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Mercury through the Places in a Natal Chart
and a bonus haiku
Mercury travels quickly, is never separated more than 28 degrees from the Sun, and retrogrades three, sometimes four, times per year. His overall condition will describe whether he lends a more fortunate or infortunate nature to the native.
Mercury is changeable and highly influenced by the planets he’s with, including the condition of those planets and of Mercury himself. The numbered place and zodiacal sign he’s in also must be factored in — AND whether he’s a morning or evening star, his proximity to the Sun (e.g., under the beams, combust, cazimi, or phasis), and whether the nativity is a day or night chart and his relation to it (whether he’s of the same sect or not; i.e., is this a day chart or a night chart?). And this, of course, is translated through the numbered place and zodiacal sign he occupies and the places he is responsible for managing, i.e. Gemini and Virgo.
That’s a lot to see, calculate, interpret, and understand, which is precisely MERCURIAL! Astrology is a mercurial practice — as is math, science, and all of divination — which astrology is a part of.
Mercury is flexible in nature and is considered dry and cold. It is associated with technical tasks and jobs, such as measuring and calculating, all forms of communication, travel, markets…
