Mercury in 1st House

These natives born with Mercury in 1st display a need for self expression. 1st house is naturally ruled by Aries, owned by Mars. Mercury along with Jupiter is most comfortable in first house. These natives are usually vey curious in nature and learn about many things by questioning. They always look at the intellect side of things. They can usually express themselves very clearly and fluently. They are likely to spend a lot of time in mind oriented things. They are quick, apt and flexible and are very enthusiastic in life.

Depending on aspects they can make good teachers, actors, lawyers. If there is an aspect from Saturn or Mercury is in Capricorn or Aquarius then they can become interested in writing, singing, photography or film making. If Mercury is in airy or earth signs then they express themselves freely. If it is in watery signs then they may have problem in expressing or communicating with clarity. They take every information and put it in words and images and evaluate them. They are witty and funny in nature. They can easily put things in words much better than most people. Overall an excellent placement for Mercury.

Mercury in 2nd House

These natives born with Mercury in 2nd display a need for securing physical and materialistic things. 2nd house is naturally ruled by Taurus which is owned by Venus. These natives thought their intelligence try to acquire material security in life. They often want to acquire something of intellectual value. They are usually good at making choices or comparison of different things. They apply their intellect to differentiate things and if anything is actual worth the price. Others might take these natives advices when they are buying anything worthy.

They want to make money using their intellect. The path they use to make money depends on what aspect or zodiac Mercury is placed. If Mercury is in earthy signs then the native will build his wealth in an enduring way that will make their wealth permanent. They make complete use of their intellect to attract good fortunes in life. When they mentally loose interest in something they own, they will gladly move on and disown it. They want to make use of material resources to full their mental quest. Their main method of making money is though intellect and not physically.

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Mercury in 3rd House

These natives born with Mercury in 3rd house display a need to communicate freely more than anyone. Third house is naturally ruled by Gemini which is owned by Mercury. Third house represents all sorts of communication and younger siblings. These natives are excellent communicators. They can speak with utmost clarity and simplicity. If Mercury is exalted, i.e in Virgo, then it can mean excellent authors. These natives usually have good relationship with their younger siblings. They are always looking to learn new things.

Learning things does not necessarily mean learning about something in depth. It’s just that they have interest in knowing different things. They like to know a little about lot of things. If Mercury is in earthy signs then they will be learning and researching things deeply. If Mercury is in fire signs then they will be starting lots of new projects, but they also loose interest quickly due to airy nature of Mercury. They are open minded, flexible in nature. They can easily see both of a question. They are very quick learners as well. They like to travel short distances. They are funny and witty. Overall a very good position of Mercury.

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Mercury in 4th House

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These natives born with Mercury in 4th house display a need to for mental activities relating to their family. 4th house is naturally ruled by Cancer which is owned by Moon. This is a little complicated placement. Home is a safe place for most of us. But for Mercury to be happy it needs mental stimulation, so if the stimulation is not there at home then they will leave their homes. One more things 4th house is family house so there will be lots of emotions and dramas in any homes. And Mercury more than any planet doesn’t like emotions. Hence the difficult placement. 

These natives have a great desire to travel to foreign places and explore unknown things. They don’t like being tied to one place. They also expect a lot of lot of freedom and space from their family members. Fourth house is mainly represents family, mother and immovable property. These natives may have intelligent mothers. The type of property they own depends on what zodiac sign is there. Best zodiac signs for immovable property are earthy signs. They like to have a private life. Most of the thoughts and ideas are linked personally to themselves.

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Mercury in 5th House

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These natives born with Mercury in 5th house display a need to for mental activities relating to creativity. 5th house is naturally ruled by Leo which is owned by Sun. These natives are very creative in nature. They crave for things that can stimulate them mentally to create something new. They natives have various skills. Fifth house indicates children, creativity, intelligence higher knowledge and luck among other things. These natives have a natural intelligence. They can easily learn new things effortlessly.

Depending on the zodiac sign that falls in fifth house their interests vary. If it is placed in airy or fire zodiac signs then they will learn a little about lot of things. If Mercury is placed in earth signs then they will be research oriented and learn things deeply. As fifth house represents intelligence Mercury is very well placed here. Because Mercury is significator of intelligence. No matter how difficult situations they will find a way to get though it and succeed with their intelligence. They can be in teaching profession. They have a certain flair and style in them.

Mercury in 6th House

These natives born with Mercury in 6th house display a need to for mental activities relating to work and daily routine. 6th house is naturally ruled by Virgo which is owned by Mercury. Sixth house represents daily work and diseases among other things. This is the most serious placement of Mercury. These natives are very hard working. They always want to keep working and they hate missing there daily routine. Here Mercury is operating at for a higher cause. These natives know how important their everyday effort is and usually they succeed at an excellent level in their field of work.

These natives are usually quiet content in their daily routine. They do their work as if there is no end to it and they love doing it again and again. They have certain satisfaction by doing their usual work every single day. Depending on the zodiac signs they can be in various professions. In airy signs they can make good lawyers. In earthy signs they can fit in finance world. One negativity of this placement is that they can be become restless if they are not doing something. This might lead them to over work. Sixth house represents nerves and mercury represents nervous system. So there is a certain nervousness in this placement. If they can learn to relax then there is no stopping for them.

Mercury in 7th House

These natives born with Mercury in 7th house display a need to for mental activities relating to their partners. 7th house is naturally ruled by Libra which is owned by Libra. Seventh house is primarily concerned with life partner. This is a difficult position of Mercury. As this house concerns with partners, there will be lots of emotions. Mercury hates emotions. These natives will try to solve the problem in a logical and systematic way. They might not even realize that they have to show some emotions to their partners.

These natives crave for partners who are intelligent. They do not like to deal with emotional drama that comes in most people’s life. Here if Mercury is placed in earthy signs then at least the relationship will be enduring and long lasting. If it’s placed in airy signs then relationships might be short lived. These natives have to learn that they have to emotionally understand their partner, not just communicating intellectually. They don’t like to be tied down at one place. They might travel to foreign places.

Mercury in 8th House

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These natives born with Mercury in 8th house display a need to for mental activities relating to occult matters. 8th house is naturally ruled by Scorpio which is owned by Mars. Any planet will face extreme challenges in this house. Eight house also indicates transformation in life. If Mercury is placed well like in airy or earthy signs, then they will wait for the right moment to transform themselves. Eight house also concerns with inheritance, so these natives will use their intelligence to get their all the inheritance.

This position of Mercury give a serious mentality. They might seem like easy going on the outside. But they have serious inner mentality. These natives know how to get adequate resources in life intelligently. They might shows interest in matters of occult matters which might take them to a religious or spiritual path. They may be involved in a job concerning risk. The way they speak might vary a lot. Sometimes they might communicate gently, sometimes very harshly. Much depends on the zodiac signs that is there in this house. Earthy and airy signs can reduce some of the problems faced in this house.

Mercury in 9th House

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These natives born with Mercury in 9th house display a need to for mental activities relating to higher knowledge. 9th house is naturally ruled by Sagittarius which is owned by Jupiter. This placement gives higher wisdom to the already intelligent Mercury. This is house where Mercury gains depth and enters into realm of higher knowledge and intelligence. These natives seek to make connections between philosophy, religion and spirituality. These natives use their knowledge to maybe get to far away places.

Ninth house is also concerned with long distance and foreign travel. So these natives might be very much interested to go foreign places and maybe even settle there. They like to learn about various cultures across the world. They usually have a broad sense of view about the world. If Mercury is placed in fire sings then it can operate like Jupiter. They can easily get along with people with different culture and background. In-fact they are fascinated to learn about different places and cultures. This is also a very good placement for getting a good higher education.

Mercury in 10th House

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These natives born with Mercury in 10th house display a need to for mental activities relating to their work. 10th house is naturally ruled by Capricorn which is owned by Saturn. This is yet another excellent placement of Mercury. Here all the intelligence of Mercury is put into actual everyday work. These natives are masters at their work. They always like to use their intelligence and get things done. They are usually recognized well at heir work place. They are known to finish their work before deadlines.

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Depending on the zodiac signs that falls in tenth house, these natives will choose their profession. If earthy signs then they can make excellent financers or lawyers. In airy signs they can be in research related work where new ideas are continuously generated. This can be a good placement for natives who want to own their own business. They use their intelligence to achieve recognition in their field of work. They also have great ambition to reach their goals. This position can also make excellent writers. Overall a very good position for Mercury.

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Mercury in 11th House

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These natives born with Mercury in 11th house display a need to for mental activities relating to their financial gains and friends. 11th house is naturally ruled by Aquarius which is ruled by Saturn. These natives are extremely intelligent in generating financial gains. They use their ideas to generate income. Some natives who have this placement might be full time businessmen, as eleventh house is also concerned with business. They look to have friends who are intellectual. They accompany people who are influential in society.

These natives are usually friendly in nature. If Mercury is placed in placed in airy signs then it will work extremely well. If it’s placed in fire signs then they will originate many ideas. If placed in fire sign like Leo. Then these natives will be very creative and also authoritative. They have the ability to turn an idea into a whole business. These natives can communicate well with people around them. Eleventh house is also concerned with society and community in, so these people may be a spokesperson in their community. They may have desire to put their own ideas into the community for the common good.

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Mercury in 12th House

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These natives born with Mercury in 12th house display a need to power in regard with psyche and outer world things. 12th house is naturally ruled by Pisces, owned by Jupiter. Mercury in 12th is usually a very difficult placement. In-fact most planets would struggle in 12th house (except Venus and Saturn). As 12th house is a strong indicator of losses. These natives try to analyze intellectually the unity of life. Here Mercury tries to connect the conscious and unconscious world. Mercury has to operate beyond it norms here in order to understand what twelfth house is all about.

These natives can easily understand things most people would not be able to. If Mercury is in watery signs it faces the utmost challenge. As it would be not able to use its normal intellect. But this gives a special intuition and psychic power. These natives may learn complicated things and will try to communicate in common language for everyone to understand. As Mercury represents thoughts, depending on the aspect they may express them differently. This can be a good position for a writer. As they can isolate from the world to think freely without any limits and boundaries.