Mercury in Capricorn: How You Think, Learn & Communicate

What Mercury in Capricorn means

Structured, serious thinking with a plan; you say little, but what you say counts.

Mercury stands for your mind, speech and learning. In Capricorn it works seriously and with ambition; it climbs step by step and lasts.

At a glance

Planet: Mercury: your mind, speech and learning
Sign: Capricorn, earth and cardinal, ruled by Saturn
Dignity: Peregrine: neither strong nor weak by sign
Time in each sign: two to three weeks, up to two months when it turns retrograde

Famous people with Mercury in Capricorn

Only people whose Mercury stayed in Capricorn through their whole birth day, wherever they were born.

Ronald Reagan40th President of the United States6 February 1911 – 200420hidden 11Aquarius ShakiraColombian singer-songwriter2 February 19771Aquarius Joseph Stalinpolitician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to…18 December 1878 – 19539Sagittarius Elvis PresleyAmerican singer and actor8 January 1935 – 19779Capricorn Pope Francis266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 202517 December 1936 – 20253Sagittarius Charles DickensEnglish novelist and social critic7 February 1812 – 18703Aquarius Volodymyr ZelenskyyPresident of Ukraine since 201925 January 197833masterAquarius Anton ChekhovRussian dramatist and author29 January 1860 – 19049Aquarius MolièreFrench playwright and actor15 January 1622 – 16739Capricorn Marlene DietrichGerman and American actress and singer27 December 1901 – 19925Capricorn Henri MatisseFrench artist31 December 1869 – 19544Capricorn Taylor SwiftAmerican singer-songwriter13 December 19897Sagittarius

Mercury in the other signs

Mercury in the houses

Other planets in Capricorn

Questions and answers

What does Mercury in Capricorn mean?

Structured, serious thinking with a plan; you say little, but what you say counts.

Is Mercury strong in Capricorn?

Capricorn is neither Mercury's own sign nor its exaltation, detriment or fall, so Mercury is peregrine there: neither strong nor weak by sign. It takes on Capricorn's style: seriously and with ambition; it climbs step by step and lasts.

How do I know if I have Mercury in Capricorn?

Enter your birth date in the free Mercury sign calculator.

Which famous people have Mercury in Capricorn?

Ronald Reagan, Shakira, Joseph Stalin, Elvis Presley, Pope Francis, Charles Dickens, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Anton Chekhov