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One of the most important planets (symbol/archetype) in the chart is Mercury. Why? Because it gives us a clue as to how we think. (And any deliberate creator knows that thoughts are key to manifesting what we want to experience.) As Buddha said, ‘All that we are is the result of what we have thought.’
Mike Dooley says it like this: Thoughts become things.
I heard this idea first from one of my formal astrology teachers, back in 1971. She was an elderly mystical woman who learned her stuff in the 1920′s and 1930′s. I can see her standing in front of the class, closing her eyes and saying, ‘Energy follows thought. Understand your Mercury and you have the keys to the universe.’
I was sixteen at the time and didn’t fully appreciate this wisdom. I was more interested in boys (action with) and therefor thought Venus and Mars were the most crucial planets to follow. Of course, they all have their significance but for now, let’s look at Mercury as key to amping up our deliberate manifesting skills.
Think of what it means to be the messenger of the gods. Mercury flies between Mt Olympus (heaven/spirit/source/vortex/universe) and the earth (our ego identity/personality) carrying MESSAGES to and from. These messages, these thoughts, are the building blocks, the DNA as it were, of our tomorrow. If we want to create something, a happier life for example, we can look to Mercury in the natal chart. What sign is it in? What element, modality and orientations does it have? What are the aspects (outlets and channels)? Study Mercury to understand your own mind, bring awareness to your habitual thoughts, become more conscious, and find ways to focus on thoughts that support you in your uniqueness.
For example, Mercury in the fix sign of Taurus, in the 9th house of ‘beliefs’ and square Saturn and Pluto might get caught up in the ways of the current cultural paradigm and become dogmatic or at least so opinionated that it would be tricky getting any new messages in. By studying this position we find ways to support a healthier Mercury (mind/consciousness/connection to universe) and open the doors to a happier, more deliberately manifested life.
If someone has such a Mercury and wanted tips on improving their manifesting skills, I might recommend engaging in 9th house expansive activities that open the mind yet appeal to the sensual and comfort loving Taurean nature and don’t directly offend the powerhouse Saturn/Pluto hierarchy. I might suggest they try a fabulous new ethnic restaurant, go to a foreign film or pinterest amazing places around the world. Get the idea? Deconstruct your Mercury to see how you can become even more consciously aware, tuned in and enlightened. We all have, in our unique way, a personal messenger of the gods. It’s the energy that fuels creation! How well do you know yours?
Aug 20/21, I’m doing a call at GVU with Jeannette Maw on Manifesting with Mercury. We’ll take a look at how we can amp up our power to turn thoughts into things. Bring your trickster along! If you want me to use your chart as an example, make sure I have it on file or post a link to it here in the comments before the call. Let’s talk Mercury! See you there!
The call is free and starts at
LA – Monday Aug 20 – 4pm
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LON– Monday Aug 20 – 12 midnight
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Phone: 724-444-7444 Call ID: 55514#
Stream online at http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/55514
My Mercury is in Sag, sq Saturn & Pluto, conjunct Sun, sq Moon, in the 12th house. I’m not sure but it doesn’t sound very friendly:)
Mercury IS your friend! Your ally. Esp conjunct the sun. He supports your identity, expansion and creativity! In the 12th, esp for (Saggo or Cappy rising?) the fire signs, can feel foggy, unclear. The way to tap this energy is to keep one foot in each world – one foot pointing towards your earthly goals and concerns, adventures and creations, and one foot in the sea, in your inner world and the collective unconscious. Mercury is the messenger of the gods and in the 12th you cast your line into the depths and bring up the buried treasures for the rest of the world to see!
Do you meditate?
I haven’t made space for meditation for years. I journal, which feels meditative at times, but probably need to do both. I do have Sag sun and Cap rising. Thanks so much for taking the time to respond. I did listen to the first half of your talk yesterday but had to rush off to a meeting so missed some. I will meditate befriending Mercury:)
Excellent! I think a daily practice of meditation would be amazing!
Mijn Mercury is in conjunction with Venus at 2 degree scorpio in 4.th huis, and they make conjunction with neptun…They also make a dubble square with AC at 3 degree Leo and Jupiter on Dc Aquarius…Mercurius and Venus have also sextiel with Uranus conj.Lilith and Psyche in Virgo and trine with Chiron and Pallas Athena in Pisces, in 8.th house. O yea they make also biquentiel with my moon in Capricorn in 6.th house.
I think it is cool…
This is very cool, Milanka, because the MORE Mercury aspects you have the MORE channels you have to express your diverse energy. It’s really wonderful! A Scorpio Mercury in the 4th is intuitive and intense but can be more internal, The aspects draw your Mercury out into the world. Fabulous!
Love it Kimmy.
I have Mercury in Taurus, conjunct my Gemini Sun within 2 degrees, and loosely conjunct my Taurus Venus, within 5 degrees. All are in the 10th house.
This conjunction, and particularly the Merc/Sun bit, is sextile my Saturn/Asc/Mars conjunction. Saturn in Cancer and the 12th, and Mars in Leo/1st.
It’s a bit of a complicated pile up – but fundamental to my being.
Unsurprisingly my career is about being a thinker and a writer, and my research is very much about 2nd and 3rd house things – and I am a great writer with a certain style that I get complimented on and I am very proud of that fact (Uranus and North node in the 3rd).
Unfortunately however, the tension between Saturn/Mars really flows through into my thoughts and actions, in ways I sometimes wish it didn’t. It can be stressful balancing the excitability and cautiousness bound up in that cross sign and house conjunction. Particularly when I do not feel like I am achieving (or being valued) in my career. Or can’t get a job and am broke (6th ruled by Capricorn, Pluto in 2nd), like my current circumstances.
Sometimes I feel like my poor Gem sun gets weighed down by all that earth energy, and is perhaps the real key to my Mercury is working it’s natural gemini aspect. Write more and think more, get it out there, be passionate and analytical.
But would love any additional insight you have to offer Kim.
xxo
Oh, an aside – do you do transcripts of those calls? Oh, I just considered what I asked there. Or voice recordings that can be listened to later? I have crappy internet that can be rubbish for streaming, and sometimes the timings are complicated. It’d be great to be able to access at a later time.
Hi Shell, The calls are recorded and archived for GVU members, but you can join for a dollar for a month or so and listen to all the calls. There are some great resources at GVU!
I see what you mean about Mars/Saturn. I think it can work to advantage with Saturn steadying the drive of Mars to make it more sustainable and Mars adding enthusiasm and adventure to Saturn’s vibe.
Mercury in Taurus in 10th is a ‘reflector’ of all the aspects he has. He’s your consciousness in action, connecting to the wider world. I think let your Mercury play a bit more. Let him be sensually creative with an artistic medium, a visual art, perhaps, just for the FUN of it. No focus on outcome.
Can you feel what this might be? Engaging the 5 senses with your hands?
Thanks Kimmy,
I’ll have to think about it more, I think.
I do wheel ceramics, which I adore, playing with all that mud and making functional things. It’s definitely a great creative outlet. However I had more thought about that as related to Taurus Venus.
A logical leap would be writing, however my writing is really its best when its about my work. The rest is a bit without purpose/structure.
Of course there’s always the getting out and about and engaging in lively conversation with folk – which is always about the moment and not the outcome (despite what others may perceive).
But yes, shall obliquely think about it some more.
Thank you!
Wow, I wrote ‘pottery, you know, with the wheel,’ but I took it out so as not to limit you to one idea. . . . Yes, muse on this. I love the writing idea too. Start with whatever flows the easiest!
Ha, wow indeed! I stopped doing it for a while due to work/responsibility things, and only went back recently in the midst of my ‘oh my god my world is too small, get back to indulging your passions girl’ moment – and promptly churned out lots of pots
Thanks for the reminder to start with the easy things too … i.e., not non-work writing right now, that energy must go to the real stuff – which of course gets published etc so in itself is exactly what that Merc is about … whilst I procrastinate here of course …
want to know if this call is for GVU members only, or can anyone listen in ?
Just quickly, I’ll come back and chat with you all soon, and YES this call is open to the public. You can stream it free online or dial in. The recording though, is for GVU members only.
Hi Kim! I would heart having an analysis of my Mercury on the call. Here is the link -> http://tinyurl.com/8mqcrdt
Nikki, sorry we didn’t get to your chart on the call. I am looking at it now, though, and seeing your Mercury in Capricorn in the 4th which is a great combination. Cappy give powerful concentration and a pragmatic mind. Great memory. And in the 4th adds compassion, connection. This Mercury can ‘worry’ a bit so you want find ways to relax, esp in the home (as there can be home office or studio and so you feel you are always ‘working’.) This Mercury benefits form cultivating optimism and relaxation. What do you love to do? Garden? Crafts? Making home a sanctuary? What makes you exhale and smile? Do MORE of that!
Hi Kim!
It’s PR Girl/Sensuality Coach Lisa
. Looking forward to the call as always and planning to be there! it’s my “birthday week” (August 25) and my Mercury is in Virgo – 5th House. I’d love to find better ways to harness all that Mercury energy to gain clarity about what my unique gift/message for the world is and how to best express it as a writer & coach…My inner creative wants to breakthrough, but doesn’t seem to know exactly what to say – or who to say it to! Ha. Make any sense?
See you on the call! Can’t wait!
Lisa
Hi Lisa! Soz we didn’t get to your chart on the call. The spots filled up so fast! Mercury is at home in the sign of Virgo (ruled by Gem and Vi) It’s practical and logical thought pathways. Common sense strong! What it wants for balance to Venus – the feeling/creative realm. You get an equilibrium going when you let Venus in Cancer in the 3rd play more. What artistic community project can you get involved in, just for the heck of it? Or a co-creation with a sibling? It’s not with the outcome in mind, but the process. I think that really gets things flowing!
What a great article Kim. . .thank you. . .Mercury, my ruling planet. . .sitting snuggly with dearest Neptune. . .how do I create a link to my chart. . . .thanks again really enjoyed it. . marilynxxx
Love the Mercury/Neptune connection. More on that to follow but you can do your chart on Astro.com and then click it to ‘print’ and put that link here. Should work!
Ok will try that. . . .but just posted it on my blog http://www.manymagickmoments.wordpress,com. . .will that work (sorry, know time’s short. . . ) xxx
Found the link (.com) Got it!
xxx
oops that doesn’t work. . .http://www.astro.com/cgi/showgif.cgi?lang=e&gif=astro_2ast_01_marilyn_scott.79072.38734.gif&res=100&va=&cid=125fileErY0Rh-u1004347899.. . .try that one (told you brain is like mincemeat!!!) xxx
Marilyn, I think Many Magic Moments sums up Mercury Neptune quite nicely. Mercury wants to share information and make connections; Neptune is about immersing in the magical, mythical, musical and creative world. Put the two together and you are talking about those magical moments, the fullness and extraordinary nature of life. You are so expressing this! Love it!
Mercury in Libra is also great for one-to-one connections, counseling, relating. Very intuitive, You just have to watch who you open to. Develop good boundaries, yes?
Thank you so much Kim. . .just discovered these messages on my blog page. . . didn’t realize they were there. And what a perfect morning, feeling so fragile and vulnerable. . .if you see my latest blog, you’ll understand. So teary reading your words. . .thank you for your generous kindness. . .looking forward to reading your books. Magick Moments was the name of my previous business. . .Health Centre. . .her gorgeous sign sits on the outside wall of my place here. . . I have commented that Magick Moments follow me everywhere. . .I do feel immersed in them and see them all around me. . .and feel very grateful for that. It’s obviously my strength and so wonderful to see that right at this moment. . .your wonderful recent article and radio show. . .illuminated for me. . the magick of Mercury. . .so potent in my life. . .much love to you Kim. . .your words today mean a lot at present. . . .thank you. . . marilynxxxx
Kim, I am not going to make your call tonight after all. It looks like their are many others who need their charts analyzed, so don’t include mine unless you think it would help someone. But I will listen to the streaming! Have fun!
Cate, there were so many charts lined up I didn’t get to a fraction of them. But your Mercury in Gemini was talked about, and I think in the eighth house you have to take that curiosity and desire to learn, teach, disseminate, somewhere rich and deep. Not opposed to a trip to the underworld! (as you know!). Do you have a tarot deck?
I’m so bummed I missed this call today! I’d love to hear any thoughts how to use mercury in the first in Virgo and trines my Saturn/Jupiter conjunction in cap in the 5th.
Express your talents and resources! Express your creativity out into the world and MAKE that a strong and solid part of your identity. This is something you want to externalize, not do in private (no matter how scary that sounds!) Let your light shine with this one.
Kim!
I’m so impressed / awed / touched that you’ve taken the time to respond to me and everyone on this thread! Thank you!
My pleasure, Bea!
Hi Kim, this is very topical for me at the moment and as Mercury is my chart ruler (Gemini ascendant)is always a focal point.
Mercury in my 4th house in Leo makes a T-square with Neptune in the 6th in Scorpio and the Moon in the 12th in Taurus. It’s also conjunct my Part of Fortune. I looked at keywords for 4th house – family, security, roots, childhood, foundation, nurturing – combined with Leo – performance, thinking, creativity, leadership – and hey presto realised that I expressed my Mercury through teaching children/teenagers very successfully for a long while. BUT that wasn’t enough expressing of myself – my true authentic self,(sod the curriculum – I was teaching mainly Law too, would you believe!) and with my Sun in Cancer 3rd house adding to that communication drive I now write songs and record my music from home (4th house again). The other thing I do is writing for children. I absolutely love both but alas, my Part of Fortune is not kicking in in financial terms yet the way it did with the teaching!
I’ve major challenges currently with nurturing/mother issues (guess that’s the square to the moon)and ongoing challenges with panic thoughts/feelings triggered by travel/traffic (good old Neptune in the 6th). Not sure if the answer is simply do more of what works for me as identified above. Any thoughts? Interestingly, I meditated on this mercury issue as I often pick up things clairvoyantly and I got the message that water was important – specifically “introduce water element for flow – silver, fluid element”. Not sure what that means in practice, but does that make any sense to your professional astrologer ears?
Thanks for great article…again! xx
The first thing that comes to mind is Mercury’s link to ‘quick silver.’ I think the message is about flowing with the stream. Things can happen fast (as in travel and traffic) and that can feel stressful so developing that feeling of safety (moon) in how you commune, communicate, commute, is the key. Just putting your awareness here is the beginning. Start with an intention. ‘I am safe in the world.’ or what feels right to you. Get your Mars warrior in on this for courage and the front and rear guard! Thanks so much for sharing your creative use of Mercury energy!
Thanks Kim. The quick silver thing occurred to me too – and it’a always thoughts around NOT being able to move forward, i.e traffic jams/lights/delays – getting stuck that trigger the fear. And this whole t-square is in fixed- i.e “stuck”-signs…hmmm…coincidence? Maybe not! One thing that’s helped recently is adapting quickly and not sticking to fixed ideas about how a journey SHOULD go – flowing with the stream in fact. Food for thought! Re Mars suggestion – it’s in Cancer – cardinal water – so I will def ponder that some more and see how it could be utilised generally. Thanks so much for the supportive response, don’t know how you fit it all in! x
Moira, you are very welcome,
I think getting to the place where you see everything as energy, all moving, vibrating and flowing, no matter what it looks like in ‘reality’ is going to be that downstream relief for you! Thank YOU for dropping in and sharing this with everyone.
Great post and podcast Kim. Very Gemini too
Made me think a lot about my Merc in Taurus. As I have Gem sun and moon I have felt that this takes over a lot of the communication style I have. However, I now see how I engage my senses into my communication which is more prevalent. Thanks for the added info. I do have a question though. My Merc in Taurus is in the 5th. I listened to the bit about the elements of the sign as well as the third house (mine’s Aqua). Does this mean I need to look deeper into not only the earthy quality of my Mercury (great advice btw) but also the airiness of my third AND the fieryness of my 5th?
Hello Empress!
With Mercury in Taurus in the 5th there is an urge to ‘live out’ your drive to communicate through 5th house activities – creative self expression, romantic adventures, offspring, recreation. The Aqua 3rf house there is a mental ‘restlessness’ that wants grounding in a creative project, always. The mind needs to be kept ‘on the move’ and stimulated. Focusing on projects involving the written and spoken word is a great support. Does that resonate?
Am I too late to enquire? My mercury is RX 1 (6th) degree pisces trine moon cancer 3 degrees (10th), and is almost in exact opposition to jupiter virgo (12th / conjunct asc), but in good aspect to asteroid ceres 4 degrees scorpio (2nd), and almost square to neptune scorpio (late degrees) 3rd).
I am interested in the idea of thought shaping circumstance, but even more so the positive vitality evident in some of just physically being. Sometimes I am oblivious to what is actually happening around me in the present (Hence I am out of time on this post), but I have worked in industries to do with the future, and retrospective features. (Mostly art / fashion / for mass public view / consumption).
There is an art to actually being still in one’s self & being “united” or whole. I can think of one recent time when I was happily tired and my self felt content to be in my form. The clue that gave me this answer was my overall mass felt heavier, and as it if there was no further room for any part of me to leave! There may be some other people who have this experience this. It has always been tricky flying in planes or going on rides or any very fast sudden motion.
All I would say with regard to above/ insight it is difficult sometimes to step back and see as others see in the moment.
Thank you very much for the article, its really enjoyable.
I think I understand what you are saying … I have Merc in Pisces (conjunct Moon) and sometimes feel like there is so much space between my molecules that my being is dispersing into the universe … with my eyes closed in thought I sometimes lose track of what my hands are doing … then when I open them, I’m surprised to find that I’m still holding a book or a pen …
Hi Kim and all.. I have my Sun, Mercury, Pluto and Uranus in the 11th house. Does the Mercury influene how I think about friends, goals for the future and groups? I have trouble interpreting how it affects me. Examples are great if you can do so.. then maybe I can figure out what the “hey” is going on in my life. Getting a little fidgety with my stuck life. I broke down and asked God “Why” last night and the answer I got was “wait and see, it will be good”. I calmed down immediately. I don’t usually put pressure on God because of things not going my way but I just got fed up and asked. But I would also like to learn more about these astrological influences.
Thank you!
Oh, when you say “square to… “… what does that mean? In a square position with 3 other planets?
Hi Kim, My Mercury is in Libra in the 6th house. I would appreciate your wonderful insights if you have time. Thanks! Warmly, Barbara