Mercury in Cancer
Mercury in Cancer in a horoscope produces a mind that is very intuitive. You are influenced more by an appeal to the senses, than by logic or common sense. Your thinking is regulated by deep-seated emotional patterns, many of which may be rooted deeply in your subconscious. Objective thinking is not easy for you because your biases seem to force you to make certain decisions and ignore certain facts that disagree with you internal initial judgment. Your memory is exceptional, especially for names, dates, and historical events. You have a deep appreciation of history and any artifact or relic of the past. Your answers to present day problems are frequently drawn from precedence and past events. You are influenced by those around you, by your early training, and the opinions of friends and family. You are very close to family, friends and even to country. Loyalty and patriotism run very deep in your nature. You seem to learn best by exposure to information via life experience, as if by osmosis. You are highly receptive to subliminal messages or subtle inferences that you receive. You are sensitive to other people, and you have some difficulty being with those who you sense to be in some way unfriendly to you. It may be hard to explain why you feel uncomfortable with someone, but you do. A major strength of this placement is that you are such a very sympathetic listener. Yet you have to be careful not to identify too closely with the problems of others and take on those problems as if they were your own.
Mercury in Cancer
Cancer is a movable water sign ruled by Moon, which relates to unbridled emotions and mind. Influence of the lord planet gives Cancer a moodiness and directionless emotions but when Mercury, which is a neutral Earth sign, is placed in Cancer, it brings stability to the waves of emotions. It affords the person with the wisdom to channelize emotions and mind in the right direction. Mercury in Cancer makes the person a deep thinker. Such a person is emotional but has a strong mental power and memory. They acquire a lot of knowledge and learn from their practical experiences in life.
These people can easily memorize information such as names, dates and historic events. They tend to be quite sympathetic towards others and are good listeners. Their imagination is vivid and fertile. They also have a strong intuition that helps them connect to people on a psychological level too. These natives tend to be quite sentimental concerning their lover or spouse. They often remain loyal and faithful to their partner. They can be patriotic too. They are quite fluent in their speaking and are articulate communicators, always ready with an answer.