Mercury in Gemini

21 May 1844, 01:00, Laval, France

A reading speaks to the person it was written for, so this one talks to Henri 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 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 trine Saturn

You are usually active, enterprising and ambitious. You are decisive and know what you want, you also most often know how to find ways and paths to fulfill your goals as well. You understand hierarchy and respect authority. Reputation is important to you, you appreciate settled matters, tradition and history, are perceptive of novelties and new ways and paths. You always try to realize your ideas and plans and you often succeed in doing so, because besides persistency, you also have a good sense of time and course of things, of “right actions at the right time”.

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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