Mercury in Virgo, Mercury in the 5th House

Mercury in Virgo ♍︎ in the Natal Chart

Mercury in Virgo in the natal chart gives the native a highly developed sense of perception and analytical ability. Mercury is the ruler of Virgo making this placement additionally prominent in the natal chart. This placement will contribute to the individual’s skills in memorizing, studying, and problem solving. 

You will communicate with a practical and pragmatic approach. This Mercury placement is inventive, ingenious, and very intellectual. You take a comprehensive approach to work and daily life. There is a unique ability about you that allows you to predict all possible outcomes in a situation.

Mercury in Virgo often makes you an excellent student. In conversation you have the ability to speak with accuracy and gentle understanding. You can often bring people around to your point of view by expanding the mindset of those around you. 

Mercury in Virgo people are often very good writers or editors as you can pull out the final structure of a work. There is typically a serious tone to your communications, however, you will bring in your wry sense of humor if it fits a situation. You do well in the science or medical field as your mind appreciates searching for evidence through the scientific method.

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.