Mercury in Taurus, Mercury in the 2nd House

Mercury in Taurus ♉︎ in the Natal Chart

This Mercury placement in the natal chart provides the individual with a methodical mindset. You think things through developing ideas down to their absolute core. There is an ability with this placement to sum things up succinctly and accurately. You love talking with close friends tending towards shyness in larger crowds. 

In your work life you typically know how processes works and understand systems very well. This often leads you to being assigned to training the newbies.  As Taurus is an earth sign there is a very practical approach to communication when Mercury is placed here. When you engage in most conversations there is typically a reason behind what you are saying and you tend to have a very logical mental pathway. You are a systems thinker able to apply small ideas to executing big picture projects. 

Change can be difficult for you as there is an appreciation for routine and predictability. Mercury in Taurus individuals are generally good singers with a pleasant public speaking voice. Your ideas are often very fixed as you tend towards stubbornness. Mercury in Taurus individuals often have very good judgement. 

You are also naturally flirtatious. You want to enjoy life and will seek out company that matches your desire for pleasure, refinement, and success.

2nd House: 

Keywords: The keywords associated with the 2nd house are values, self-worth, resources, finances, material possessions, sensuality, physical body, belongings, beliefs, and ownership. 

Succedent House Type: A Succedent house type is ruled by a fixed sign. Taurus is the fixed earth sign ruling the 2nd house. 

The 2nd house in astrology is the area of life where we develop a relationship with our resources and belongings. In this area of the chart you are called to evaluate your attachments to the material world. In addition, the 2nd house is the place where you learn the value of self-worth, pleasure, satisfaction, and delight. Planets placed in this part of the chart will partially represent your capacity to generate wealth, resources, and income. Planets here need to experience life “hands on.” 

The 2nd house symbolizes your relationship with possessions and values. This can relate on a spiritual, physical, or emotional level. How you define yourself based on what your belongings are, your beliefs, the money you have, the relationships you are in, or anything else you can use as a physical definer of who you are can be experienced through the 2nd house. Deciding what you own or if your possessions “own” you is a core lesson of this area of the astrological chart.