Mercury in Virgo

Mercury in Virgo (exalted) views and perceives life through detail and piecing all the parts together into an orderly whole. The analytical abilities are far above average and information needs to be clear and easily digestible. Clarity and conciseness are what matter in writing, speech and communication. Sometimes by being overly immersed in detail you can lose a broad vision and can have a critical nature when it comes to minor issues. This placement of Mercury strives to be logical and objective. Information is gathered for useful purposes and there is often an interest in health and work related subjects.

Mercury in Virgo sets out mental tasks to complete, and you have a innate, intellectual filing system, sorting out what is relevant and useful to you. Your discriminatory abilities are powerful and you care more about accuracy than relying on the imagination. Correctness is important and so you are very careful about what information is relayed to others. You are least likely to swallow concepts whole, and need to scrutinize what is presented. You break information down, and only use what is applicable to the reality and observation. Factual information is what matters and this is a good placement for studying, writing and speaking. Reasoning ability is also well developed, because you always try to find the most logical solution to any problem.

When involved in mental activities you don’t waste time and involve yourself in specialized branches of knowledge. When problem solving you intellectually think about the pro’s and cons before verbalizing your answer. Classification is your speciality, along with areas that involve compiling data and sorting out factual information. You don’t miss a step in mental evaluations and prefer to use methods of breaking down complicated information and analyzing it piece by piece. In this way you come to a much clearer understating of the totality of a problem. You hate to make mistakes and pay fine attention to grammar and spelling, so you keep your focus sharp and hone in on all those details. Sequence, order and evaluation are a high priority in your work.