Mercury Retrograde in Aries in Relation to our Zodiac Sign: Part II

In my previous post I talked about how each zodiac sign from Pisces through to Libra are expected to manifest the energies of Mercury retrograde in Aries. Following from that, I will now discuss how the rest of the signs, that is, Virgo through to Aries, are expected to manifest these energies. Although Mercury is soon turning direct, the information that follows is still relevant, because Mercury will remain in the sign of Aries until May 15. 



This means that communications and transactions will still have an urgent, speedy, enthusiastic and competitive feel to them and will revolve around the same issues as during Mercury’s retrograde period. 

For those of you who didn’t read my previous post, I would like to note once more the following few things. If you’re only interested to read about your personal zodiac sign (or the sign of your loves ones), please scroll down until you find it. Each paragraph is devoted to a different sign, with Virgo coming first, Leo second, Cancer third, and so on. If you’re not quite sure under which zodiac sign you were born, you will notice the start and end dates of each sign being depicted in brackets next to the name of the corresponding sign.

Please also note the next couple of things: a) If you’re born on the cusp between two adjacent zodiac signs (e.g., April 20, which would be the end of Aries and the beginning of Taurus), you might find it useful to read both signs and b) you might find it equally useful to read the sign of your Ascendant as well. For example, someone who was born on May 21 and has Scorpio ascending (like me!) would get more out of reading the signs of Taurus, Gemini and Scorpio.

Virgo (August 23 – September 22)

Transitting your eighth natural house, which is related to intimate relationships, shared resources and joint finances or money belonging to others, such as taxes, loans, debts, inheritances, joint bank accounts and insurance policies, Mercury retrograde in Aries reflects delays and setbacks, but also unusually quick, enthusiastic and pioneering ideas, communications and transactions in relation to the issues above. For instance, our Virgo friends may receive a loan or may have to pay taxes, debts and banking or insurance fees later or unusually faster than expected. Another possibility is that they come up with unusually enthusiastic and pioneering ideas in order to borrow money, to get an insurance policy or to open a joint bank account. It may also be that they experience misunderstandings or unusually passionate encounters with their intimate partners! On a more psychological level, our Virgo friends may have an unusually urgent and unstoppable desire to learn, think or talk about their psychological depths, as well as about deeply held behaviour patterns and complexes.  

Leo (July 23 – August 22)

Transitting your ninth natural house, which has to do with higher learning and education, universities and professors, foreign people and countries, long journeys and the relatives of one’s partner, that is, one’s in-laws, Mercury retrograde in Aries reflects delays and setbacks, but also unusually quick, enthusiastic and pioneering ideas, communications and transactions in relation to the issues and people mentioned above. For instance, our Leo friends may experience delays and obstacles in their university studies and long journeys, as well as in their communications with teachers, professors, foreigners and in-laws. Our Leo friends may also experience, however, unusually quick, enthusiastic and perhaps competitive communications and transactions with professors, in-laws and foreigners. On a more psychological level, it seems that our Leo friends will look for wisdom and meaning in ideas, communications and transactions that are slow and reflective or unusually quick, enthusiastic and even competitive and pioneering.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22)

Transitting your tenth natural house, which has to do with parents (usually the mother), job, career, public life and image, and relationships with bosses, employers and authority figures, Mercury retrograde in Aries reflects delays and setbacks, but also unusually quick, enthusiastic and pioneering ideas, communications and transactions in relation to the issues and people mentioned above. For instance, our Cancerian friends may experience delays and misunderstandings in their communications with parents, especially the mother, and in job-related transactions and conversations, but it may also be a time when they experience an unusually urgent need to find out or to talk about things concerning their parents and employers, as well as their public life and reputation. On a more psychological level, it appears that our Cancerian friends will feel regarded as important when taking their time to ponder and reflect or when expressing their ideas and opinions in an unusually speedy, courageous and enthusiastic manner.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20)

Transitting your eleventh natural house, which has to do with friends and social life, groups and organisations, humanitarian enterprises and political groups, community involvement and volunteerism, Mercury retrograde in Aries reflects delays and setbacks, but also unusually quick, enthusiastic and pioneering ideas, communications and transactions in relation to the issues and people mentioned above. For instance, our Gemini friends may experience delays and misunderstandings in their communications with friends or in their humanitarian, political, community or volunteering activities. They may also, however, exhibit an unusually quick and enthusiastic interest in contacting friends and other groups they belong to or they may be promoted following an unusually quick, enthusiastic and even passionate recommendation of others! On a more psychological level, our Gemini friends may have an unusually determined and urgent desire to feel that they belong with friends and groups that share their own visions, but they may also have to face some delays and setbacks before they gain this sense of belonging and identification.

Taurus (April 20 – May 20)

Transitting your twelfth natural house, which has to do with acts of compassion and charity work, behind the scenes activity, hospitals, institutions and retreats, Mercury retrograde in Aries reflects delays and setbacks, but also unusually quick, enthusiastic and pioneering ideas, communications and transactions in relation to the issues and places mentioned above. For instance, our Taurean friends may experience delays and misunderstandings in their communications and transactions with doctors and people who work at any kind of retreat and institution, but they may also become engaged in unusually spontaneous and enthusiastic acts of compassion and charity work. There may further be delays and setbacks in activities that take place behind the scenes and thus affect our Taurean friends only indirectly. On a more psychological level, our Taurean friends may go through a period where they experience an unusually urgent need to escape from everyday life’s communications and transactions, in order to do introspection and perhaps even meditation, but delays and setbacks may have to be dealt with before our Taurean friends manage to fulfill that need.

Aries (March 20 – April 19)

Transitting your first natural house, which has to do with one’s self, body, wellbeing, vitality, health, self-image, outer appearance and self-development, Mercury retrograde in Aries reflects delays and setbacks, but also unusually quick, enthusiastic and pioneering ideas, communications and transactions in relation to the issues mentioned above. For instance, our Aries friends may experience delays and misunderstandings in communications that revolve around themselves and their outer appearance, health and self-development, but they may also experience an unusually quick, enthusiastic and spontaneous interest in their own self-development, appearance and health. On a more psychological level, our Aries friends may notice an unusually enthusiastic and passionate motivation to learn, to ask questions, to be understood, to express their ideas and opinions and to show their intelligence, but they may have to experience some delays and setbacks before they can get others to admire and respect them for their ideas, opinions, intelligence and learning skills.