Mercury in Pisces

Mercury in Pisces understands life through the imagination, music, poetry, and the visual arts. Mercury here expresses itself best when communicating creative, intuitive, and sensitive perceptions. There is an instinctive receptivity to others’ feelings and wealth of collective experience. The collective unconscious is like the great sea of all thoughts and feelings. The individual often perceives things that others don’t. A great fictional example of this placement is found in Jennifer Love Hewitt’s chart. The Piscean actress plays Melinda Gordon in the series Ghost Whisperer. Melinda has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts; she helps to heal unfinished business and then crosses the spirits over into the light. As we watch her throughout the series we also see that she sometimes pays a price for the gift she has been given. Jennifer’s horoscope has Mercury in Pisces square Neptune, and her character struggles with people who disbelieve her. Jennifer Love Hewitt is one of my astro twins, and we share most of the same aspects, including Mercury in Pisces square Neptune. I have always enjoyed observing our highly sensitive natures and over-sensitive perceptions.

Mercury in Pisces is better communicating with images, and even if they can barely write a coherent sentence their sensitivity to colour, sound, and music helps them to convey what needs to be communicated. Mercury in Pisces keen sensitivity puts them in touch with other realms, and some people with this placement can be quite psychic. Furthermore, there is a marked capacity for knowing what others are thinking and feeling and so reflecting their views and thoughts. Conversely, it can be hard to distinguish their own thoughts from those of others around them. Mercury in Pisces is highly telepathic and open to subliminal messages, too. Neptune also rules hypnotism and subtle communication of images and words which can enter our minds without conscious control.

Those with Mercury here will find that opinions and ideas emerge from the unconscious, and they see intuitive images rather than logical interpretations. There is difficulty knowing where this knowledge originates from. Mercury in Pisces is in fall, but this does not impair intelligence. It suggests this mind resists pure logical explanations and receives information from ‘somewhere else’. Ideas stream through the pores of their minds, and so the mind works on transmitting this imaginative world to others, but they can keep these perceptions ‘solely’ to themselves. The ability to communicate clearly becomes muddled and lost in the distractions of their emotional world. Sometimes the connection line to the oceanic realm is more important than remembering mundane responsibilities. The day-to-day functioning of life doesn’t interest them much. Mercury in Pisces can be found drifting in and out of conversations, books, and music.

However, this person has to be careful not to let their imagination run away with them. In extreme cases it can indicate a person who loses all touch with reality, communicating with spirits, lost in thought, and retreating into the imagination. Mercury in Pisces impressionability and over-sensitivity can lead to misunderstandings and distortion of facts. They can easily get lost even in a place they know well. Sometimes there is also shyness and seclusion in communication. Mercury in Pisces is quite chameleon and change their viewpoints according to the last piece of information that was received. The imagination is put to good use and harnessed through writing stories and poems, communicating about music, art, symbols and other artistic forms. This person may also talk and listen compassionately, always lending a sympathetic ear. The individual may listen with acceptance and without judgment, demonstrating great understanding.