Rules: Gemini / 3rd
house; Virgo / 6th
house
Natal significance: Mercury shows the way you think and communicate, your mental processes, logic, intelligence and reasoning.
Transiting significance: As Mercury moves through your houses, it highlights the areas of your life into which you are currently putting a lot of thought or feel the need to communicate about. (As planets move through your Mercury-ruled third house of communication, you may need to talk about the issues of this planet with others.) Look out for Moon-Mercury aspects, as the interaction of the mental and emotional can often lead to a tendency to dwell on emotional issues -- during these transits, try to keep your feelings in perspective and, if you must put thought into them, try to maintain some detachment and analyze constructively. When Mercury is retrograde (appearing to move backward as seen from Earth), communications may go awry, and mental functioning may seem to fly temporarily out the window. During these periods, it's best to write everything down, confirm all plans in advance, and avoid entering into binding legal agreements which may later prove flawed.
