It also represents a two edged sword, which can result in self-destruction if other aspects are present. . There is a fierce acuteness of perception and thought. Trial lawyers with this aspect are exceedingly successful but amoral and immoral in their judgments. Mercury in Scorpio is frighteningly empathic for the express purpose of pinpointing weakness in enemies. Exceedingly charming, it will seduce you into revealing your deepest feelings, to better target you for destruction.
Ends justify any means.
Intensely secretive with a highly developed sense of how they are being perceived. Natives with Mercury in Scorpio can assume any gesture, or nervous tick, any involuntary response necessary to either thwart, OR manufacture perception. If asked to draft the astrological chart of the anti-christ, I would submit the chart of H. Rodhem. It is no accident that the astrological events of election night included two aspects of H Rodhem's chart. The Moon The Moon, traveling around the earth, also passes each sign in the zodiac.