Mercury in Astrology

Principles

Adaptation, exchanges, versatility, movement, flexibility, skill, dexterity, ingenuity, guile, cunning, vivacity, the capacity to reason, perceptions of size, weight, shape, colour, order, position and number, knowledge, reason and intelligence applied to practical matters, logic, eloquence, the quick understanding of things and dexterity.

Qualities

Intelligence, dexterity, assimilation, deduction, sociability, lightness, subtlety, literary aptitude, eloquence, mental skill and adaptability.

Flaws

Chattiness, dishonesty, slander, forgetfulness, lying, nervousness, madness, trickery, mental instability and fickleness.

Correspondences

The sign of Gemini and the sign of Virgo, as well as house 3 and house 6

Also called the “messenger of the gods”, because of its nature as an intermediary.