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Mercury in Scorpio
Mercury in Scorpio thinks beneath the surface. The mind is investigative, suspicious of the easy answer and comfortable with what others avoid; it reads motives, keeps secrets and forgets nothing. Speech is sparing and can cut. This is the placement of the researcher and the strategist. The work is to say the thing rather than file it, and to trust an answer that is simply true.
In plain words
Mercury stands for how you think and talk. In Scorpio, that works in a Scorpio way: intense, private, all or nothing. You go after what you want quietly and do not let go.
Full guide
| Mercury signifies | thinking, speech, learning |
|---|---|
| Scorpio is | water, fixed — depth, intensity, transformation |
| Sign ruler | Mars (traditional), Pluto (modern) |
| Mercury here is | with minor dignity at some degrees (triplicity, bound or face) |
Reading it by degree
Within Scorpio the placement is coloured by its decan (the ten-degree face) and its bound (the Egyptian term), each with a planetary ruler of its own. Your chart shows both for every planet.
Decans (faces) of Scorpio
| 0°–10° | Mars |
|---|---|
| 10°–20° | Sun |
| 20°–30° | Venus |
Egyptian bounds of Scorpio
| 0°–7° | Mars |
|---|---|
| 7°–11° | Venus |
| 11°–19° | Mercury |
| 19°–24° | Jupiter |
| 24°–30° | Saturn |
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See also Scorpio rising and Mercury in the other signs.
Common questions
What does Mercury in Scorpio mean?
Mercury in Scorpio thinks beneath the surface.
Is Mercury strong in Scorpio?
Mercury in Scorpio is with minor dignity at some degrees (triplicity, bound or face). The house and aspects in your own chart decide how it plays out.
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