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☿︎ Mercury in ♑︎ Capricorn
With Mercury in Capricorn, the thinking mind takes on a grounded, practical, slow-to-move key. Being cardinal, it wants to start things and set them moving.
Capricorn is the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn. Its keynote is ambition, mastery, the mountain path. Placed here, Mercury (mind and message) takes on that colouring, so read the two together on the Capricorn arc of the wheel.
In Capricorn, expect thinking, talking, and trading to feel steady and concrete and distinctly initiating. The planet keeps its nature; the sign sets the style.
Well integrated, it looks like a clear, agile, curious mind in a Capricorn register; strained, it slides toward nervous talk that never lands.
When Mercury is in Capricorn
Mercury next enters Capricorn around 25 December 2026, staying until about 13 January 2027.
It returns to Capricorn around 18 December 2027 (through about 6 January 2028).
It returns to Capricorn around 10 December 2028 (through about 31 December 2028).
Dates computed from the ephemeris (UTC), not copied from a table.
Mercury’s aspects today
| Moon square Mercury | orb 4.3° |
| Mercury sextile Mars | orb 4.4° |
| Sun conjunction Mercury | orb 7.8° |
Mercury through the other signs
- ♈︎ Aries
- ♉︎ Taurus
- ♊︎ Gemini
- ♋︎ Cancer
- ♌︎ Leo
- ♍︎ Virgo
- ♎︎ Libra
- ♏︎ Scorpio
- ♐︎ Sagittarius
- ♒︎ Aquarius
- ♓︎ Pisces
Tradition and interpretation, not prediction. See Mercury or the sign of Capricorn.