SYNASTRY-MERCURY IN THE 12TH HOUSE- SPIRITUALITY OR DECEPTION?

The 12th house - The house of Pisces and the Planet Neptune

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In synastry, the 12th house is a tricky place for it can leave one feeling confused, lost, delusional or positively highly spiritual. Planets placed here lack definition and focus; the general energy of the planet is dispersed into an indefinite foggy, nebulous environment and this house often blurs and dissolves the planet energy. One thing for sure is you are unclear in this house which is why the possibility of deception and self deception is very possible. Mercury rules our logical mind, our perception and the way we think and communicate. Logic fares poorly here, you must feel your way through it. 

In synastry when a person has their Mercury (conscious mind) in your 12th house (unconscious or subconscious mind) it can be a confusing and unsettling placement for both parties. 

This can cause major confusion in the communication between partners. The perplexing conversations this position ignites often leaves one or both parties uncertain of the other's intentions, thoughts and feelings. There can be many misunderstandings, and often a odd feeling of something is not right which can bring about all sorts of illusions, fears or even feelings of Paranoia between the couple.  Whether or not these inklings are accurate or not really depends on the personal natures of the people involved. If one or the other person is a "deceptive person" than deception is likely or at least very possible. 

You would need to look at the individual charts of the parties involved as always the natal chart of each person needs to be considered.  It is important to seek the truth with this placement and to not fear asking questions. 

It is also important that you communicate with each other as best and honestly as possible. Separate the fact from illusion. Don't sabotage and bring to fruition the very nature of your paranoia by making accusations that are not there as well. The Mercury person can see things that the house person may not even see themselves, these insights can be quite amazing and very helpful to the house person is used positively. Otherwise negatively they can be used to undermine the house person. 

They can see your hidden talents and are likely to support you in bringing them out. They can even sense what you're thinking almost telepathically. Although the signals can be confusing,  it helps if they both have some Neptune aspects in their own natal chart to be familiar with the energy, if not- signals can be misread. The 12th house is a psychic house as well.

This person can also come in a form of a spiritual messenger  or guru that has a message that is very important to you. They can help you understand yourself better than you ever thought possible. 

Positively, if both people have each others best interest at heart this indicates that you can have one of the deepest spiritual experiences with one another. The depth of understanding you have of each other is as if you are on the same spiritual plane. 

The complex 12th house is where things go to dissolve, end and or merge with one another. 

As the mercury person strives for clarity with the house person, you will find them asking many questions, wanting to know " why?" they think or say the things they do.

In synastry, clear communication is very important for the couple to develop and yet "clear" is not something the 12th house provides.The house person may "think" they understand the mercury person better than they actually do  but because of the obscurity of this placement it's hard to tell, that if what you "think" you understand is really what it is. Mercury has great insights into your psychological closet and you will be amazed at the things they pick up. 

Trust is a huge issue with this placement because of the vagueness of this house. That's what makes this placement so tricky. 

The key to handling this placement is that both individuals need to spell things out clearly, listen closely, ask questions and be extremely honest with each other. This has potential to be a very close spiritual bond like no other dream like and all, where both parties have a deep understanding of each other and explore the realms of the spiritual world together living in another world of their own.