From October 13th to November 2nd, Mercury transits the deep, dark, brooding, healing and transformative sign of Scorpio. Over the next three weeks, the mind, perception, and speech is oriented toward the deep, the profound, the private, taboo, and the classified. This transit brings in energy where words are limited, the perception is keen, and undercovering hidden information is highlighted.
While Mercury in Scorpio isn’t big on revealing its own information, it is quite adept at undercovering the deepest and darkest of others. This information is often held close to the chest. This transit is likely to bring in classified information that offers truth…even if it is painful. Sometimes the truth hurts, but it can also transform and heal.
Under this transit, be on the lookout for paranoia, obsession, and using information to manipulate…blackmail for example. Aim for the higher expression of Mercury in Scorpio by seeking truth in your exchanges with others and seeing deeper than what is said.
PLANETARY ASPECTS
MERCURY ENTERS SCOPRIO TRANSIT
- October 13-Mercury enters Scorpio
- October 21-Mercury in Scorpio trine Saturn in Pisces
- October 30-Mercury in Scorpio opposition Uranus in Taurus
- October 31-Mercury in Scorpio trine Neptune in Pisces
- November 2-Mercury in Scorpio trine Mars in Cancer
- November 2-Mercury in Scorpio sextile Pluto in Capricorn
- November 2-Mercury enters Sagittarius
KEEN PERCEPTION
WHAT LIES BENEATH

Mercury rules perception, and with Mercury in Scorpio the perception is keen and sharp. Scorpio energy is known for its penetrating eyes that are able to see through not only people but situations and circumstances.
This transit allows us to find out what lies beneath and to do so with keen accuracy. The desire to probe to gain the truth is highlighted over the next three weeks.
If Mercury in Scorpio does anything, it reminds us that all is not as it seems when communicating and perceiving. After three weeks of skimming the surface in Mercury in Libra, now we have a desire to go beyond the superficial.
In terms of connecting with other people, this is a great time to get to know people on a deeper level if you and the other parties are both willing. In fact, Mercury in Scorpio has no problem probing for information about others while holding information about the self privately.
If deep, intimate connections are desired through communication, do your due diligence and vet the people with whom you share your information carefully. There is no deeper betrayal than sharing your deepest and darkest with a blabber mouth and/or the insincere.
PIERCING COMMUNICATION
ONLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID
To be quite frank, Mercury in Scorpio isn’t the talkative type. So, over the next three weeks you may find that you are more interested in keeping your thoughts to yourself…even if you are typically a communicative person.
This transit encourages only speaking when necessary, and Scorpio energy isn’t known for blabbing off at the mouth just because. Instead, Mercury in Scorpio transit supports allowing others to do the talking while you collect information.

Why would anyone want to do this? Because you can learn more about people by being quiet and letting others talk. In fact, Mercury in Scorpio actually encourages you to be careful about what you share and communicate about yourself.
One of the reasons many people have a problem with Scorpio energy is that it can be perceived as being manipulative wanting to know all about everyone else while keeping its own details private. However, Mercury in Scorpio prefers that we choose carefully what we share and communicate to others particularly if you’re dealing with people who are likely to use the information you share against you i.e. stinging you with your own information.
Is this an unfortunate way to look at Mercury in Scorpio? Perhaps, but it is honest. So, if there’s anything about yourself that you would prefer not to have used against you, Mercury in Scorpio is the perfect time to learn how to keep your private information close to your chest if you are not typically the type of person that does so.
Now, if you would like to have conversations, opt for talk that is deep, profound, and transformative. Choosing to talk about things that are a bit heavier or more profound will allow you to know whom you can have certain types of conversations.
THE TRUTH
WORDS THAT STING & TRANSFORM

Mercury in Scorpio is definitely a time for truth speaking. Individuals that are likely to use the gift of gab to spread lies, gossip, or just use Mercury energy and its lowest vibration will find that this energy of Mercury in Scorpio doesn’t really mesh well with it.
So when you do decide to speak, do so from a place of truth. And when people speak to you, understand that there’s more being said than what is said. Possess the keen perception to hear beyond what is said to you.
Again, Mercury in Scorpio does support detective work especially as it involves ferreting out information to obtain truth. If nothing else, err on the side of telling the truth over the next three weeks because it is very likely that people will be able to determine if information given is not honest and truthful either through their keen perception or probing to find information to support the truth.
At its low expression, Mercury in Scorpio can also use words to sting or injure others. This is particularly true if someone uses personal information for nefarious deeds such as blackmail or simply to harm. Instead of wallowing around in the gutter of Mercury in Scorpio energy expression, seek the higher expression of this placement by using words and information as a pathway to healing and transformation for the self and others.
PENETRATING INFORMATION
RESEARCH/THE HIDDEN/THE TABOO
In any planetary placement, Scorpio is definitely the probing researcher uncovering the hidden. Under Mercury in Scorpio, this is an excellent time to dive deep into research to know more about a topic in depth.
Now is an ideal time to come across the necessary information you need to confirm the truth and unveil the hidden…even if done privately. This is the energy of obtaining background checks and hiring private investigators.


Mercury in Scorpio energy can also manifest as the desire to explore the taboo. Examples of taboos include sexuality…both the darker and healing and transformative expressions, the occult, death, and any topic that would not be spoken about openly in front of others. This transit supports delving into such topics with honesty. Now, don’t go talking about all of your private business with everyone. Vet with whom you share.
And just a heads up, with Mercury in Scorpio there is the potential to use private information to manipulate. Unfortunately, there are people who seek to gather information on others to use it as a weapon and a form of control. Basically an information “stinger” used to hurt others.

How can this show up? Blackmailing people by holding their private information against them to gain control. Revealing private sexual information such as sexual preferences without consent knowing that doing so could cause harm. Using the words via the occult in a dark manner to invoke negativity onto others. (If you know, you know. For those who don’t know, words, whether spoken or written, are a “spell”…for better or worse).
MERCURY IN SCORPIO CONSIDERATIONS
As with any astrological energy, there are some considerations and precautions for
the Mercury in Scorpio transit.
PARANOIA
Mercury in Scorpio can color the mind with paranoia. Que the 80s song from Rockwell, “I got a feeling somebody’s watching me; ain’t got no privacy.” This is due to the fact that Mercury in Scorpio flavors the mind with a lack of trust…especially if there is a history of betrayals. It can cause the mind to get caught up in thinking that other people are out to get you.
Everyone becomes a potential target for possible betrayal or hurt until they prove otherwise. This is not to negate that perhaps a need to be guarded is valid as it may be. You will have to be the one to decide whether or not your heightened distrust is warranted. This is just a heads up that Mercury in Scorpio can take distrust to the extreme, and one of the ways this extreme shows up is in the form of paranoia.
OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS
Obsessed much? Under Mercury in Scorpio it’s quite likely. The desire to know something in an all-encompassing manner to the exclusion of everything else is highlighted now. How this obsession shows up and is directed will vary upon the person. Some will choose to obsess over a person, a new occult discovery, exploring a secretly held taboo, etc. Do your best to channel your obsession in a healing, transformative manner.
STINGING WITH WORDS
Have you ever been in the situation where you know you could wound someone with your words? Well, this is one expression of Mercury in Scorpio. Because this energy tends to do more watching and observing as opposed to talking, it has keen awareness of other people. Possessing the true knowing of people’s characters and motives…especially what can wound them is powerful. It can also be quite dangerous particularly when such information is used to hurt others.
With this being said, Mercury in Scorpio energy could put you in a position where you could tell someone about themselves in a way that although truthful could be incredibly hurtful. One way to mitigate this energy is if speaking the truth is necessary, there are ways of having firm conversations that are truthful without being malicious. Opt on the side of using your words to heal and transform as opposed to wound and injure.
INFORMATION
MANIPULATION
Yes, Mercury in Scorpio can be highly manipulative with information. This is because Scorpio tends to hold information and use it strategically…for better or worse. This can result in using information to manipulate others. Think of the sly puppet master that controls the strings secretly. Other examples of information manipulation include blackmail where information is used as a weapon to gain something from others.
There is an option to wallow around in the shadow or to reach for the Phoenix of transformation and healing. Instead of using information to manipulate people, higher vibrating Mercury in Scorpio energy uses it as a bridge for healing and transformation. Aim for the latter.
Overall, Mercury in Scorpio brings three weeks of deep probing, keen perception, and hidden information that reveals the truth. While few words are spoken, the information shared can be used to impart truth that is a catalyst for healing and transformation.

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Candice