Mercury in Scorpio

26 October 1947, 08:05, Chicago, IL, 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 Scorpio

You are an intensive and perspicacious person, capable of quick judgment and quick (relentless) judgments and conclusion. You have a mistrusting and suspicious personality, you think a bit feverishly, you are meticulous and usually always guess or figure out the real meaning or the hidden background of things. You often work as detective, explorer, scientist and also surgeon.

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 conjunction Venus

You are usually a good-spirited person and have a pleasant nature, are sociable and talkative, you always find a way to express your creativity. You love children, animals, nature and art and often your work (or hobby) is connected to them. You are also skilled in household chores, especially those which are connected to handwork and systematization (e.g. organizing, tidying, putting things in order).

Mercury square Saturn

You are often distrustful and insecure, it is difficult for you to completely relax. That is why you sometimes withdraw into yourself and your inner world, where you engage in dark and depressive thoughts and feed your fears. You are prone to being critical and judgmental, sometimes you have old-fashioned views and are quite prejudice. You need to nurture being relaxed and positively oriented. It is very useful that you work or have contact with earth, nature. When you find contact with yourself, when you relax and start trusting more, you can achieve great success, since you are also very ambitious.

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 square Pluto

You are intensive and impetuous, you have a lot of energy, but you often don't know what to do with it and therefor can act irritably, argumentatively or even violently, especially verbally. You have an ambitious and combative, usually also very competitive character. You are a perspicacious person and not too patient and also not always the most tactful. Because of these characteristics, you can be difficult to other people and have problems in relationships. You are not too adaptable and don't like making compromises, that is also your test, because you need to nurture this.

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.

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