BASICS OF ASTROLOGY – PART V - Mercury

The alchemical meaning of the symbol is connecting all principles.

The spiritual principle on the tree of life is "Hod" - the analytical thinking.

Mercury indicates where and how to apply one's mind and how to communicate.

The virtues are:  truth, sincerity.

The vice is: dishonesty, mendacity, confused thinking.

The Sun rules in Gemini and Virgo, exalted in Virgo, in exile in Sagittarius and Pisces and in Fall in Pisces.

Associated metal: mercury.