| Mercury: Your Intellect |
| Mental Quickness. Verbal acuity. Communication. Our mental picture of the world. Mercury is the messenger; it speaks in terms of logic and reasoning. The left brain is its vehicle. Mercury represents how we think and how we communicate those thoughts. Mercury also is concerned with travel of the routine variety .. work commutes, trips across town, weekend excursions, or a visit with siblings and neighbors .. rather than long distance travel. Restlessness is inherent to Mercury because it craves movement, newness, and the bright hope of undiscovered terrains. Mercury often tackles something new before the old has been assimilated. On a higher level, Mercury seeks to understand the deeper connections between the physical universe and the divine. Mercury orbits the Sun in about eighty-eight days. It goes retrograde every few months and during that time communications and travel plans may go haywire. Your computer may go down, lightning may blow out your electricity, or you may spend hours in an airport waiting for a flight that is ultimately canceled. It is best not to sign contracts when Mercury is retrograde. Mercury rules any profession dealing with writing, teaching, speaking, books, and publications. Mercury is the natural ruler of the third and sixth houses and governs Gemini and Virgo. It rules arms, hands, shoulders, lungs, the solar plexus, abdomen, intestines, the thymus gland, and the nervous and respiratory systems. |
Mercury in Signs:
| Aries Quick, decisive mind that makes snap judgements. Often argumentative. Intuitive about the dynamics of relationships. Taurus Practical, determined mind with strong likes and dislikes. Intuitive about the practical aspects of relationships. Love of beautiful, flowing language. Can be quite stubborn. Gemini Quick, inventive mind. Up to date on current events. Shrewd powers of observation. Adaptable, versatile intellect. Ease with language. Intuitive about the structure of relationships. Enjoys travel. Cancer Sensitive, imaginative mind with excellent powers of retention. Changes opinions quickly. Interest in psychic matters, often has psychic abilities as well. Intuitive about the inner connections in relationships. Leo Great willpower and lofty ideals. Intellect can be self-centered, but intuitive. Mental aspirations may revolve around children, pets, drama, and sports. Intellectual efforts often carry your personal and unique style. Virgo Facility with language and as a linguist. Mentally, you display a great attention to detail, which can collapse into criticism and nit-picky tendencies. Deep interest in mystery, the occult, magic. Excellent intellect overall. Libra A refined intellect, capable of broad scope. Excellent at balancing issues, intuitive about the innate balance in relationships. Good placement for any artistic pursuit, particularly music. Scorpio Suspicious, but deeply intuitive intellect capable of probing beneath the obvious. Mental need to perceive the hidden order of things, to pierce that order and pull out the truth. Can be sarcastic and wry in communication. Sagittarius Idealistic and intellectually versatile. Mental and intellectual development comes through philosophy, religion, law, publishing, and travel. Personal opinions sometimes are inflated and become principals rather than just personal opinions. Capricorn Mental discipline and organizational ability. The intellect is sometimes structured in a way that inhibits imagination. Much serious and thoughtful contemplation. Aquarius Intellect is detached from emotion and endlessly inventive. Mental interests tend to be progressive, unusual, and often eccentric. Interest in the occult and science. Pisces Psychic impressions are often so pronounced that reasoning ability is clouded. Great imagination and creativity are indicated and much information is culled through intuitive means. |