Mercury Interpretations

Mercury is the chart's translator, the part of the mind that turns the world into language and language back into action ... how a person thinks, speaks, writes, and learns, the quick wiring under every exchange. Named for the winged messenger who moved between gods and mortals and down into the underworld, Mercury keeps that boundary crossing nature ... it goes everywhere and carries the word back. In a birth chart it shows whether the mind runs in fast flashes or careful sequence, and how a person handles the daily traffic of words and logic. It rules both Gemini and Virgo, the two ways a quick mind organizes itself.

Mercury's expression varies by sign and by house. Select any placement below to read the full interpretation.