Choose your Mercury sign
Mercury is a traditional astrological symbol for speech, writing, trade, learning, and the movement of information. Each sign article considers a distinct way those themes might be approached, then asks you to place the sign back in a whole chart.
How to find and read Mercury
Use a calculated birth chart for the date and place of birth. Mercury stays within about 28° of the Sun as viewed from Earth, so it appears in the Sun's sign or a neighboring sign. Near an ingress, the exact birth time may settle which sign Mercury occupies. A birth time is also needed to identify its house reliably.
Read the planet, sign, aspects, house, traditional ruler, and relationship to the Sun together. A sign is an interpretive category, not a measurement of intelligence or an explanation of someone's communication difficulties. These articles provide symbolic prompts for reflection, not scientific personality findings.
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