Planets › Mercury › in Scorpio
☿︎ Mercury in ♏︎ Scorpio
With Mercury in Scorpio, the thinking mind takes on a feeling, instinctive, tidal key. Being fixed, it digs in, holds its position, and resists being moved.
Scorpio is the fixed water sign, ruled by Mars. Its keynote is intensity, depth, what lies beneath. Placed here, Mercury (mind and message) takes on that colouring, so read the two together on the Scorpio arc of the wheel.
In Scorpio, expect thinking, talking, and trading to feel deep and receptive and distinctly persistent. The planet keeps its nature; the sign sets the style.
Well integrated, it looks like a clear, agile, curious mind in a Scorpio register; strained, it slides toward nervous talk that never lands.
When Mercury is in Scorpio
Mercury next enters Scorpio around 30 September 2026, staying until about 6 December 2026.
It returns to Scorpio around 27 September 2027 (through about 16 October 2027).
It returns to Scorpio around 10 November 2027 (through about 29 November 2027).
Dates computed from the ephemeris (UTC), not copied from a table.
Mercury’s aspects today
| Moon square Mercury | orb 4.2° |
| Mercury sextile Mars | orb 4.4° |
| Sun conjunction Mercury | orb 7.8° |
Mercury through the other signs
- ♈︎ Aries
- ♉︎ Taurus
- ♊︎ Gemini
- ♋︎ Cancer
- ♌︎ Leo
- ♍︎ Virgo
- ♎︎ Libra
- ♐︎ Sagittarius
- ♑︎ Capricorn
- ♒︎ Aquarius
- ♓︎ Pisces
Tradition and interpretation, not prediction. See Mercury or the sign of Scorpio.