thelivingsky
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Also, One could have Mercury in fall or detriment but have really great aspects to that Mercury which can act as mitigating influences and strengthening influences. By contrast another person who has Mercury well placed in Gemini or Aquarius but that Mercury has no aspects will likely not be as motivated to develop his intellect and not be as intellectually oriented as the former. I will bet on the former everytime for the depth and ability of their "intellect."
And as for "intelligence" well, their are many different kinds of intelligence and our culture tends to ascribe intelligence to those who speak well and can remember and recall a lot of data. The IQ test has been the most accepted measure of intelligence but we know it only measures abstract thinking ability and it is culturally biased as well. There is a researcher who is a professor at Harvard who wrote a book called Multiple Intelligences, which was widely acclaimed by scholars and educators. In it he posits that there are at least seven different types of intelligence most of which are not measured by standardized tests. Some of these are Visual-spatial intelligence, musical intelligence, mechanical, and even emotional intelligence. I am aware of this research because I have a Masters Degree in education of the Gifted and taught gifted children in the public schools for many years. I read and studied all of the known research on the subject of intelligence or exceptional abilities in order to earn that degree.
Mercury in the natal chart more tells us how the intelligence or intellect is used or in what way it works rather than "how much" intelligence there is.
And as for "intelligence" well, their are many different kinds of intelligence and our culture tends to ascribe intelligence to those who speak well and can remember and recall a lot of data. The IQ test has been the most accepted measure of intelligence but we know it only measures abstract thinking ability and it is culturally biased as well. There is a researcher who is a professor at Harvard who wrote a book called Multiple Intelligences, which was widely acclaimed by scholars and educators. In it he posits that there are at least seven different types of intelligence most of which are not measured by standardized tests. Some of these are Visual-spatial intelligence, musical intelligence, mechanical, and even emotional intelligence. I am aware of this research because I have a Masters Degree in education of the Gifted and taught gifted children in the public schools for many years. I read and studied all of the known research on the subject of intelligence or exceptional abilities in order to earn that degree.
Mercury in the natal chart more tells us how the intelligence or intellect is used or in what way it works rather than "how much" intelligence there is.