Mercury in Taurus

5 May 1948, 12:00, Maribor, Slovenia

A reading speaks to the person it was written for, so this one talks to Manca 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 Taurus

You are stubborn, you always thoroughly examine and consider everything before you decide to act. Things need to be orderly and in their place. You love money, benefits and comforts that money can offer and are cautious with money, but not stingy. You have a talent for accumulating material wealth and also a talent for all things, connected with money in general. You are not enthusiastic about new ideas and need a lot of time to adapt to them. But when you do start doing things or when you finally get excited about something, nothing will stop you from doing it.

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 square Mars

You are restless and always active, your mind is always working. You quickly say things, often without reservations, sometimes you are also argumentative. You quickly get upset when things don't go according to plans. You have a combative and competitive nature. Because of these characteristics, others sometimes find you difficult. You can direct your excessive energy and inner unrest to sport that you are attracted to and often also involved in. You need to nurture tactfulness and patience.

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 square Ascendant

You are restless, nervous and always active; both intellectually and literally you are constantly in motion, but it is not always fluent and flexible. You can have a moody and dispersed, also too quick and jerky nature. You love company and are always in the midst of the happening, but you are also not always the most sociable and accessible person, you also often avoid more in-depth contacts. You sometimes have problems expressing yourself, usually because of numerous baffling thoughts and then you can't express your point. It is advisable that you write (or create in similar areas), even if merely for yourself, so that you can “pour your thoughts onto paper” and learn to articulate your thoughts, also make a selection between useful and useless information.

Mercury conjunction MC

You are sociable and have a good nose for sociable happenings – for 'being at the right place at the right time' (especially if other positions and aspects also contribute to this). You know an enormous number of people and have many friends and acquaintances and many are also useful for you in business sense. You are fast, active and flexible, you do well in basically any area and usually have good sense of business.

Your own chart, read the same way

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