Mercury in Sagittarius, Mercury in the 4th House

Mercury in Sagittarius ♐︎ in the Natal Chart

The mind of a person with Mercury in Sagittarius in the natal chart is a free thinker. You are philosophical and tend towards idealism. As Sagittarius is a fire sign there is a tendency for you to think and speak quickly. You easily master complex philosophical and sociological concepts. 

Mercury is Sagittarius individuals are typically very candid with an outspoken way of communicating. You will always speak up if injustice is occurring and people can trust this is coming from a sincere place. 

There will be a tendency to dominate conversations or lead other people through your well developed ideas. Learning languages, perfecting your grammar, or studying linguistics are often great sources of interest for you. With Mercury in Sagittarius you may speak out against authority or demonstrate some form of rebellion in the way you express yourself. 

You appreciate satirical and political humor. This placement desires mind expansion. You will seek out wisdom both religious, spiritual, and philosophical in order to give you a more well rounded view of life. Mercury in Sagittarius will drive you to be more culturally sensitive understanding the diversity and variety that exists in our world. You see time as malleable and therefore may take weeks to return other people’s messages or phone calls.

4th House

Keywords: Keywords for the 4th house include home, home life, parents, ancestry, relatives, privacy, birth place, nurturing, self-care, self-love, security, and spiritual initiation. 

Angular House Type: An Angular house type means it is ruled by a cardinal sign. In this case Cancer is the cardinal water sign ruling the 4th house. 

The 4th house in astrology is symbolic of our most private self. It is the part that is the hardest to express, representing things we often keep hidden from others. This house can also be representative of one’s parents, typically one or the other. It can represent what the earliest relationships in one’s life were life and home life environment. The 4th house is representative of one’s relationship with authority, thus the association with a parental figure. 

The areas of life the 4th house oversees include the ways in which you create a home for yourself. It looks at how important having a home base is for you. The 4th house is the security blanket of your natal chart. The sign on the 4th house is symbolic of how you take care of your deepest needs, where you need the most nurturing, support, and comfort. If you have an emphasis of planets in the 4th house in your natal chart this may indicate you tend to be shy or keep things to yourself, only revealing your true self to a select few individuals.