Just as poignantly, with Mercury's visibility only possible when it is at its furthest from the sun, we learn that with distance comes perspective. In a sense, Mercury's closeness with the sun also speaks of our profound attachment to the mind: however far we may travel, we are never very far from our thoughts. For the same reason, the only aspect Mercury can make with the sun is a conjunction, which in turn means that sun-Mercury conjunctions in the natal chart are highly common. Planet Mercury is not often visible in the sky due to its ultra-tight orbit with the sun since Mercury can never be more than twenty-eight degrees away from the sun, it is often eclipsed in the brightness of the sun's rays. Traditionally, Mercury's house of joy is the first house, where he can dance above and below the horizon, like the liminal journeyman that he is (coincidentally, Mercury was said to have been born at dawn, which would place him in the first house). Mercury is the ruler of both Gemini and Virgo and is said to be exalted, or strongest, in Virgo Mercury is considered weakened in Sagittarius and Pisces. Instead, Mercury shapeshifts in relationship to the planets with whom he is in closest contact. Unlike other planets, Mercury is not considered feminine or masculine, benefic or malefic, diurnal or nocturnal. Every time we pick up a pen, state our case, or travel hither thither, we are in the grips of Mercury. Infinitely clever and full of wiles, Mercury in the natal chart embodies the ways we think, speak, and write, as well as the ways we use our cunning to bend the truth and sidestep responsibility. Mercury is a celestial anomaly and a singularly disruptive, tricky character, in both mythical and astrological interpretation.
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