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Mercury in Libra

You weigh both sides before you speak: diplomatic, fair-minded, good at negotiation and slow to decide.

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What Mercury in Libra means

You weigh both sides before you speak: diplomatic, fair-minded, good at negotiation and slow to decide.

Mercury stands for your mind, speech and learning. In Libra it works gracefully and fairly; it seeks balance, beauty and a partner.

At a glance

Planet: Mercury: your mind, speech and learning
Sign: Libra, air and cardinal, ruled by Venus
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 Libra

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

Vladimir PutinPresident of the Russian Federation7 October 19527Libra Sung Jae-giSouth Korean masculism activist11 September 1967 – 20137Virgo Bill GatesAmerican businessman, investor, and philanthropist28 October 19554Scorpio Friedrich NietzscheGerman philosopher15 October 1844 – 19006Libra Sarah BernhardtFrench stage actress, painter and sculptor23 October 1844 – 19235Scorpio Leo XIV267th Pope of the Catholic Church14 September 19557Virgo BeyoncéAmerican singer-songwriter4 September 19815Virgo Giuseppe VerdiItalian opera composer10 October 1813 – 19016Libra Michael FaradayBritish scientist22 September 1791 – 18674Virgo Margaret ThatcherPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 199013 October 1925 – 201322masterLibra John LockeEnglish philosopher and physician8 September 1632 – 170411masterVirgo Dwight D. Eisenhowerpresident of the United States from 1953 to 196114 October 1890 – 19696Libra

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Questions and answers

What does Mercury in Libra mean?

You weigh both sides before you speak: diplomatic, fair-minded, good at negotiation and slow to decide.

Is Mercury strong in Libra?

Libra 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 Libra's style: gracefully and fairly; it seeks balance, beauty and a partner.

How do I know if I have Mercury in Libra?

Enter your birth date in the free Mercury sign calculator.

Which famous people have Mercury in Libra?

Vladimir Putin, Sung Jae-gi, Bill Gates, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sarah Bernhardt, Leo XIV, Beyoncé, Giuseppe Verdi