In astrology, Mercury is considered the patron planet of the mind. Those born under this sign have special mental abilities, they can easily understand even the most complex things and like to evaluate all the pros and cons before making even the most insignificant decision. The people of Mercury are thinkers who put the mind above the senses, but sometimes it does not benefit them. The emotions raging in the hearts marked by the Brilliant Planet have more influence on them than it seems at first glance.
Sign of Mercury: the origin of the name
The planet is named after the god Mercury. In ancient Roman mythology, he was the patron saint of commerce and the "messenger". He also possessed speed and was the first in all competitions. The planet Mercury moves faster than anyone, as if leaving other planets behind. This resemblance gave Mercury his name.
Sign of Mercury: meaning
Any cosmic object affects a person, his life and destiny. The activity of a particular planet determines the character traits and characteristics of thinking, prophesies problems and bestows talents.
Those born under Mercury will always be masters of their thought process. All their creative forces will be directed by the planet in this direction. They will be endowed with a tendency to speak out loud and the ability to make the right decisions.
Mercury always knows which things are important and which are secondary. From childhood they know how to pay attention to the most significant, omitting meaningless little things.
Mercury and the natal chart
In emotional terms, this planet carries nervousness, mobility, resourcefulness, a tendency to deception. The desire marked by Mercury for victory can make them go to extreme measures.
Mentally, they are multifaceted, quick in understanding things, smart, comprehensively developed. The ability to solve complex mental problems sets them apart from other people.
At the physical level, Mercury possesses speed, endurance, and dexterity. They can be distinguished by gestures, finger movements, stable hormonal background and energy.
Impact on appearance
Those born in the sign of Mercury are good-looking: statues, beautiful, beautifully built. They differ in pale skin and children's facial features even at a later age. Mercury in the active phase often gives its "children" smart, "owl" and penetrating eyes of dark shades and very expressive eyebrows.
Mercury patronizes the mind, so the people marked by it have a high forehead. This distinguishing feature is considered a sign of great intelligence and wisdom.
A distinctive feature of the Mercury, which affects their appearance, is activity. Spending most of their lives in motion, they retain their youth and become very old, suffer less from problems of the musculoskeletal system, which allows them to maintain their growth throughout life.
Long arms are another feature of the Shiny Planet people, although the fingers are usually of the usual length. This feature helps them achieve success in sports.
Effect on character
Mercury is the fastest planet. She also gives speed to those born under her sign. Therefore, among the "children of Mercury" there are many athletes, dancers, acrobats and stuntmen. The people of this planet are fast, graceful and dexterous. They are also strong in games requiring mental effort - billiards, chess, fencing.
The people marked by Mercury are distinguished by vivid imagination and good imagination. Their thought processes are fast and accurate. They instantly cope with the most difficult situations and keep a sober look at things even in the most critical moments.
Nothing escapes their vigilant gaze. They are very difficult to deceive, but they, in turn, are often cunning and cunning. Over the years, they are becoming more and more demanding in food for the mind, therefore they are often prone to esotericism: Kabbalah, metaphysics, astrology, fortune telling, magic and paranormal.
Mercurians also have negative traits. Firstly, they are envious. Those born to be the first cannot bear the losses and success of other people. Secondly, their love of solitude often leads them to complete solitude. Thirdly, a quick-tempered character is not uncommon among those born under the sign of Mercury.
Skills and Talents
Most of the people of Mercury are capable of assiduously studying the exact sciences (physics, mathematics, astronomy, medicine), but the vivid imagination gives some representatives excessive lightness. Such individuals are more suited to creative areas - philosophy, painting, sculpture, oratory.
The success of people marked with the sign of the planet Mercury comes from their mental abilities. They are great analysts and strategists. This helps them in business, commerce and long-term planning.
Mercury in the zodiac signs
Each zodiac sign is affected by a planet with a different force. To one he gives the power of the mind, and to others - a vivid imagination and energy.
Aries, falling under the influence of Mercury, are quick-witted, quick in conclusions, active, but at the same time they can be sarcastic, extremely suspicious and inconstant in their judgments. Extraordinary thinking is combined with nervousness and mood swings. With failures, they often fall into pessimism, seeing the world only in “black color”.
For Taurus, the influence of Mercury is less positive. They get impenetrable stubbornness and perseverance. Even in cases of their wrongness, they stand to the last. This most often leads to sad consequences and difficulties in communicating with other people.
The twins noted by Mercury are distinguished by their versatile thinking and often become professional speakers, lawyers and lawyers. The weaknesses of such people are their poor ability to concentrate, their unjustified variability in their views and judgments, and their tendency to have a superficial view of things that do not seem important to them, although, in fact, they can be of great importance to them.
Crayfish are endowed with the Mercury ability to subtly perceive music, painting and other forms of art, good adaptability and a unique style in everything they do. They are distinguished by a tenacious memory and wild imagination.
Mercury gave phenomenal intellectual abilities to those born under the sign of Leo. They can competently weigh all events and find the only right solution. In achieving their goals are unprincipled. Often they make promises that they do not plan to fulfill.
The main Mercury ability - concentration of attention - went to the Virgo in full. Although, with the negative development of personality, they lose the ability to prioritize and shape their attitude to things and situations. They have a penchant for mathematical sciences, due to which they are successful in commerce, business, and trade.
Scales are distinguished by well-developed intuition, reach heights in many types of science, clearly formulate goals and know how to reach them. At the same time, they often become indifferent to the problems of others, and do not seek mutual understanding. Ready to do a lot for the sake of achieving this goal, professional in manipulation.
Scorpions can be called very controversial personalities. Mercury affects them differently. One gave him a sharp mind and intuition, and the other - secrecy, anxiety and an unhealthy craving for mysticism.
Sagittarians under the sign of Mercury have tremendous vitality and energy. Their characters are balanced and universal, but when exposed to negative factors in childhood they grow up tyrants.
Capricorns get clarity of thought and ambition from the "Brilliant Planet", but they often focus on themselves and their problems, lose their ability to see things objectively. Most of their lives are spent on achieving set material goals.
Thoughts about prosperity constantly live in the head of Aquarius. So they are affected by Mercury. What zodiac sign is more “loved” by this planet? Probably not. Aquarius get the opportunity for full self-realization. Although sometimes in this quest they reach eccentric oddities. They do not know how to listen to the opinions of others and often miss important little things, as they strive to cover "everything at once."
Fish from Mercury get weakness. They often feel sorry for themselves at the slightest setbacks, like to suffer theatrically, although they have a high level of empathy and high hopes for the future. Of the strengths, well-developed intuition and fantasy can be distinguished.
The evil influence of the planets
The celestial bodies can have various effects on the formation of a person's personality. This also applies to the planet Mercury. The zodiac sign can fall both under its positive and negative influence, which in the end will determine its fate.
Mercury may be fickle, talkative, unimaginably stupid. They are not able to learn from their mistakes, repeating them over and over again. Preferring an esoteric world, they very quickly lose touch with reality. Their belief in the paranormal turns them obsessed. The real world loses all interest for them, and they spend their natural talents on finding answers to rhetorical questions.
Naturally developed intuition often leads those born in the sign of Mercury to the bad side - they become thieves and scammers.