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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.
Virgo is an earthy, changeable, feminine sign ruled by the planet Mercury. Virgo is where we prepare as best we can for a coming season that we cannot predict. It is about taking stock of what we have created and organizing it in a way that will be most useful. The signs under Hermes’ rule are places of great intelligence, wit, and mental agility. In Virgo, we often find those qualities manifesting through detailed work performed by the physical body. This sign is top notch when it comes to taking things apart and putting them back together in a more efficient manner.
When Mercury is in a sign of its own rulership, it has everything it needs to do Mercurial stuff. When Mercury is in Virgo we can see things like:
- Constructive criticism, discussing how things could be more efficient
- Streamlining systems and organizing for maximum efficiency
- Fixing or refurbishing things
- Clear communication, lots of messages coming through, unabridged
- Teaching, writing and/or reading non-fiction or reference material
- Virgo/Gemini Sun or rising or Mercury first house people affecting/playing a role in the part of the chart Virgo rules (relationships, children, home, finances, etc)
- Organizing projects with Virgo/Gemini Sun or rising or first house people
- Planning new, inventive ways to get the most out of what you have learned/created this year
- Renewal of health related to abdomen and/or intestines
- Critiquing, reviewing, editing of your work by other parties
These are overarching themes. If you know what your rising sign is, you can determine what house Virgo 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 Virgo: Freddie Mercury, Amy Winehouse, Madame Blavatsky, Julia Child, Alfred Hitchcock, Steve Wozniak, Karl Lagerfeld, Sadhguru
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