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Mercury in Virgo
Mercury is at home and exalted in Virgo: the mind is precise, analytical and useful. It notices what is wrong, sorts what is mixed and improves what is adequate. Speech is exact and sometimes pedantic. This is the placement of the editor, the analyst and the person who reads the manual. The weakness is worry and the inability to leave well alone. The work is knowing when a thing is finished.
In plain words
Mercury stands for how you think and talk. In Virgo, that works in a Virgo way: careful, helpful and hard to please. You notice what is wrong and quietly fix it.
Full guide
| Mercury signifies | thinking, speech, learning |
|---|---|
| Virgo is | earth, mutable — craft, discernment, service |
| Sign ruler | Mercury |
| Mercury here is | in its own sign (domicile), fully at home |
Reading it by degree
Within Virgo 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 Virgo
| 0°–10° | Sun |
|---|---|
| 10°–20° | Venus |
| 20°–30° | Mercury |
Egyptian bounds of Virgo
| 0°–7° | Mercury |
|---|---|
| 7°–17° | Venus |
| 17°–21° | Jupiter |
| 21°–28° | Mars |
| 28°–30° | Saturn |
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See also Virgo rising and Mercury in the other signs.
Common questions
What does Mercury in Virgo mean?
Mercury is at home and exalted in Virgo: the mind is precise, analytical and useful.
Is Mercury strong in Virgo?
Mercury in Virgo is in its own sign (domicile), fully at home. The house and aspects in your own chart decide how it plays out.
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