Broader perspective and wants the truth, wisdom
• Both are mind planets
• Jupiter – scales | spirituality and philosophy | faith and belief
• Mercury – rationalize | skepticism
• Can unite small picture and the big picture together
• Counterbalance each other
• Adds meaning to Mercury’s information
• Jupiter – confirmation of things
• Mercury – opposes and throws things in the air. Detecting and questioning