posted July 23, 2009 09:55 PM         

He has a history of speech problems that include stuttering. He got speech therapy in special education class. He was good with other things ruled by Mercury. He works well with numbers. He's an accountant.

I am not sure if Mercury sign placements indicate being articulate in speech

another thing is that there are people that are articulate in speech but have problems in other areas that are ruled by Mercury.
Therefore hard aspects of Mercury might not indicate problems with speech but problems in those other areas.

my maternal grandfather had retrograde Mercury in Gemini conjunct Sun in Cancer less than 3 degree orb in the 8th house, and he had ability to talk about almost any subject with other people. He was definitely articulate, but he wasn't educated. He didn't even go to junior high school.

Raymond

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“It is absolutely the perfect name,” Dr. Brown said, given the continuing discord among astronomers and the public over whether Pluto should have retained its planetary status.

In mythology, Eris ignited discord that led to the Trojan War.

posted July 23, 2009 10:11 PM         

Yeah...I agree.
I have Mercury-Venus in Scorpio in 3rd contraparallel retrograde Saturn in Gemini in 9th, and I am that way. However, I also had history of speech problems that were treated with speech therapy in special education. I have compensative speech mechanisms. I do think carefully before I talk. I do tend to pause and have hesitation in my speech. If I don't, I can talk rapidly and get disorganized,tangential,loose in my speech (cluttering) as well as make make verbal mistakes which are connected to word retrieval issues like not finding the right word to say. I am also very softspokened. I have Mercury-Venus parallel Neptune in Sagittarius in 3rd.

My father had Sun-Mercury in Capricorn trine Jupiter-Saturn in Taurus, and my mother told me that he was a stutterer and clutterer too.
My mother told me that he was more softspokened than I was.

I definitely have reasons for having doubts about Mercury aspects indicate how well a person speaks or not.

" Mercury in specific signs alone is a dead giveaway, but I HAVE noticed a lot of Virgo Mercury people that are pretty darn articulate, not to mention capable of ripping you to shreds if slighted...."

After getting speech therapy, Uncle Eddie became articulate...got more articulate as he got older. He was definitely very capable of ripping to shreds in speech. My Uncle Dino was a physical fighter,and my uncle Eddie was a verbal fighter.
My Uncle Eddie has Mars in Gemini.

"I have Mercury conjunct Pluto and have found that I know how to verbalize what's sometimes hard for others to articulate. But I also have Cancer on the 3rd house cusp, so I think this can be empathy too in speaking, or relating."

former President George W. Bush has a close Mercury-Pluto conjunction in Leo,and he is known for his speech issues that include verbal mistakes that seem to be connected to word retrieval issues. Interestingly, he has Neptune in 3rd like Uncle Eddie and me. His father,George H.W. Bush wasn't very articulate either.

Raymond

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“It is absolutely the perfect name,” Dr. Brown said, given the continuing discord among astronomers and the public over whether Pluto should have retained its planetary status.

In mythology, Eris ignited discord that led to the Trojan War.

posted July 23, 2009 10:36 PM         

Raymond

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“It is absolutely the perfect name,” Dr. Brown said, given the continuing discord among astronomers and the public over whether Pluto should have retained its planetary status.

In mythology, Eris ignited discord that led to the Trojan War.

“She causes strife by causing arguments among men, by making them think their opinions are right and everyone else’s is wrong,” Dr. Brown said. “It really is just perfect.”

posted July 23, 2009 11:05 PM         

I used to also have a stuttering problem as I spoke too quickly as a kid. When I learned to speak English I taught myself to speak slower and the stuttering ended just like that. My first language is Zulu, 2nd language is Xhosa, 3rd Language is Swati and English is my 4th. I've dabbled in french as well and forgot it, but I pretty much pick up languages and accents easily.

Since I was 13 or so, until today, I am adequately articulate and eloquent. I speak and write well most of the time and I speak well publicly. I used to be in the debate team for Afrikaans (another language I butcher because I've forgotten it too) and have won countless speech contests in my time at school and University.

Languages (speech and writing) were where I excelled.

I have a Libra Stellium of Mercury/Saturn and Pluto in 12th. My 3rd house is empty. My 6th house is empty. Saturn does rule my 3rd and 4th houses. Mercury Rules my 12th house, and the Ruler (benefic)is in his own house which indicates overcoming one's earlier challenges, so my 12th house is quite telling.

posted July 24, 2009 06:34 AM         

Mercury in Capricorn, trine Jupiter & exact sextile to Moon.