ASTROLOGICAL ARTICLES
When Mercury is in the 10th house it can be the hallmark of someone who makes an intellectual contribution to the world at large, a profession is chosen which exercises their mental faculties and brings them recognition. The 10th house relates a lot to how we are viewed in the public eye, and so there is something in their mental capacity, or in the type of career that display their intelligent mind, or verbal abilities, or even communication skills. The...
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Mercury in the 9th house is a medium in the way of the written word, communication, and translation of a Greater Power and a Greater Reality. The connection between their learning and a greater purpose should be evident, for being born with this placement suggests a whole new threshold in learning will open up for them in this lifetime. In the 9th house, planets are colored by a mission to spread their energies far and wide, and to reach into...
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With Mercury in the 5th house, all you’re doing is writing and playing creatively but it sparks something incredibly authentic inside of you. Mercury is a fast-moving planet of words, thoughts, mental processes, and communications. The 5th house symbolizes creativity, the core of being, individuality, separate self, and unique identity. So it means that your communicative gifts show through creative forms and within the playful, artistic, or entertainment areas. You’re mentally gifted and could have been writing since fourth-grade –...
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The individual with Mercury in the 2nd house finds that the mind frequently gravitates towards earthy and materialistic concerns; they think a lot about securing personal resources and have a strong sense of their values and personal sense of self-worth. Choices and decisions in life primarily revolve around discriminating and keenly thinking about what is valued. The intellect is apt to attract ideas about how to make money. The divine-human thinking capacity is concerned with personal autonomy, and the capacity...
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Question: How do you find this placement? It feels like the mind wants to emerge from the sea into the rational. I have difficulties expressing my thoughts and emotions effectively. What do you think? What a great way to describe such a placement, and it feels exactly like this. The struggle and the general floundering within the communication realm. Mercury must flail and stagger clumsily through water. It can make you super-sensitive and so you just want to swim back […]
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Those with Mercury in the 1st house have a powerful need for self-expression through communication, and they convey a searching and investigative attitude to life. We often find that they are intensely curious and inquiring about everybody and everything. The medium of language is especially central in their world, and with their keen observations and opinions, much of their time is spent engaged in the sphere of the mind. The person may be extremely verbal or chatty (depending on Mercury’s sign […]
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An individual with Mercury in the 3rd house spends a lot of their time interested in the learning environment, short excursions, and in lots of communication. It can be an inventive placement and will symbolize somebody that has an innate flair with words, reads constantly, and is the eternal student of the world. The mind loves to engage in knowledge and to use the intellect, assimilating new concepts and, as is often the case, learning something and with ease. Mercury […]
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An individual with Mercury in the 4th house usually thinks about their roots. It can also mean they do a lot of communicating, reading, networking and perhaps even run a small business from home. They often surround themselves with books, things of interest, and anything to keep the mind occupied when in this inner space. It is not uncommon for them to find the family interesting and they’ll involve themselves in subjects like history, geology, anthropology, archaeology, ecology, genealogy, etc. […]
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Those with mercury in the 11th house display a mind that is part of the group collective; they are part of the mental matrix and often their intellect is expressed through groups, organisations, and associations. A powerful force is ignited when people work together creating a collective pulse, collective synergy, and unity of thought. The individual is plugged into the group-mind and with Mercury here this allows the individual to enlarge their scope of understanding. The person is focusing on […]
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An individual with Mercury in the 12th house has introspective, obsessive and private thoughts, but they may often be unable to express these in an easy flowing manner. This placement has gifted them with an extremely sensitive mind, and one that is highly influenced by collective currents. The person can speak and understand images more comprehensively than others, and silence speaks louder to them than a room full of voices. Hence, time may be spent in deep study, writing, and […]
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