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Mercury in Scorpio

How you think and speak. · The transformer.

Core meaning

When Mercury moves through Scorpio, the Mind, communication, learning, commerce, siblings, travel domain takes on Scorpio qualities. Scorpio is Water, Fixed, ruled by Pluto / Mars — so this transit colours Mercury's expression with those filters.

Opportunities

Mercury in Scorpio favours: action expressed in the Scorpio style. Native areas — Mind, communication, learning, commerce, siblings, travel — find a fresh approach shaped by Scorpio's strengths: Passionate, Loyal, Resourceful, Perceptive, Determined.

Watch-outs

Watch the shadow: Mercury in Scorpio can amplify Scorpio's downsides — Jealous, Secretive, Suspicious, Vengeful — applied to Mind, communication, learning, commerce, siblings, travel. The discipline is to use the energy without indulging the reflex.

Duration

Mercury transits one sign at the pace of one sign per 3 weeks; retrogrades 3 times yearly.