The mind can be manipulative, authoritarian, controlling, aware of limits, and responsible. Mercury in Aquarius is exalted making the mind scientific, inventive, original, strong, detached, theoretical, idealistic, and humanitarian. Thoughts tend to be clever, witty, eccentric, radical, dialectical, synthetic, perceptive, and socially conscious. The mind is psychological and likes to study people and social issues, often having very advanced ideas. Mercury in Pisces is in detriment making the mind intuitive, impressionable, sensitive, subtle, deep, changeable, indecisive, and receptive.
Thoughts tend to be imaginative, dualistic, dreamy, artistic, poetic, and humorous.
The mind is dramatic, spiritual, idealistic, metaphysical, can have an active fantasy life, and likes to understand many things. Mercury in the Houses Mercury in the first house focuses the mind on the self and personality, making them adaptable, changeable, youthful, competitive, excitable, nervous, inquiring, witty, communicative, eloquent or talkative, logical, sharp, and perceptive. One is usually alert to new information with quick comprehension and can be quite persuasive. Mercury in the second house focuses the mind on values, finances, and possessions. One may have talent in writing or the arts as a communicator and quick worker.