Mercury in Pisces takes in so much information from the world. This placement is often called disorganized. Pisceans are often thought to be confused, lost in the clouds. Ultimately this is derived from the fact that Mercury is a changeable planet, and Pisces is a changeable sign. What this means on an individual level is that your intellect often does not function in a Virgoan, straight forward, analytical manner and may be chaotic at times. While it's true that Virgoan discrimination is not a strong suit here, how can it be? How can it be when there is no beginning and no end to what can be seen? Pisces is a sign of Jupiter. Like Jupiter, the world is on such a grand scale. It's hard to not get lost in it.

You may tend to misplace or lose objects and other people may find your motives perplexing. Sometimes you mean well, but it doesn't come out right. People may say that you speak in a way that is always up for interpretation- isn't everything? You may have been told that the way you choose your words seems too undefined, or you rely on metaphors for everything. But think of the way that society relies on communication. Marketing, politicians, manipulation abound. Just because you don't align with society's "correct way" doesn't mean you're in the wrong.

Mercury in Pisces seeks the hidden with their intuitive approach toward communication. You judge the communicator first before the information is even delivered. You're asking the communicator if they can walk the talk or if they're just spewing shit out of their mouth for the sake of talking. Mercury in Pisces are more interested in looking at the subconscious of the whole communication process. So maybe you aren't so good at expressing yourself through talking in conventional terms, but rather through lyrics and poetry, or other forms of communication, like body language, or through your art.

Your intuition is stronger than most and often you can't explain why you know something, just that you know it. Your hunches often prove correct, but your everyday planning and reasoning is chaotic by most other peoples standards. While you may struggle with the fine details, you have exceptional ability in empathizing.

This placement gets such a bad rep because it is traditionally in fall. According to medieval astrologers, Mercury is both in detriment and fall in this sign. According to Hellenistic astrologers, Mercury is only in fall here. The medieval opinion describes Mercury as being in an "enemy camp" and therefore being unsupported in acting like itself. The fall means that Mercurial issues have little merit before the rest of the cosmic court.

In a diurnal chart, the heat and dryness help to moderate the cold and wet effects of this place. This individual is better at analysis, record keeping and attention to detail than their nocturnal counterparts. However, intuition may be a little weaker.

In a nocturnal chart, the cold and wet qualities of night are unrestrained. The individual functions by metaphorical logic or wholistic reasoning and tends to be less analytical. Intuition is very strong.