Mercury in the mutable, water sign of Pisces indicates that you are reflective, psychic and intuitive and you learn by absorption rather than by study. Your memory is retentive; your mentality is reflective, romantic and poetic. You may keep your real thoughts under cover and only express them when you are with close friends or relatives. This placement for Mercury shows a duality evincing contradictory qualities; combined with your receptivity to outside influences, it's on wonder that you are often accused of being moody and sensitive. You get hurt easily. Harmonious surroundings are very important to you because you react more from the subconscious than from reason. You like to be well-informed and often have a great love for music or some sort of artistic talent. With difficult aspects, your sense of reality might be distorted and your mind may vacillate; you may tend to wool-gathering or day-dreaming; you could be pessimistic, melancholy and confused. Too many difficult aspects can give you a morbid imagination, a persecution complex or other neuroses or phobias. You should guard against self-pity or personal resentment; concentrate on seeing and thinking clearly. Use your many talents and your innate spiritual attitude to combat your psychic negativity.