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Mercury in Taurus, 2025
Mercury enters Taurus on Saturday 10 May 2025, 12:15 UTC, which is in your time zone. It leaves for Gemini on Monday 26 May 2025, 00:59 UTC, after 16 days.
Mercury crosses from Aries into Taurus on 10 May 2025 at 12:15 UTC. The visit is brief, 16 days, and entirely direct, with no retrograde. Taurus is a fixed earth sign ruled by Venus, and Mercury leaves for Gemini on 26 May 2025 at 00:59 UTC. After the quick pace of Aries, the planet of thought and speech settles into one of the steadiest signs of the zodiac.
Astrologers read Mercury in Taurus as practical, patient thinking. The sign's themes are the senses, comfort, possessions, and what can be built slowly and kept. The tradition says the mind here prefers proven methods and plain words, and is slow to change its view once settled. That steadiness can turn into stubbornness. A modest suggestion is to work through a task by hand, one step at a time, and to say things simply.
By sign
The house it occupies for you
| Sun sign | House | Mercury in Taurus falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | second | money, possessions, values | |
| Taurus | first | self, body, how you come across | |
| Gemini | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
| Cancer | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Leo | tenth | career and public role | |
| Virgo | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Libra | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Scorpio | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Sagittarius | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
| Capricorn | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
| Aquarius | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Pisces | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
Whole-sign houses counted from the Sun sign, the convention behind every Sun-sign horoscope. Your rising sign gives a more personal count: draw your chart.