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When you find a teacher, guru or mentor that really works for you, it’s because you have found somebody whose Mercury is compatible with yours! Somebody who ‘speaks your language’, thinks the way you do and explains things in a way that makes total sense to you. Ten other people can say the exact same thing, but somehow, when this person says it you get it!
If you have your Mercury in Scorpio, you will have a completely different mindset and way of thinking than someone who has Mercury in Aquarius. You probably won’t be able to understand how the other person can think the way they do. Mercury in Scorpio can be very fearful, always aware of potential dangers, always feeling the undercurrents. If you live with somebody who has Mercury in Aquarius, they simply won’t understand what you are saying and why you always worry because their thinking is cool, rational and very logical.
You can still be completely compatible in a relationship with those two different Mercury positions and complement each other as long as you are aware of and respect that you have very different ways of thinking and perceiving the world. It can then be extremely valuable because you get a very different angle on any given situation.
You may have Mercury in Aries and words are always bursting out of your mouth before you even have the chance to think about it. Or Mercury in Capricorn, which can be very serious, shy and slow to speak.
Now, think for a moment about how Mercury complements or is at odds with other parts of your personality. You could be a sensitive Pisces, a soft, gentle poet or artist or painter, who doesn’t reveal themselves to just anybody. And if you then have Mercury in Aries, you just blurt things out you didn't mean to say out loud. Two opposing sides to your personality. Is one stronger in your chart than the other, so that one is silenced? Do you allow them both expression? How does this work in your life? Does it create tension and conflict or have you found way to live with them both?
Mercury can never be very far away from your Sun. It can only be in the same sign as your Sun or in the sign before or after. So, if you know you are a Cancer, Mercury can only be in Gemini, Cancer or Leo.
It is very enlightening to learn more about your Mercury, where it is and how it functions. It will help you understand yourself a lot better; and if needed, you can learn how to use your Mercury in a better way. It will give you a sense of peace and self-acceptance because there is a logical reason why you think the way you do – and why you don’t think like somebody else. It will help you stop trying to use your mind in a way that someone else recommends and instead you can use it according to how your mind is designed to work.
One of the recommendations we hear in the personal development world from every teacher and from most religions, is that meditation is a must. Just close your eyes and still your thoughts. You may have tried this for years and years and wondered why you simply can’t do it? It seems so easy for your best friend or your husband, but you just can’t do it? You can’t get your thoughts to slow down – and maybe it even brings up scary things in your mind instead!
Then, you or your astrologer looks at your chart and says “Of course, you can’t just meditate like that! Your Mercury is in Scorpio, conjunct your Mars.” Now, this may not mean much to you, but to your astrologer this is as easy as reading today’s headlines on CNN. She might then suggest that you could try a meditation technique like the Silva Mind Method that gives you some structure and guidance that is designed to slow your mind down, taking one small step at a time and allowing your mind to go deeper (which Mercury in Scorpio is designed to do). This gives you a sense of security, which you may very well need in Scorpio territory. You will be guided step by step in a very structured manner that slowly lets you feel safe and comfortable at deeper and deeper levels of the mind.
Suddenly, you will find that meditation is indeed working for you. Now, you feel safe going deeper inside your mind. You feel like you have some sense of control, some internal points of reference, instead of this big, vast, open space. Now, you can’t wait each day to meditate because you have found a way of doing it that works for your particular Mercury position.
Learn about your Mercury. How you think and communicate is one of the most important aspects of your personality and it impacts everything you do and every relationship you have, whether it is with your spouse, your friends, your children, your boss or your deity.
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