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Mercury in Taurus

You think slowly and surely, and once your mind is made up it stays made up. Practical, common-sense thinking.

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What Mercury in Taurus means

You think slowly and surely, and once your mind is made up it stays made up. Practical, common-sense thinking.

Mercury stands for your mind, speech and learning. In Taurus it works steadily, patiently and sensually; it builds slowly and holds on.

At a glance

Planet: Mercury: your mind, speech and learning
Sign: Taurus, earth and fixed, 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 Taurus

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

Vladimir Leninfounding leader of the Soviet Union22 April 1870 – 19246Taurus Salvador DalíSpanish artist11 May 1904 – 19893Taurus Sigmund FreudAustrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis6 May 1856 – 19394Taurus Carl LinnaeusSwedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778); developed the foundati…23 May 1707 – 17787Gemini Alexander PushkinRussian poet, playwright, and novelist6 June 1799 – 183711masterGemini John F. Kennedypresident of the United States from 1961 to 196329 May 1917 – 19637Gemini Leonhard EulerSwiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer15 April 1707 – 17837Aries Richard WagnerGerman composer22 May 1813 – 18834Gemini Carl Friedrich GaussGerman mathematician and physicist30 April 1777 – 185511masterTaurus John Paul II264th pope of the Catholic Church18 May 1920 – 20058Taurus VictoriaQueen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 190124 May 1819 – 19013Gemini Max PlanckGerman theoretical physicist23 April 1858 – 19474Taurus

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Questions and answers

What does Mercury in Taurus mean?

You think slowly and surely, and once your mind is made up it stays made up. Practical, common-sense thinking.

Is Mercury strong in Taurus?

Taurus 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 Taurus's style: steadily, patiently and sensually; it builds slowly and holds on.

How do I know if I have Mercury in Taurus?

Enter your birth date in the free Mercury sign calculator.

Which famous people have Mercury in Taurus?

Vladimir Lenin, Salvador Dalí, Sigmund Freud, Carl Linnaeus, Alexander Pushkin, John F. Kennedy, Leonhard Euler, Richard Wagner