The Sun is given the most credit when it comes to the zodiac. It is the information people give out when someone else asks "what's your sign?" But the other planets of the zodiac have importance that shouldn't be thrown away. Mercury influences how a person thinks and how that is portrayed to the outside world. Learning, communication and expression are all housed here. It also dictates whether a person moves through life with a strong sense of direction or a tendency to detour.



Those who have their Mercury in Capricorn have a clear, rigid, cautious, resourceful and somewhat narrow mind. Careful, they take a methodical approach to their thought processes- analyzing the facts before they draw conclusions. Their speech is similarly not impulsive and is marked by carefully chosen words. Somewhat slow learners, once the information has gotten into their mind it is there to stay due to their excellent capacity for memory. They are accordingly somewhat secure about their intelligence and try to compensate through education and opportunity. There is a feeling that they need to prove their worth in the intellectual realm.

They often seem overly serious due to their level of concentration, earnestness and dignity. Sulking and moodiness are hard to wave off for optimism since pessimism is their normal stomping ground. They are quiet and may even have a phobia about talking to people they do not know. Even around those they are comfortable with, listening is their preferred role in a conversation. Responses will be slow to come, well thought out and rarely something that anyone could regret later on. The Capricorn in Mercury is far too cautious for that. Their caution and skepticism makes them conservatives at heart and binds them to traditions and patterns. Change is not something they take easily.

It may be hard for this person to form solid relationships with others due to their reserved nature. Verbal communication for them is built around logic not emotion. Very little in their makeup is based around emotion. They will try and show how they feel about their partner through practical means like paying the bills, being punctual and helping out with the household tasks. It may not be as romantic as poetry and flowers, but it is usually more useful. Their changing moods normally need to be waited out as they will cycle through. Honesty is one of their key traits so if they give their word on a matter, it can be taken as the gospel.

The business world is a good place for this person's direct thought and communication processes to be used. Organization and planning are especially strong skills they have and working on long projects that require a great deal of will and perseverance will make them feel accomplished. If they put their mind to a task, it will be completed. They will not thrive as the leader of a large group of people- especially a group of people that they don't already know well. This scenario would bring out the insecurity in their persona and potentially sabotage all of the positive traits that make them a workforce attribute in the first place.