Mercury
Mercury governs how you think and communicate — the speed of your mind, the way you explain things, how you learn. It is the planet of everyday intelligence rather than deep wisdom.
- Governs
- Thinking, speech, exchange
- Cycle
- About 88 days
In Your Chart
Mercury's placement shows whether you think in pictures or arguments, quickly or thoroughly. Its retrograde periods are traditionally associated with review rather than disaster.
Connected Sign
The Planets
Sun
Identity, vitality, purpose
Moon
Emotion, instinct, comfort
Venus
Love, beauty, values
Mars
Drive, anger, desire
Jupiter
Growth, meaning, opportunity
Saturn
Structure, limits, maturity
Uranus
Change, independence, invention
Neptune
Imagination, compassion, illusion
Pluto
Power, depth, transformation