Mercury represents how you think and communicate. The essential keywords for Mercury are: Communication, and Mind.

Desires represented by Mercury: the urge to communicate perceptions through skill or speech

Needs represented by Mercury: the need to connect with others and to learn

Mercury in the Signs:

Rules / Dignity:	Gemini, Virgo	Exultation:	Virgo
Detriment:	Sagittarius	Fall:	Pisces

Mercury Keywords:

Agile Brain Communication Commerce Connection Coordination Cunning Dexterous Eloquence Expressive Flexibility Gossip Guile Information Intellect Internet Intuition Knowledge Learning Logic Meeting point between Sun and Moon

Memory Messenger Mental faculties Mind Nervous system Perception Rationality Reactivity Reason Respiration Self-expression Speech Thinking Thought processes Transport Travel Trickster Wit Writing Youthfulness

Each planetary principle can express positively in a creative way, or negatively in a destructive way. Creative expression occurs when you’re flowing in harmony with the soul’s needs. Aspects to each planet will also colour how they’re expressed. Keywords for Mercury’s expression:

Creative Expression Expressive Talkative Intelligent Clever Perceptive Reasonable Discerning Witty Cool

Destructive Expression Slick Nosy Critical Chatterbox Nervous Opinionated Amoral Untrustworthy Unemotional

More on Mercury:

• The Story Behind Mercury
• Guidelines for Interpreting Natal Mercury