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Mercury in Cancer: You sense things with the mind and understand that feelings are thoughts

too. What does this or that thought mean? Where is it pointing? These are questions you ask. You

use subjective rather than objective logic—intuition and gut instinct. Poetry, music, and the arts

interest you, as do psychology and the psyche.

Mercury in Leo: You are dynamic and always expressive in thought and speech—dramatic.

You appreciate your own ideas, and tend to be outgoing in speech and manner. Fresh. Warm.

You put forth strong views and are hard to influence or change. Emotional and a good enter-

tainer, you are louder than average and tend to exaggerate. You are a lover. There are always

plenty of tears and laughter.

Mercury in Virgo: You have a fine mind and a great appetite for detail. You appreciate minute

differences and distinctions. A craftsman with an innate critical sense, you are always full of

suggestions. Your careful, conservative mind wants to salvage every last thing. You possess a

love for detail and trivia. Quick-minded.

Mercury in Libra: Yours is a reflective mind, a mirror for others. You are equality-minded and

easy to talk with—a great mediator or negotiator. You find it easy to accept the ideas and

thoughts of others and to hear them out. You are good at relations (politics, diplomacy, sales),

not to mention considerate, helpful, and courteous. Calm.

Mercury in Scorpio: The original Sherlock Holmes, you are able to ferret out information and

all kinds of secrets. You are research-oriented and security minded. A shrewd and penetrating

thinker, you have great psychological instincts and are able to get at the causes beneath the

surface of life.

Mercury in Sagittarius: You are fair-minded and above-board, always direct and honest in

thought. You are more interested in eternal thoughts and broad landscapes than in minute details.

You always manage to get the picture right away. Farsighted, you have a wandering mind that loves

to travel and are at home with the bare bones of truth.

Mercury in Capricorn: You have a very clear and analytical mind and are able to grasp ideas

and put them to work at once. You have good management and supervisory ability. You use

cold reason, are not much moved by emotions, and are always pragmatic. You prefer concrete

subjects to “grand ideas” and flights of fancy. Manipulative too.

Mercury in Aquarius: You are an impartial thinker, democratic to the point of being imper-

sonal. Fascinated by the latest technology, you have very original ideas, an inventor. Always

thinking of the world as a unity, you are idealistic and believe in putting into practice what is

preached. You are group-conscious, community-oriented.

Mercury in Pisces: You are an intuitive rather than a rational thinker, and psychological

thought (the psyche), mysticism and religion are natural. You love poetry and music, tending

to feel or sense with your mind the truth of a situation. You are very sympathetic and under-

standing and have kind thoughts. Compassionate.

Appendix A: Reading Your Own Astrology Chart

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