A 9th house solar return Mercury suggests an intense learning situation.
You may return to school or continue your education in one form or another during the coming year.
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Education may involve a formal teacher-classroom setting, or you may study independently or take a correspondence course. Topics are diverse and not necessarily limited to a college curriculum. It is the keen interest and the concentrated study that usually characterize Mercury in the 9th house of solar return chart, not the topic of interest or classroom attendance.
Even those who study on their own tend to be very interested or even obsessed with a specific topic.
It is also possible that you are the teacher rather than the student. If so, you are probably just starting out in the profession or need to rework your lesson plans.
Your interest in the subject matter is usually high, and you make a conscious effort to present the information enthusiastically. Unenthusiastic teachers with this placement may need to go bac k to school and recapture the thrill of learning for them-selves. They may also need to reassess their beliefs concerning the teaching profession.
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Teachers will not be the only ones reassess-ing their beliefs in regard to their reality. Everyone with a 9th house Mercury will be involved in this reevaluation process and all types of beliefs will be evaluated. The 9th house rules mundane beliefs as well as philosophical. Misconceptions, prejudices, and unrealistic expectations fall under the ruler-ship of the 9th.
If you are involved a difficult situation, and you have any planets in the 9th house of your solar return chart, you may have misconceptions that are contributing to your problems or complicating the issues.
Mercury in the 9th indicates that the assimilation of new information may help you to deal with these problems or issues. What you learn from your educational pursuits may directly apply to your present situation. This is the time to use your education to reassess your beliefs and philosophy of life. Situations you are involved in will naturally stimulate philosophical adjustments, but you can foster this reevaluation