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Mercury in the Signs
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Mercury in Taurus: Your thinking and decision making are based on what has practical, material and financial applications. You have a shrewd business mind and a talent for management. You have a good memory and good powers of concentration, ignoring any irrelevant issues or disturbances. You have a lot of common sense but may lack originality. You're mentally conservative, cautious and constructive, slow to form opinions and even slower to change them. You're stubborn, persistent and have definite preferences. If afflicted, you may be intellectually obstinate, opinionated and materialistic. You'll fight or argue only to protect your security, especially financial interests. Your touch is more developed than your hearing so you learn more from experience than book learning or listening to facts. You have mental ability in the arts and, if well aspected, in math and physical science. You must learn to consider others' viewpoints and develop a flexible outlook.
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Mercury in Gemini (Dignified): Your pure logical reasoning can be carried to its highest expression if well aspected and in a good house, and you can be capable of deep scientific thought. You perceive the truth in an impersonal, unbiased and versatile manner. You're well educated and knowledgeable on many subjects. You have the ability to write and speak clearly, rapidly, accurately and easily. Your mind is able to concentrate on two things at once, but if it's kept too busy too long, your nerves become frazzled. Your highly geared nervous system is unable to shut out external stimuli and you need lots of quiet and solitude to maintain your sanity. You're intensely curious about everything. You often spread yourself too thin and may lack the ability to follow through on projects you start. You often have difficulty making decisions since you can see all points of view and often change your mind. Your mental originality finds new and surprising solutions to emergency situations and old problems. You often develop your mind at the expense of your physical body. Your need for change and novelty can cause you to be superficial. You tend to jump to conclusions due to the quickness of your mental processes. If heavily afflicted, you may talk incessantly about trivial matters, annoying others.
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Mercury in Cancer: Your mind is retentive and your thinking creative, but it's easily influenced by others' emotional appeals. You often have trouble thinking objectively since emotions are always involved and may make you tend to feel sorry for yourself. You're impressionable, changeable, very emotional and too easily swayed by your senses and the surrounding atmosphere. Once you make a decision, you stick to it-- arguments make you stubborn and others should use praise and kindness to change your mind rather than logic. Your mental processes occur unconsciously but manifest as conscious intent. You have a good memory but tend to learn more subliminally than through books. You cling tenaciously to your opinions, but they may change from day to day. You take everything said to or around you personally and find it difficult to forget any slight. You're tactful, diplomatic and a good, sympathetic listener. You have good business ability, but much of your thoughts are centered on your family and home rather than business. You have flashes of intuition but may also have irrational worries, phobias or be narrow-minded. You tend to live in the past, giving little thought to the future. You enjoy lyrical poetry and music. If Mercury is heavily afflicted, you may be evasive rather than honest.
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Mercury in Leo (Fall): Your mind has a strong will and fixed purpose. You're often mentally lazy but are capable of focused attention, willingly tackling problems and usually finding a solution. You tend to deal with the large picture and overlook details or things not immediately relevant. Your opinions form slowly and only change reluctantly-- if afflicted, your viewpoints are opinionated and fixed. You have strength, will power, great ambition, dignity, a sense of refinement and like to make a good impression. Your manner of speech is dramatic and forceful, but may have too much mental pride and arrogance. You're cheerful, optimistic and often combine business travel with pleasure trips. You like to be considered an authority in your field and usually follow through with your plans. You're able to teach and help with the mental development of children. Your speech is often eloquent, sometimes overly so and much of your thinking is centered on yourself.
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Mercury in Virgo (Dignified): You have an analytical mind with great reasoning power and your thinking is cool, logical and impersonal. You're quick to learn but, unless you concentrate, don't retain the knowledge. You're versatile, discriminating, critical, practical, honest, skeptical at times and impartial in your judgment. You value ideas that have practical use for achieving financial success and status. Professional and financial success come through specialized skills and education. You're work oriented and usually shy in social situations. Your speech and writing are eloquent since you usually insist on proper grammar, spelling and punctuation. You may be proficient in languages. You have strong common sense and want your surroundings to be orderly and efficient, especially at work. You'd do great in detailed scientific work and research because you insist on a level of accuracy others think absurd. You may become so caught up in, or even obsessed with, detail that you lose sight of the overall picture. You can be intolerant of those less intelligent and may be hypercritical under stress. You have an interest in diet, health and hygiene. You must control a tendency to categorize everything and everybody.
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Mercury in Libra: You have good reasoning power but may lack mental application. Your mind is well-balanced and sympathetic, but you expect the same degree of mental discipline from others as from yourself. Your ability to see both sides of any question enhances your good judgment but may make you indecisive. You tend to put off decision making and can't decode anything if stressed or rushed. You hate arguing and prefer to discuss and reason through problems but can be very rigid when your own principles are involved. You're sensitive, flexible, rational and broad-mined but, since as a perfectionist, you can be too fussy. If Mercury is afflicted, you can be weak-willed and tactless. You have a highly developed esthetic sense and regard inappropriate dress and coarse behavior and/or speech as social affronts. At times, you can be too social, flighty and superficial. You require good communication and happiness in relationships. You're curious about what others think and how they behave so you often become involved in human relationships and psychology. You hate injustice and make every attempt to be completely fair. You enjoy art, intellectual pursuits and refined, honest people. Women tend to be too masculine.
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Mercury in Scorpio: You have an intuitive mind capable of profound insight. Your mind is determined and resourceful, often accomplishing the impossible. You're able to solve difficult problems in a practical way and are investigative and probing. You must develop mental flexibility. You tend to critically analyze human motivation and, combined with a tendency to be secretive, you're generally fascinated by the criminal mind. You're far-sighted and clear-sighted but tend to pass judgment on others. You have either biting sarcasm or exquisite wit, but don't mince words just to spare others' feelings. If you can't say what you want, you remain silent. You have a strong sense of self-identity and a well developed sixth sense. You do many things secretly, revealing yourself only when it furthers your goals. If afflicted, you can be plotting, scheming or have ulterior motives. You hate to commit to any definite statement. If afflicted, you must overcome a tendency to use others' weaknesses to your own advantage. You're more objective when you're not personally involved since you can be swayed by strong emotional factors. If you're highly evolved, you're curious about the inner workings of the energy used in manifestation, leading to insights into the fundamental processes of change. If afflicted, you may be preoccupied by sex and/or mistrust others.
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Mercury in Sagittarius (Detriment): You're an eternal student with a need to learn but, if afflicted, you may be mentally restless or have diminished concentration. Your learning ability is not always evident in your early years and your thoughts often appear disconnected. You demand mental freedom, but your ideas are usually traditional or widely accepted by society. This social conformity can be carried too far since your moral standards can be very loose or low. You tend to scatter your mental forces. Your acute perception allows you to grasp the situation quickly, but you're apt to miss the details since your mind is focused on the long-range objective. You're broad-minded, sincere, versatile, impatient, honest (hating any deception) but are often too blunt when talking to others, although you're not deliberately hurtful. You have a natural sense of justice and your duality allows you to see all sides. You have writing talent, keen senses, a great sense of dry humor and a love of travel. You tend to be a non-stop talker and must learn to be quiet, still and reflective. You often jump to conclusions too quickly or promise more than you have the patience to deliver. You're primarily concerned with attitudes rather than facts, often giving you insights into motivation and its results or, at times, prophetic insights. You must realize an attitude is not correct simply because it's widely accepted or popular. Your thinking may focus on religion and/or philosophy.
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Mercury in Capricorn: Your mind is ambitious, practical and organized and you're able to concentrate for long periods of time. You're able to put your ideas to practical use and the only important ideas to you are those that are practical. Your reasoning is thorough, but may not be original, and you have a good memory and attention to detail. You have a sound grasp of logic and your thoughts and actions are methodical, making you good at organizing and managing. You're patient, dignified, conservative, earnest and disciplined, but at times you can be a stick in the mud and must learn faith and optimism. You view traditional education a means of attaining goals. You may have math ability that helps you in business. Success for you is material. You're not empathic and tend to be moody, sulky, somewhat stern and may lack a sense of humor. You can be tactful and diplomatic, but you can also be an intellectual snob. You're realistic, not idealistic, about your goals. If afflicted, you can be marrow-minded or your material ambition may lead to avarice or using others to attain your goals. Material status may be your ultimate goal.
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Mercury in Aquarius (Exalted): Your mind is keen, independent, original, witty, open to new experiences and able to absorb abstract ideas. You're truthful, unbiased, objective, resourceful, observant, intuitive and a good judge of character. Truth comes first, even if it's contradictory to tradition or societal norms. You're usually not surprised at anything you see or experience and are able to accept things others cannot. Your mental energy is stable, concentrated and organized. You often have mathematical or scientific ability. You're studious, social and often self-taught in your field. You realize that the individual mind is part of the Universal Mind, allowing your ability to experience to extend beyond the five senses. You're likely to be telepathic and have scientific insight into the workings of physical manifestation. You're a humanitarian concerned with the spiritual growth of mankind and you often become involved in groups and organizations. You're unemotional but strongly faithful, making friends for mental stimulation. Writing and speaking come easy to you, but you can be too talkative. Your opinions don't change without due reflection and logical reasoning. If afflicted, you may think more than do or be stubborn and erratic.
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Mercury in Pisces (Detriment): You're poetic, artistic, refined, kind and charitable, but can also be forgetful, absentminded, over-sensitive and easily hurt. Your vivid imagination enables you to visualize your thoughts and actions with photographic quality. You like to be well informed but learn more through osmosis. You unconsciously tune into and are affected by the thoughts and emotions of those around you. Your thinking is easily influenced by subliminal suggestion and your emotions are too easily played upon. Your mind may be biased by forgotten emotional experiences of the past. Your fluctuating emotions can cause indecisiveness and you may be a dreamer and not much of a doer. You're conscious of your telepathic and intuitive abilities and you use it-- your conclusions are intuitive and not always logical. You like to be secretive, so you can be shy or reclusive and often keep your thoughts to yourself. If afflicted, your mind can become trapped in memories distorting your perception or present reality. You must learn to concentrate on seeing and thinking clearly. If afflicted, your imagination may be morbid; you may see personal criticism where none was intended which may become a persecution complex. You must guard against self-pity and permanent resentment.
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