Mercury in Scorpio, Mercury in the 5th House

Mercury in Scorpio ♏︎ in the Natal Chart 

Mercury in Scorpio in the natal chart individuals have a penetrating and deeply perceptive way of communicating. You go into everything with eyes wide open and are rarely ever caught off guard. This Mercury placement can lead to intense conversations between you and others. At times you may say things that cut deeply as you are keenly tuned into what makes people tick. 

Mercury in Scorpio individual’s can often shock people with their words or mesmerize them into coming around to their point of view. They are not faint hearted and their opinions are well developed. You desire to be mentally strong feeling mental toughness is one of the most valuable traits a person can possess. 

Often you will have an interest in the occult or sacred mysteries not necessarily a spiritual or religious approach but more an investigative. You are interested in knowing how the laws of the universe connect. There is a desire with Mercury in Scorpio to find an outlet for your mental power in your search for ultimate truth. At times you can tend towards skepticism. 

Your communications are intense and deep as you choose to only share your mental fortitude with a select few people throughout your life.

5th House

Keywords: The keywords associated with the 5th house include love affairs, romance, sex, sexuality, creativity, art, dating, play, playfulness, children, spontaneity, fun, diversity, and the spotlight. 

Succedent House Type: The Succedent house type is ruled by a fixed sign. Leo is the fixed fire sign ruling the 5th house. 

The 5th house in astrology is symbolic of creativity, sexuality, and children. The reason all of these themes come together in the 5th house is due to the fact that they all of them are related to making or creating something outside of oneself. Creativity brings forth something new and imaginative. Your relationship to sexuality or how you express your sexuality can be a creative act or viewed as the reproductive act that creates babies. 

Having an emphasis of planets or lack of planets in the 5th house speaks more to what you make and create in life and less literally to how many children you will or will not have. When you are playing in the 5th house it is all about finding your creative spark, what enlivens you, and how you can bring your true identity forward. 

The focus of the 5th house is what unique experience do you want to share with others, what makes you special. The 5th house is also associated with affairs, flings, and romance due to the playful and often spontaneous nature of this area of the chart.