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Mercury in Cancer

Mercury describes thinking and speech: how a person makes sense of something and says it.

You think through memory and tone. Mercury in Cancer remembers how something was said, not only what was said, and you often know the feeling of a fact before you sort the fact. Indirect speech can protect you. It can also hide the simple request you needed to make.

A single placement is not a personality. Houses, aspects, and the rest of the sky change how it behaves. Calculate the whole chart and read this placement where it actually sits.