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Mercury in Scorpio

Mercury in Scorpio is where Mercury sat in the zodiac at the moment of birth, the part of a chart read for how you think, talk and learn. Mercury stays in a sign for two to ten weeks, longer when it turns retrograde. Scorpio is a fixed water sign.

Of the 6,194 well-known people in StarMap's dataset, 536 have Mercury in Scorpio for the whole of their birth date. Walt Disney, Hillary Clinton and John Lennon are among them. Their commonest Sun signs are Scorpio (269), Libra (163) and Sagittarius (76). 34 more were born on a day Mercury moved into or out of Scorpio and are left out, because the hour decides and StarMap has no birth time for them.

Walt Disney and Hillary Clinton both have Mercury in Scorpio.Is your Mercury in Scorpio?Find out with the free Mercury sign calculator

What Mercury in Scorpio means

Read for how you think, talk and learn. If this is your placement:

You think in layers, looking for what is not being said as much as what is spoken aloud. Your communication is direct once you have decided to speak, and silent until then. The tension is suspecting a hidden motive where there is only an ordinary one.

One placement is one part of a chart; the Sun, the Moon, the rising sign and the planets around them change how it plays out. Draw your whole chart to see the rest.

Famous people with Mercury in Scorpio

All 536 people with Mercury in Scorpio, A to Z

Mercury in Scorpio, from last year to two years ahead

  • before the period shown to 29 October 2025
  • 19 November 2025 to 11 December 2025
  • 30 September 2026 to 6 December 2026
  • 27 September 2027 to 16 October 2027
  • 10 November 2027 to 29 November 2027

Dates are UTC. A retrograde close to the sign boundary shows as two stays a few weeks apart; born between them, Mercury was back in the sign before.

Questions people ask

How do I know if I have Mercury in Scorpio?

From your birth date: the Mercury sign calculator works it out from the real sky. Mercury stays in a sign for two to ten weeks, longer when it turns retrograde, so most birth dates settle it; on a day it changed sign, the time decides.

Which famous people have Mercury in Scorpio?

Walt Disney, Hillary Clinton, John Lennon, Pelé and Charles III all have Mercury in Scorpio. StarMap's dataset of 6,194 well-known people has 536 with it for the whole of their birth date, each with a birth chart.

Is Mercury in Scorpio now?

Yes: Mercury is in Scorpio from 30 September 2026 until 6 December 2026. It is next there from 27 September 2027 until 16 October 2027.

More of Scorpio

Positions are computed from each person’s birth date and place with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth data comes from Wikidata; a placement is listed only when it holds for the whole birth date, and a rising sign only with a birth time Astro-Databank records. Readings describe tendencies, for entertainment and self-reflection; StarMap predicts nothing. Every planet in every sign.

Photo credits (48 photos from Wikimedia Commons)

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