Mercury in the 5th House

The Fifth House is the House of fun, sex, and creativity. It maps an attraction to places where creativity is expressed - places of pleasure, entertainment, and amusement, such as the presentation of the fine arts, films, or drama, sports and concerts, recreational areas, hobbies, and leisure. It is associated with children (and the making of children) and maps youth and the school or the ideal place where we return to create without judgment. It rules casual dating, extramarital affairs, gambling or speculation, and the stock market.

With Mercury in the 5^th House, you have a need to prove your intelligence and to use that intelligence in creating things of a mental nature — brain children, as it were. You desire to pass on your knowledge to others and to learn from them as well. Teaching children or young adults may provide quite a lift for you.

Games of strategy and skill that challenge your intellect are part of what you live for. You desire to communicate your thoughts in a clever, inspiring, and dramatic manner. You may have considerable acting, writing, or speaking ability.

As a teacher, you enjoy stimulating the minds of others and encouraging your students to lofty ways of thinking. Romances must involve someone with whom you can communicate intelligently and relate mentally, or you will feel alone. You're more likely to be sapiosexual than just about anyone else. For you, sexiness is in the brain.