Planet in sign · Fire · Mutable

Mercury in Sagittarius

Mercury is in its detriment: you think big about belief, travel and philosophy, and speak frankly, sometimes too frankly. The big picture beats the details.

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What Mercury in Sagittarius means

Mercury is in its detriment: you think big about belief, travel and philosophy, and speak frankly, sometimes too frankly. The big picture beats the details.

Mercury stands for your mind, speech and learning. In Sagittarius it works freely, honestly and hopefully; it looks for meaning and distance.

At a glance

Planet: Mercury: your mind, speech and learning
Sign: Sagittarius, fire and mutable, ruled by Jupiter
Dignity: Detriment
Time in each sign: two to three weeks, up to two months when it turns retrograde

Sagittarius is opposite Gemini, the sign Mercury rules, so here it works against the grain.

Famous people with Mercury in Sagittarius

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

Isaac NewtonEnglish mathematician and physicist4 January 1643 – 17271Capricorn Ludwig van BeethovenGerman composer16 December 1770 – 18277Sagittarius BasshunterSwedish singer, record producer, and DJ22 December 198411masterCapricorn Marie CuriePolish-born French physicist and chemist7 November 1867 – 19344Scorpio Fyodor DostoyevskyRussian novelist11 November 1821 – 18817Scorpio Mao Zedong1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republ…26 December 1893 – 19765Capricorn VoltaireFrench writer, historian and philosopher21 November 1694 – 17787Scorpio Charles de GaulleFrench general and statesman22 November 1890 – 19706Sagittarius Huang XianfanChinese historian, ethnologist and educator13 November 1899 – 19826Scorpio Noam ChomskyAmerican linguist and activist7 December 19283Sagittarius Jane AustenEnglish novelist16 December 1775 – 18173Sagittarius Steven SpielbergAmerican filmmaker18 December 19465Sagittarius

Mercury in the other signs

Mercury in the houses

Other planets in Sagittarius

Questions and answers

What does Mercury in Sagittarius mean?

Mercury is in its detriment: you think big about belief, travel and philosophy, and speak frankly, sometimes too frankly. The big picture beats the details.

Is Mercury strong in Sagittarius?

Sagittarius is opposite Gemini, the sign Mercury rules, so here it works against the grain.

How do I know if I have Mercury in Sagittarius?

Enter your birth date in the free Mercury sign calculator.

Which famous people have Mercury in Sagittarius?

Isaac Newton, Ludwig van Beethoven, Basshunter, Marie Curie, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Mao Zedong, Voltaire, Charles de Gaulle