Mercury in Cancer

30 July 1947, 04:10, Graz, Austria

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Besides the Sun and the Moon there are four planets that are very important for personal horoscope analysis and define individual parts of your personality: Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter.

Mercury is the planet, nearest to the Sun and it travels the fastest. That is why it is a very important personal planet, which influences communication, education, relationships, skillfulness and resourcefulness. Mercury also symbolizes transport and travels, especially short ones.

The position of Mercury in personal horoscope tells us how you think, how you communicate with the outer world and generally describes all the things that occupy your mind.

Mercury in Cancer

You are a very sensitive and daydreaming person with vivid imagination and an unusual sense of humor. You have a very good memory. Other people influence you easily, because you are susceptible to external influences that you absorb like a sponge. Your thinking, your conclusions and decisions usually have a sentimental tone. You are probably interested in history, ethnology, art, poetry and similar areas. A lot of your energy is focused on home, family and your loved ones. You are very successful in artistic professions and professions with a social note.

Mercury in 1st house

You are successful in commerce, marketing, writing, publishing, etc. You are resourceful, skillful and clever, you are always on the lookout for new possibilities and also use these possibilities very well. You are interested in science, medicine, literature, architecture, etc. You are a sociable, easy-going and restless person.

Mercury as rising planet

Because Mercury is found eastern in your personal horoscope, you are dynamic and flexible, agile, swift and resourceful. You are very youthful, both in personality and in appearance. Because you are interested in all sorts of things and are also talented in many areas, it is useful to direct you already in childhood towards constructive use of excessive thinking energy; you are talented in languages, writing, commerce and marketing. You often also have sense of music and painting. You are very restless, yet articulate and it is extremely important to you to get enough movement. You constantly have to do something, both mentally and physically. You like to express yourself, you mostly talk a lot and are sociable and a good company. Because of your audacious attitude towards life, you attract all sorts of people, also more serious ones.

Mercury trine Jupiter

You are usually pleasant, very sociable and open, also talkative, fun and interesting, that is why you are usually much loved in company. You are interested in everything, are clever and learn quickly, you intensely absorb and take advantage of data and information. You are constantly progressing, one way or the other. You value knowledge, you like discovering new methods and you are always educating and fulfilling. You have a curious and exploring spirit, are interested in novelties and news. You love nature, children and animals and often also have a sense of acting in such areas. You are dynamic, are always in motion and you often travel.

Mercury conjunction Ascendant

You are usually a pleasant, open, sociable, communicate and talkative person. This is also why you have a big circle of friends and acquaintances. You have a restless nature and you never stop, you are constantly in movement and action, both in body and mind. You think, speak and act quickly, sometimes without thinking. You are curious and interested in everything, but you often bit off more than you can chew and so tend to be nervous sometimes.

Mercury trine MC

You are pleasant, agreeable and talkative, you usually don't have problems expressing yourself, you have good rhetorical skills and are good in explaining your ideas, so you get good feedback and others are prepared to listen to you. You are dynamic and sociable, also popular and have good sense of relationships with “the right people” and also a good nose for business. You are curious and eager to learn, also enterprising and ambitious and know well that you have to use your brain to succeed and also sometimes work hard, but that good contacts can also be useful.

Your own chart, read the same way

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