All about Mercury in Capricorn or in the 10th house
Mercury is the ruler of information, communication and our intellectual processes. Whatever sign and house Mercury was occupying at your time of birth influences the topics you love buzzing about and how you are most likely to articulate ideas. This may be an area of life where you easily speak up or have strong opinions. Where do you feel most comfortable socializing or with who? Interactivity is Mercury’s domain, showing the types of friends to which you gravitate.
How Mercury influences your chart
Natal Mercury or Mercury sign
Whatever zodiac sign and house Mercury was orbiting through at your time of birth determines your “natal Mercury” or “Mercury sign.” More specifically, this will guide you in the following ways:
- Communication: What’s your conversational style? How do you articulate thoughts?
- Mobility: Plane, train or automobile—how do you like to get around?
- Systems: How do you organize data and stay on top of the moving parts?
- Thought processes: How do you process ideas and make decisions?
- Social life: What sorts of people do you easily click with?
- Hobbies: What do you enjoy doing in your extracurricular time?
Mercury is one of the inner planets, along with Venus and Mars. Because of its close proximity to the Sun, it zips through all twelve zodiac signs in 88 days, spending an average of three weeks in each one.
What’s your Mercury sign?
Use our cosmic calculator to discover what zodiac sign and house Mercury was in when you were born. To accurately determine the house, you will need to know your birth time.
What if the zodiac sign and house are different?
This is common! Read both the sign and house description below. Do these interpretations pull you in two different directions? That’s not unusual. We human beings have range. Astrology is an interpretive dance, a tool which provides a fascinating layer of self-discovery. Do some “astro mixology.” Reflect on how you can work with both energies to enhance your life.
Special positions of Mercury
Retrograde
Mercury turns retrograde 3-4 times every year for a span of three weeks each time, so it’s not unusual to be born with this planet in reverse. You may have to work harder to muscle through its lessons, but once you nail this planet’s energy, your additional effort may actually lead to a rock-solid mastery of working with Mercury in your life.
Domicile: Gemini
The planet’s home base, an easy flow if placed here in the chart
Detriment: Sagittarius
Opposite sign of home base, may need to work harder to integrate the planet’s energy if placed here in the chart
Exalted: Virgo
The planet’s most powerful position; indicates ease and added fortune with using the planet’s energy if placed here in the chart
Fall: Pisces
Opposite sign to the exalted position, can indicate struggles with utilizing the planet’s energy if placed here in the chart
Mercury in Capricorn or the 10th House
Let’s get to the point here, shall we? With Mercury in Capricorn or the 10th house, you are businesslike in your communications.
Traits of Mercury in Capricorn
What’s the five- or ten-year plan? With this goal-oriented placement of Mercury in Capricorn, you like to focus like a laser beam, sharp and direct. A producer and provider, you thrive when you have a purpose. No matter how far up the chain of command you are, you have a CEO-like quality. If you’re on a mission to achieve, you can get obsessively ambitious, tuning out all distractions until the job is done. Easy does it! You may come across as harsh and officious when people aren’t cooperating, or worse, imperious or dismissive.
You process information best in a linear, structured way, considering a larger system—how does this fit into the big-picture game? When it comes to learning, you have an interest in history and worldwide traditions, especially learning about the power structures that have ruled over time. A natural mentor, Mercury in Capricorn enjoys guiding younger people—you have an eye for that “diamond in the rough.” Learning from older, wiser and more experienced people is also part of your success strategy.
Mercury in Capricorn may be more work than play
While you may be more work than play, you know how to cut loose. You have a dry sense of wit that can crack up the room—and when you put your planning powers toward a party or vacation, it can be absolutely legendary. Old friends are the ones you cherish the most, the ones with whom you share history. You can make sacrifices to show that you care and go, go, go until you burn out. Make it a non-negotiable to treat yourself to some earthly pleasures as a payoff for your hard work! Have a “bucket list” investment—put a portion of your profits or paychecks toward it, whether it’s a dream trip, owning a home or creating a college fund for the kids.
