Mercury Chart Ruler: Traits, Meaning Through the Signs

Read on to find out how the placement of your chart ruler, Mercury, in each sign could “flavor” the way in which others may view your personality and what this may mean for you!

Mercury Chart Ruler: Meaning

The ruling planet in your chart is the planet that rules your rising sign.

The rising sign, or the sign that was rising on the eastern horizon at the time of your birth, represents the persona or mask that you present to the world.

The planet that rules this sign also plays a role in shaping your outward personality and how you are perceived by others. It can also impact how you approach the world around you.

If your rising sign is either Virgo or Gemini, Mercury, their ruling planet, is considered your chart ruler and where it is placed in your chart will add more detail and complexity to this “mask you wear” in the world.

So, what kind of energy does your chart ruling Mercury bring to the persona you use when interacting with others?

Mercury Chart Ruler: Traits and Desires

In astrology, Mercury represents gathering information and knowledge, processing it, and then sharing it with others.

This is the planet of communication, perception, and thinking. For Mercury, it’s the information itself that’s important, not the judgments or feelings attached to it.

If your rising sign is Gemini or Virgo, Mercury helps to form your personality because it is the ruling planet of those signs.

Gemini and Virgo are infused with the qualities of this planet, some of which are highlighted below.

• Searches for knowledge
• Adventurous
• Logical
• Needs to communicate
• Travels
• Quick mind
• Analytical
• Social
• Teaches what it knows
• Able to adapt easily
• Observant and curious
• Charismatic

Mercury Chart Ruler Through the Zodiac Signs

Every Zodiac sign comes with needs and tools that, if acted out in a healthy way, can add more contentment and joy to your life.

Below is a quick snapshot of how your chart ruler, Mercury, could be influenced by each sign.

Keep in mind that these aren’t rules written in permanent ink. These descriptions can only offer a general sense of how each sign could paint your chart ruler in a slightly different hue.

Mercury Chart Ruler in Aries

If your chart ruling Mercury is in Aries, others may see you as someone who loves a good debate.

The people around you know that you will speak the truth, or at least your truth as you see it, and that you won’t tiptoe around issues.

With so much Mercurial energy in Aries, it isn’t that you want to impose your opinion on others, you just see no reason why others would want to shy away from a healthy debate about it.

Your family and friends know that if there is some new idea or groundbreaking news, you may be the person they can ask about as there is a good chance you have already done your research.

You may be great at handling differing opinions, just make sure you aren’t crossing a line and simply trying to impose your position on them.

Mercury Chart Ruler in Taurus

With your chart ruling Mercury is in Taurus, people may see you as a thoughtful thinker who is great and cutting through all of the “fluff” in an idea and just getting to the heart of it.

Simple ideas may speak to you the most.

You may just have a great way of seeing something that others may find to be very complex and are able to boil it down to pull out the most important parts.

Your friends and family may know that a discussion with you will be refreshing and relaxing as they can speak freely without worrying about being interrupted.

When others come to you for advice, they know that you will give it to them only after you have put in plenty of careful thought.

There is a good chance that you appreciate practical, time-tested ideas, but just make sure that you aren’t ignoring new ideas completely as change fosters personal growth.

Mercury Chart Ruler in Gemini

If your chart ruling Mercury is in Gemini, others may see you as a brilliant communicator who loves nothing more than an intellectual conversation.

In its dignity, Mercury loves being in Gemini and you may be quite skilled at speaking, reading, listening, and gathering information-it lights your fire.

The people in your life may see you as someone who is terrific at getting what you want because no one can out-negotiate you!

They also know that spending time with you will rarely be boring as you may love to constantly be learning new things and then discussing and sharing those ideas with others.

Your friends and family may see you as someone who is safe to talk to about things you may disagree with because you don’t shy away from being able to discuss both sides of an issue and more than likely can keep emotions out of it.

Even though you are a master communicator, with Gemini helping to shape your chart ruling Mercury, just be sure that you don’t overwhelm people with conversations who may not be in the mood. Be sure to read the room.

Mercury Chart Ruler in Cancer

With your chart ruling Mercury in Cancer, others may see you as someone who is great at being able to express feelings through words.

You may filter ideas and thoughts through your emotions first.

Because we can remember things easier when tied to an emotion, you may have a great memory.

Your friends and family may see you as someone who cares a great deal about others because you may bring it up often in conversation.

When you hear about an issue on the news, your first thought may be how it must feel for those affected, not the details of the issue itself.

With Cancer helping to shape your chart ruling Mercury, you may focus a lot on the other person in a conversation, but just make sure you reciprocate and shine the light on yourself from time to time.

Mercury Chart Ruler in Leo

If your chart ruling Mercury is in Leo, people may describe you as someone who usually says what you’re thinking.

Whatever thoughts are in there must come out. You may love to share your thoughts and ideas with others and actually may find it impossible not to.

The way in which you communicate is probably never dull as you may feel as though you are sharing something important from within, so it should be expressed in a way that makes it interesting, at least.

Your family and friends may know that even though you love to express yourself and hate being interrupted while doing so, you are also a fantastic listener when it is their turn.

With your chart ruling Mercury in Leo, you may love to interact with those who share their ideas with zest, but be careful that you aren’t overlooking the thoughts of the more quiet souls around you because they also have a lot to contribute, too.

Mercury Chart Ruler in Virgo

If your chart ruling Mercury is at home in Virgo, others may see you as someone who is a terrific listener as you may pay attention very well to whoever is talking to you, even every last detail.

Your friends and family may see you as someone who has a warm and nurturing heart, but who doesn’t feel the need to attach emotions to ideas or mix too much emotion into conversations.

Instead, you may be more analytical, leading with your head.

In the workplace, your boss may see you as someone they can offer constructive criticism to who won’t have a meltdown afterward.

With your Mercury chart ruler in Virgo, when speaking with someone, you probably aren’t impressed by flowery language, but instead, value the level of knowledge the person brings to the table.

You may love figuring out the details of an idea or a situation, but just be careful that you don’t lose sight of the big picture.

Mercury Chart Ruler in Libra

If your chart ruler is Mercury and lies in Libra, others may view you as someone who is great at always “giving people grace.”

That is, you truly try to understand the ideas and motivations of others without placing judgment on them.

You understand that people are all different and would then, naturally, see things differently.

Not only are you not threatened by discussing thoughts that oppose you, but you may even welcome it.

Your friends and family see you as someone who is always kind and respectful when communicating with others.

With Libra helping to shape your Mercury, there is a good chance that you were a born diplomat as you are always aware that there are two sides to every story.

While having positive and harmonious relationships is incredibly important to you, don’t forget that sometimes difficult discussions are necessary.

Mercury Chart Ruler in Scorpio

With a chart ruling Mercury in Scorpio, you may not be the kind of person that can’t bear to put on a “happy face” at a gathering just to have the polite, but shallow, conversations that everyone else is having.

However, your family and friends know that if they have upsetting news or need advice about an embarrassing situation, you are the one that they can talk to who can handle it without judging or freaking out.

Your natural inclination is to be honest at all times, no matter what that truth may look like, and no matter what environment or situation you are in.

You may be able to think about every topic from a brutally honest perspective without limiting your thoughts to those deemed acceptable by social standards.

Just be careful that you don’t allow yourself to only concern yourself with the dark truths of life, there is light out there, too.

Mercury Chart Ruler in Sagittarius

If Mercury is your chart ruler and sits in Sagittarius, your friends and family may know that you are the “go-to” person to talk to when they are feeling down and need a pep talk.

Your optimism is contagious you may be great at convincing others that they will be alright and everything is going to be ok.

Others may see you as someone who is very open-minded and you feed this through constantly learning about new ideas, and especially, different ways of thinking.

The way you learn may be through education or books, but it may also simply be through the school of life, experiences, and meeting new people.

You may be fantastic at “reading a room” and understanding what kinds of behaviors, topics, or styles of humor may be received well within the group and what would fall flat. Like a chameleon, you may fit in anywhere.

There is a good chance you are a big-picture thinker, but remember that sometimes the details are quite important and shouldn’t be overlooked completely.

Mercury Chart Ruler in Capricorn

If your chart ruling Mercury is in Capricorn, others may see you as someone who is a great listener and won’t interrupt you constantly during your conversation.

You are patient and wait until the right time to speak, listening well and then gathering your thoughts after.

Your friends and family know that you aren’t someone who is going to tell a long, drawn-out, flowery story full of exaggeration and theatrics.

Also, you may steer conversations to more conservative topics and away from taboo thoughts or imaginative ideas.

There is a good chance that your mind loves to find a meaningful challenge that it will focus a great deal of energy on, and you have the self-discipline to actually achieve it.

Just be sure you take a breath once in a while and stop to smell the roses!

Mercury Chart Ruler in Aquarius

If your chart ruling Mercury is in Aquarius, your friends and family may see you as someone who can’t help but “tell it like it is.”

This isn’t meant as a negative. It’s just that you may only be interested in the truth, the real truth, and not what society tells you is the truth, that is important to you.

More than likely, you are able to be very unbiased and don’t attach emotions to ideas.

With your chart ruling Mercury in Aquarius, others may see you as someone who is open-minded and who has a way of asking them questions about their long-held beliefs that leave them in a state of self-reflection and questioning their own ideas!

You may love being around people who think outside the box and may be open to, what society would see as unconventional friendships.

New ideas are vital for the growth of a society, but just remember that our ancestors are who got us this far, and not everything old is bad.

Mercury Chart Ruler in Pisces

With a chart ruling Mercury in Pisces, you may form opinions based on your “gut feelings.”

Others may see you as someone who makes decisions based on what feels right, regardless of the facts or logic involved.

However, your intuition may be very sharp and this strategy may have surprised people with how effective it has been for you.

You may have a very creative imagination.

Some of your best ideas may have “struck you” when you least expected it, like when sitting in traffic and spaced out, in the shower, or first thing in the morning before you have even gotten out of bed.

Your friends and family may see you as someone who is very warm and great at validating their feelings when they need a shoulder to cry on.

But, with your Mercury chart ruler shaped by Pisces, just be sure that you don’t absorb the worry and burden of others and internalize it as your own.

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