Communication in Astrology ✨
Hello my loves! Today I wanted to talk about communication because we tend to focus on Mercury for how people communicate!
Let’s start with what Mercury represents before we dive deeper into this theory of mine.
Mercury
When we look at the Mythology regarding Mercury, Hermes is the equivalent to Mercury. He was the messenger for the God’s. We can almost look at Hermes as the game of telephone, he delivers the messages between different God’s and they have to trust what he says because communication can easily be twisted if it wasn’t heard right, or the messenger himself can misconstrue information on purpose.
Mercury therefore symbolizes communication; however, in order to be a good communicator you also need to be able to pick up ideas and learn quick. Mercury is how you communicate, how you learn, how you mentally adapt, how you use your motor skills, and how you express.
Therefore, your Mercury placement/aspects are going to highlight all those themes for you!
Example:
My natal Mercury is in Aries in the 1H. Off the bat, my main method of communication is quick, not only quick in communication, but quick in understanding with a quick mind. Aries Mercury can be known for their reactive/“aggressive” tone. It being in the 1H shows how the natives need to rely on their own instincts or their first assessment because the thought comes quick to them. Otherwise the native love to bring out their inner most thoughts as a topic to discuss.
To add a little more sauce, we can show how aspects further your communication style. My Aries Mercury is trine Sagittarius Pluto. Those with these natives grab people’s attention just with their words! People can misinterpret the message because the delivery style is intense and deep cutting, so people can feel slighted by their words even if that wasn’t the original intention! These natives may curse often and/or talk about vulgar/deeper topics.
Mercury in your chart literally shows you how you’re going to mainly communicate with other people!
However
Just because we found our main source of communication doesn’t mean that’s how we initially come off! Astrology has this vast depth to it, which is why I thought about this extra factor that I haven’t personally seen other people talk about this around me.
The 3rd House in astrology literally represents communication! That’s not the only topic that embodies the 3H, but our focus is on communication in this spiel.
In my opinion, your 3H is going to be how you initially come off to other people, communication wise, rather then being directly confronted with your actual Mercury sign. If you’re confused, allow me to give you an example.
I already stated before what my Mercury sign is and explained how it can play out. My 3H in whole sign houses is Taurus. My Sun and Saturn are conjuct in my 3H.
When I speak, you’re not getting that direct Aries Mercury energy off the bat. You’re receiving my Taurus energy, so I’m not talking in an aggressive tone upfront. My tone is more calm and slower because that’s my passive energy coming out. I’m not overly excited off the bat, but more authoritative and firm when I first meet people or am sitting in my passive energy! My voice is smooth and comforting vs it being brash and rapid.
So now my question to you all, what is your Mercury, where is it, and where is your 3H along with the planets within that house? Do you guys feel like this theory applies to your natal chart? I would love to see how it plays out and if you resonate with it! Especially if your Mercury is in your 3H anyway, than that person is actually just embodying their Mercury communication style fully. Anyway, thank you for coming to my Astro Ted talk!









