posted February 02, 2016 07:24 PM            

This came to me while I was browsing through the charts of the people I have been romantically involved with or attracted to. I noticed many of them had Mercury Rx in their charts (Aries Rx, Taurus Rx, Libra Rx, etc). This was a pretty interesting find for me because I almost never pay attention to Mercury when it comes to reading synastry charts or judging attraction levels. I am heavily influenced by Mercury so that's another reason why I'm looking into this.

My theory is that Mercury Rx people are attracted to Mercury-influenced people (whether Gemini/Virgo or prominent Mercury/3rd house in the charts) because it somehow makes up for the effects of the retrograde in them.

I personally do not know what Mercury Rx means in the natal chart, so if someone could help me out with this, that would be helpful.

If you're a person with Mercury Rx, please tell me about your experiences with Mercurian people (if you have any).

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Gemini Rising
Sun in Leo (2nd house)
Moon in Cancer (1st house)
Mercury in Virgo (3rd house conj.)
Venus in Virgo (3rd house)
Mars in Libra (5th house)

posted February 03, 2016 01:41 AM            

Ex has moon in the 6th and sun-uranus in the 3rd and virgo rising.

Ex lover has Moon-Mars, northnode and Jupiter in the 3rd.

Partner has Sun, pluto, mercury and eros in the 6th and jupiter and juno in virgo.

Also, I have been interested in the past in 3 Venus in geminis and my current best friend has Venus in gemini.

posted February 03, 2016 02:22 AM            

I admire my husband's mind a lot; he has mercury in scorpio in the 6th with Duad in Scorpio too and Dwad in Aries.

posted February 03, 2016 09:46 AM            

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Originally posted by ScorpAqua:

I don't feel attracted to the energy of the mercurial types as a way to compensate for my own lack of something.

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I am seeing a trend here, although most of you guys have Mercury ruling the 7th house. That probably affects the attraction as well. I'll probably wait for more replies.

What I have found with most Mercury Rx people is that they like to think first before acting on something, which is a good thing. Even with this one guy I used to be involved with who had Mercury in Aries, he didn't seem so Aries to me when it came to his way of thinking. He was not impulsive and he always took others into consideration before making decisions--much like a Libra.

posted February 03, 2016 12:19 PM            

I'm attracted to power or powerful figures mostly (Scorpio dominance) but also good figure and a nice, balanced figure (Libra moon).
But I'll never fall for a guy if he can't hold his ground against me in an intellectual debate. If I don't feel like he can make me learn things or if I feel like I'll never be intellectually challenged, I'll never be capable of involving myself in the relationships.
But that may be Gemini Sun playing in there (also fourth house)

I'm attracted to people who thinks deeps and who, like me, can see between the lines of what people says and feels.

posted February 06, 2016 11:00 PM            

I'm attracted to all sorts of people for different reasons

Romantically I'm open --intellectual people puzzle me and I envy how they can live In the present so much that they just let things go so easily and forget about situations as if they mean nothing

Now, my memory is not that great, but I like to savor an experience

And I can't keep up with the fast paced style
I try to but I'm just not wired that way

posted February 07, 2016 02:00 AM            

The people I've been most attracted to usually have Mercury Retrograde in the natal or else in the progressed chart. The ones with Merc going Retro or Direct in the pChart have given me the strongest electrical charge. Same if they're born within a day of a Merc Retrograde or Direct station. Magnetic!!

I always thought it was Sun-Venus, or Venus-Mars, Sun-Moon or other Gemini placements.

posted February 07, 2016 03:08 AM            

My s.o has three virgo placements, so do three of my closet friends. These three friends all have virgo mercury, two have gem mars.

My s.o has scorp mercury conj pluto

posted February 07, 2016 03:55 AM            

i struggle a lot with communication, misunderstanding. even a simple comment like this takes long to write. constantly reseraching, editing, censoring etc. bla blah blah

i prefer communicating my opinion through memes

posted February 07, 2016 05:39 AM            

I know someone who has Merc Rx in Cappy and he was/is and probably always WILL be attracted to me and vice versa (soulmates). I have strong Mercury. When we communicated I used to say I want to be more like him; laid back, and he wanted to be more like me; in yer face. He is very go with the flow but needs a lot of time to think things through. This could take too long for my quick and witty ways. Like to me hard to understand. He kind of accepted the way he is. Not being able to word what he truly feels. He loves the way I word and analyse things very quickly where he needs more time and even then cannot word things. He is more intuitive I guess. And when he says things they are rock solid. Which I doubt is the case with me. Changeable and always seeing things from other sides, flexible and never rigid or cut in stone. I find it attractive too that someone shows me the opposite.

posted February 09, 2016 03:09 PM            

^this applies to my thinking process too. I can be very foggy distractable benefitting from repetition but my thinking process can be very agile smooth and deep as well.

posted February 09, 2016 03:37 PM            

Mercury in Gemini 18° SD //10th house
Venus in Gemini 16° RX //10th house
Saturn in Sagittarius 28° RX //4th house
Uranus in Sagittarius 28° RX //4th house
Neptune in Capricorn 8° RX //4th house
Pluto in Scorpio 9° RX //3rd house

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In general, the people I am closest to and find a brilliant streak of genius in are people with Mercury RX in their own chart. Communication, to me (possibly due to the Mercury + Venus in Gemini in my chart) is at the utmost importance for me in my personal relationships. RX people just don't miss the beat. They think about things deeper. Sometimes they take a moment to think or pause in interest, but they usually come back with something insightful to say that I either haven't heard before or make me feel more connected to the world.

This could, however, be in part because I am a 'retrograde person' . I stick out like a sore thumb and I'm absolutely sure most people I encounter as well as my friends find me a bit weird.

I've read somewhere on this forum that SD planets are often stronger in a chart than those that are either direct or stationary. I get a lot of compliments on my dating profile that I'm incredibly good at expressing who I am and what I'm looking for almost to the point where people sort of think they "get" me before they meet me. I've always had a bit of a talent for communicating deeper things -- never superficial. Pleasant superficial conversation makes me hole up like nothing else.

posted February 09, 2016 04:10 PM            

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Originally posted by piscesperson:
Boyfriend has Rx Mercury in Aries conjunct his moon. Very talkative and tends to over-think or over-analyze at times.

I have a Virgo ASC and Sun tightly conjunct Mercury in the 6th house.

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