Mercury in Leo: July 26 – August 11

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Mercury represents rationality, logic, and the left brain, numbers, math, calculations, business people, market places, and counting houses, words, writing, and writers, education and schools, games, strategy, and athletes, alchemy, the occult, magicians, and the art of divination. Hermes, as he was known by the ancient Greeks, is credited with the founding of astrology and rules the first house of the birth chart. His day of the week is Wednesday and makes his presence known in gusts of wind and other boisterous weather. Mercury is a flighty planet. We see depictions of Hermes in winged shoes. He is the messenger god, known for speed and the ability to change course at a moment’s notice. Where this planet is placed in our birth charts tells us how we communicate, learn, think, and process information.

Leo is a fiery, stable, masculine sign ruled by the Sun. It is the point of the year (in the northern hemisphere) where summer heat is at its hottest and all life is in full bloom. The Sun and Leo are both representative of leadership. This sign is known for being noble, kingly, and thriving in the public’s eye, but also playful and full of heart. It is about our personal creativity and how our unique individual talents and passions can be formed into something greater than ourselves which will remain long after we’re gone. That’s why it’s related to children, but it’s also related to the inner child. The Sun signifies the spirit and higher self. People born under the sign of Leo tend to know who they are and invest themselves in the pursuit of the divine through what they create.

The partnership of Mercury and the Sun can be a mixed bag. The former takes pleasure in games, playing both sides, and would be amused if no one won, while the latter prefers honorable challenges, focused efforts, and coming out on top. When the god of communication enters into the temple of Leo, things can get interesting. We may learn what a mischief-maker would do with a crown.

When Mercury is in Leo, we can see things like:

• Lively conversation, heated debates, devil’s advocacy
• Inventiveness and curiosity of a spiritual nature
• Declarations of self that can border on egoism or lack perspective
• Messages coming through relative to where Leo lands in your chart (home, work, children, partnerships, health, etc.)
• Virgo/Gemini Sun or rising and Mercury first house folks receiving accolades
• Mental overwhelm or overstimulation
• Subtle energies and emotions affecting the nervous system and in turn the heart, diaphragm, spine, upper back, or spleen
• Passion for creative writing
• Conducting business in an honorable way
• Inspiration to learn and engage the higher mind

These are overarching themes. If you know what your rising sign is, you can determine what house Leo rules in your chart. This will tell you what specific areas of your life are being affected by this transit.

Famous people with Mercury in Leo: Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Frida Kahlo, Tim Burton, Dave Chappelle, Hunter S. Thompson, Charlie Parker, Lily Tomlin, Annie Oakley

Stay tuned for more transmissions on this topic as we proceed further into the feely feels of it.