Mercury in Libra

5 November 1941, 23:00, New York City, NY, USA

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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 Libra

You feel best in a calm environment. You are attracted to beauty, aesthetics, also ethics, morals and law. You always strive for balance, you judge things fairly and always take both sides into consideration. You usually act mildly and diplomatically (if, for example, Scorpio is not too strong; or if the Sun or Venus are in this sign). In discussions and debates you act rationally and usually avoid tumultuous, wild and even aggressive environments. The negative side of this position is your indecisiveness, especially in your actions and with accepting responsibility.

Mercury in 3rd house

Mercury feels very good in the third house and can express its influence here very well. You are intelligent, skillful, eager to learn and you learn easily, you are very perceptive for novelties and have many different hobbies. You like making new acquaintances and friends and as a rule get along with everybody and feel well in all sorts of environments.

Mercury in domicile

You are usually skilled in businesses of Mercury; communication, commerce, writing, speech, etc. You are fast, agile, resourceful and adaptable, also devious and cunning. As a rule, you have a gift of articulation and so have good rhetorical skills, you also pass on your knowledge in a quality and interesting way. You are intelligent and funny, you like novelties and constant happening and you love travelling. You are always somehow on the road, you are interested in everything and you learn something new out of every situation, which is beneficial for you in the future.

Mercury sextile Venus

You are pleasant, usually sociable and communicative, you also have a fun and witty character and people usually like you because of it. You often move in artistic circles. You have open views, many acquaintances and contacts, who can help you towards progress and success. You often have a sense of business and money.

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 inconjunct Saturn

You are usually reserved, shy and often untrusting. You value knowledge and respect true authorities, although you perhaps in general don't have the best opinion of the latter. You are often torn between novelties, progress and connecting on one hand and a more conservative outlook, history and tradition on the other.

Mercury inconjunct Uranus

You are usually a clever person and have a very active mind, but sometimes you find it difficult to find the appropriate ways to exploit this potential. Perhaps you are completely enthusiastic about something and invest all your energy into it or your interest is slapdash and dispersed to many areas. You often “search for yourself” and don't find true interest and work “a little bit here, a little bit there”. You sometimes feel misunderstood and because of it, different from other people and although you are sociable, you don't fit in at once and in every company.

Mercury opposition MC

You have a restless and eternally youthful spirit, you often search for your identity through rebellion (especially in youth when your desire for progress and novelties, movement and action is held back with difficulty). You like being well informed and try to keep in step with the times, you move in all sorts of circles, other people often notice or know you, but you can often be in conflicts with them, because you are direct, inconsiderate and you sometimes have no compassion and understanding.

Your own chart, read the same way

Every planet, every house and every aspect of your birth chart, chapter by chapter. Marsa wrote every word. Your chart decides which of them you get.

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