Hey everyone,
I have a Mercury RX in the 12th in Scorpio, but its 3 degrees from my Scorpio Asc, so I'm not sure if its really relevant to this discussion. The 12th house cusp is Scorpio, and Venus and Pluto also abide in the 12th. I think I am lucky in that they have no malefic aspects, except for a wide quincunx between my Venus and the Moon. My moon is in Gemini and my Mars is in the 3rd so there's a strong Mercurial flavour to my chart. Here are my experiences, I hope they help you with your understanding, and I've added my own aspects so that people can try to extract a more 'pure' understanding of Mercury Rx.
I often feel misunderstood. People do not understand the breadth of my words, they tend to focus on the minutiae and I do not- I see things in broad terms, but not black and white. I find it difficult to express my emotions. I day dream and I think about ways of expressing myself all the time. I think this is why I like astrology- I can use astrological symbolism to express the things I find I can't in words, and of course none of my friends can understand this. I can spend hours contemplating the sign 'Taurus' for instance, as I walk around the gardens of my college, heavy with blossom, the air still, moist and warm and scented. I feel secure and steady, ready to unfold slowly and walk to view what else has blossomed. I feel better able to express all that by saying to my friend 'its all so Taurus' than by saying what I have just written, so my friend does not understand what I mean.
I have a liking for surrealism, and magical realism, seeing the extraordinary in the mundance. I feel detached from what I see, and I am slightly short sighted, which gives me a more impressionist stance to what I see. Sometimes I prefer not to wear my glasses as I don't like seeing all the blotches and petty marks on walls and the individual outlines of leaves.
I think therefore that the 12th house Mercury retrograde thinks so much that he reaches a point where he cannot communicate all of his thoughts to another, as they would not understand the context in which he is speaking. He therefore creates his own symbols, further alienating himself from the language of others.
I always read that I should technically be good at poetry, but in all honesty I'm not. I'm trying to work at writing stories, but my Gemini moon gets bored. Mercury rules the sense impressions, the input to the brain and the 12th house shows breadth and the ability to see the collective. I sometimes imagine the whole world and think about what they are doing, the many millions asleep, the millions eating, the millions speaking, driving, crying, laughing.
I'm lucky in the lack of malefic aspects, all my Scorpio planets are trine Jupiter in Pisces, their house-ruler (I think?). I wonder what this means about my secret enemies (hopefully I have none, but I know there are people out there who dislike me.) What might motivate them? How could I stop that? Do I offend people?
In order to try and use my Mercury to its best, I am studying law, which requires a logical analytical and ordered, practical mind. To say it is a challenge is an understatement, but any suggestions into how best use my Mercury would be welcome.
All the best,
Sundance