☿ Mercury

Mercury is the messenger of the chart. It governs thinking, speech and learning.

Mercury at a glance

• ArchetypeThe Messenger
• Governsthinking, speech and learning
• RulesGemini & Virgo
• Cycleabout 88 days
• Keywordsmind, communication, logic, curiosity
• In the bodythe hands, lungs and nervous system

What Mercury means

In astrology, Mercury represents mind, communication, logic, curiosity, travel, commerce. It's the messenger — the part of you that handles thinking, speech and learning. Where Mercury sits in your chart (its sign and house) shows the style and the arena in which this energy plays out.

Mercury also touches

writing, siblings, short trips, technology, the everyday mind.

A question to sit with

What are you thinking that you haven't said out loud?