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Mercury through the houses
Mercury in each house of the chart
thinking, speech, learning. Where Mercury sits in the houses is where that shows up in a life.
In plain words
Mercury stands for how you think and talk. Its house is where in your life that does its work. Pick a house below to read yours.
Mercury rejoices in the first house, the one place the tradition says it is most at ease regardless of sign. Read the first house.
- Mercury in the first houseThe body, the temperament and the first move: how a person arrives and is met.
- Mercury in the second houseMoney, movable goods and the resources a person holds and can dispose of freely.
- Mercury in the third houseSiblings, neighbours, short journeys, letters and the ordinary traffic of the mind.
- Mercury in the fourth houseHome, land, parents and origins, and the end or conclusion of any matter.
- Mercury in the fifth houseChildren, pleasure, play, creative work, gifts and the enjoyments of a life.
- Mercury in the sixth houseIllness, labour, daily routine, subordinates and small animals: the maintenance of a life.
- Mercury in the seventh houseMarriage, partners, contracts, and the open opponent in any dealing or dispute.
- Mercury in the eighth houseDeath, legacies, dowry and the resources of others: what passes between people.
- Mercury in the ninth houseLong journeys, foreign places, religion, law, philosophy and higher learning.
- Mercury in the tenth houseProfession, rank, reputation and the standing a person holds in public life.
- Mercury in the eleventh houseFriends, allies, patrons, groups, and the hopes a person carries forward.
- Mercury in the twelfth houseSolitude, confinement, hidden opposition, sorrow and what a person does unseen.
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