Mercury in Gemini

14 May 1969, 12:00, Melbourne, Australia

A reading speaks to the person it was written for, so this one talks to Cate as “you”.

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 Gemini

Mercury is home in this sign, that is why you are skilled in all things, connected to Mercury; communication, commerce, writing, speech, etc. You are fast, skillful, resourceful and flexible, also cunning. You probably have great articulation skills and good rhetorical abilities and you also pass on knowledge in a quality and interesting way. You are extremely intelligent and witty, you love novelties, constant happening and travelling. You are always on the road some way or the other, you are interested in everything and you learn something new from every situation and this becomes useful in your future.

Mercury in 10th house

You are a nice, youthful, pleasant and dynamic person, always on the move. You probably work in commerce, marketing, writing and publishing. You are also often interested in politics. In your life and career, you often change things. You have very good organizational skills, although you can be slightly too demanding and you react too impulsively.

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 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 opposition Mars

You are often active and enterprising, fast, also jerky, restless and nervous, an opposition person so to speak. You are direct and always say what you think. You can behave abruptly, also cynically, you have a big mouth and are argumentative, you often get mad and complain. You love action and constant happening, but you don't always have sense of timing, you often react too quickly and can attract unpleasant circumstances and situations, because of your irritable and restless energy. You need to nurture tolerance and patience.

Your own chart, read the same way

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