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Appendix A: Reading Your Own Astrology Chart
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 entertainer,
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 impersonal.
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 understanding
and have kind thoughts. Compassionate.
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