As Mercury flashes by Capricorn, it winkingly aligns with your composite Mercury in Sagittarius, gifting you an amalgam of practicality, efficiency, and explosive truth-telling. Antenna up, folks, as this talks about serious life to-do's, but with some mischievous Sagittarian jest thrown in.

Imagine Capricorn, the pragmatic mountain goat, and Sagittarius, the free-spirited Centaur, trying to plan a road trip together. Capricorn carefully plots the course, while Sagittarius playfully veers off route at the sight of every enticing detour. This is you, in Mercury's cosmic theatre. Expect to be focusing keenly on structured progressions, yet have your thoughts tinged with a yearning for expansive horizons.

Mercury in Capricorn brings the gift of communication streamlined towards getting to the point. No more meandering or endless circular conversations for you two. You'll be outlining and strategizing like pros. Yet, with your composite Mercury flashing its Sagittarian wild side, watch out for an urge to embellish facts or lapse into preach-ville. Remember, honesty is refreshing, but nobody likes a Gandalf wielding a business plan.

Your communication will take on a quality of refined rigour with a dash of healthy scepticism, thanks to Capricorn's grounding influence. Serious subjects will be fodder for your discussions, goals and aspirations, meaty debates about world affairs. But, take heed! Sagittarius, lurking in the background, could have you bursting into spontaneous laughter, turning monumental decisions into playful banter.

The one thing you'll admire and possibly go nuts about is the way you blend pragmatism with a sense of adventure. You'll be contemplating how many goats (stand-in for necessary tasks) you need to get to the top of the mountain (the big prize), while Sagittarius might be doodling parachutes on the contingency plan, because who knows, right?

Mercury's swift flight might cause some windburn, but it's a brilliant time to make practical decisions imbued with expansive vision. Keep up with the mercurial pace, get things done, but remember to lose the map once in a while, you just might discover a scenic detour you both love.

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