Mercury in Scorpio
What Mercury in Scorpio means, the traditional facts behind it, and when Mercury is actually in Scorpio.
The sign: Scorpio
- Element
- Water
- Modality
- Fixed
- Polarity
- Yin: inward, receptive
- Ruler
- Mars (traditional), Pluto (modern)
Essential dignity
Mercury holds none of the four major dignities in Scorpio: no rulership or exaltation, no detriment or fall.
The four major dignities, from Ptolemy's table as Lilly gives it (1647).
When Mercury is in Scorpio
Every stay of Mercury in Scorpio from a year ago to two years ahead. Retrograde motion can split one stay in two.
| Enters | Leaves |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2025, 16:41 | Oct 29, 2025, 11:02 |
| Nov 19, 2025, 03:20 | Dec 11, 2025, 22:39 |
| Sep 30, 2026, 11:44 | Dec 6, 2026, 08:33 |
| Sep 27, 2027, 09:08 | Oct 16, 2027, 07:38 |
| Nov 10, 2027, 00:26 | Nov 29, 2027, 10:23 |
Times in UTC, to the minute.
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How this page is made
Sign facts and dignities follow the traditional tables; dates come from our own ephemeris engine. Exact about the astronomy, honest that astrology is a symbolic language.