During this Mercury retrograde cycle, many of us are likely to experience sudden ideas, downloads, and flashes of genius apparently coming out of the blue. Moreover, as Aquarius relates to group consciousness, Mercury in Aquarius highlights the connection between the individual mind and the collective mind. The fact that this retrograde is happening in Aquarius has the potential to be highly beneficial for our originality and innovation: Aquarius is a highly creative sign, naturally thinking outside the box. Nonetheless, our intuition and all right-brain functions are enhanced. When Mercury is retrograde, we may notice challenges with logic and left-brain thinking. Mercury in Aquarius: Originality and InnovationĪquarius’ is about liberation, deconditioning, and individuation, while Mercury represents our linear thinking patterns, our communication habits, our learning style, and our left brain. For this reason, as there is already a lot of activation of the Air element at this time, it is essential that we consciously connect to our emotions and feelings, and regularly practice grounding activities, so that we don’t get too lost in the intellectual realms. The Age of Air is an era dominated by technology, data, and information: things happen quickly, and there is a lot of focus on the mind and the intellect. This is emphasizing the transition to the Age of Air that is already taking place, as marked by the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in Aquarius of December 21, 2020. The last time a Mercury retrograde cycle occurred in Air signs was in 2016. While last year all retrogrades happened in Water signs, except for a brief transit from Scorpio to Libra, this year they will happen in Air signs.
Mercury retrogrades tend to happen in a pattern due to which they take place in signs of the same element for a period of time. Retrogrades are an optical illusion: Mercury is not changing the actual direction it is traveling towards, it only appears to be moving backward from our perspective. Mercury retrograde is the most common retrograde we experience: it happens three to four times a year and lasts for approximately three weeks. During the upcoming weeks, pay attention to how you verbalize your feelings and thoughts to avoid misunderstandings, double-check any documents you need to sign and make sure that you have replied to emails and messages so you don’t miss important information. Nevertheless, we may experience technological glitches, delays, a sense of brain fog, and some confusion surrounding all domains related to Mercury. Mercury retrograde is the transit that most often gets blamed when things go wrong, even though there is no need to be dramatic about it. The post-shadow phase, during which Mercury will travel for the third time between 11☀1’ and 26☂9’ of Aquarius, lasts until March 13, and, on the same day, a New Moon in Pisces takes place, marking a fresh start.
From our perspective on Earth, the planet of communication, logic, and critical thinking will be in apparent backward motion until February 20. On January 30, 10:51 AM ET, Mercury stations retrograde in the sign of Aquarius.
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