Mercury retrograde - how it affects all star signs

I follow the sidereal calendar for my chart analysis so all forecasts are based on the sidereal ephemeris.  

Aries

Mercury goes retrograde in your 8^th house of joint income and other people’s resources and moves over the eclipse point and into the 7^th house of committed partnerships on 18^th / 19^th November.

For Aries, Aries rising or Mercury in the 8^th or 7^th house, this is a good time to:

• Renew your car or travel insurance. You also have Mars transiting your 8^th house so aggression levels and acting on impulse may feature, so drive carefully, better safe than sorry
• Avoid taking a loan at this time or review conditions of ongoing applications
• Work on your writing skills. Mercury retro in the 8^th house is a good place to unearth hidden knowledge so keep the pencil sharpened
• Discuss your intimate relationships. The 8^th house is what’s going on in the bedroom, so any issues there, get it out now
• Sort out the attic
• Later on in the month, renegotiate the terms of your one-to-one relationships, with your business or personal partners
• Reunite with realign partners
• Avoid criticising the other person too much

Taurus

Mercury goes retrograde in your 7^th house of committed partnerships and moves over the eclipse point and into the 6^th house of health and work routines on 18^th / 19^th November.

For Taurus, Taurus rising or Mercury in the 7^th or 6^th house, this is a good time to:

• Renegotiate the terms of your one-to-one relationships, with your business or personal partners
• Reunite and realign with partners
• Avoid criticising the other person too much
• Later on in the month, it’s a good time to sort out the split the good from the bad
• Exercise –mentally and physically. It’s a good time for all work that requires a lot of attention to detail and precision
• Sort out your desk
• Finally make use of your gym membership
• Review your diet
• Go to the doctor and get tested – make sure the details of the results are correct

Gemini

Mercury goes retrograde in your 6^th house of health and work routines and moves over the eclipse point and into the 5^th house of creativity and children on 18^th / 19^th November.

For Gemini, Gemini rising or Mercury in the 6^th or 5^th house, this is a good time to:

• Review your exercise regime and finally make use of your gym membership
• Review information you were given and gossip you heard – goes both ways, so watch what you’re saying chatterbox
• Review and fine-tune ideas
• Discuss issues at work or communicate better with colleagues
• Sort out your desk…while you’re at it
• Review your diet
• Go to the doctor and get tested – make sure the details of the results are correct
• Later in the month, reconnect with an old flame, who knows…you also have the eclipse in your house of true love, make the most of it
• Pick up the paint brush again and continue with your creative projects. You’ll now look at what you’ve started with a fresh pair of eyes, make the most of it
• Well, try and get pregnant, you have a full 5th house this month anyway

Cancer

Mercury goes retrograde in your 5^th house of creativity and children and moves over the eclipse point and into the 4^th house of home, family and emotions on 18^th / 19^th November.

For Cancer, Cancer rising or Mercury in the 5^th or 4^th house, this is a good time to:

• Try and get pregnant if that’s on the cards!
• Rekindle an old romance if you’re still looking
• Re-inject that loving feeling back into existing relationships – get some date nights with your hubby into the diary
• Pick up a hobby again that you’ve neglected. You’ll now look at what you’ve started previously with a fresh pair of eyes, make the most of it
• Later on in the month, it’s a good time to refurbish the home, maybe you are preparing for a long-awaited sale or house move. You also have the eclipse in this house this month, so this may well be on the cards
• Watch the details and small print, you know what estate agents are like
• Visit family and old friends, time to reminisce
• Reorganise your emotions. Don’t dwell on them too much but think about the deeper thoughts you are carrying around with you that get you nowhere, so get rid!

Leo

Mercury goes retrograde in your 4^th house of home, family and emotions and moves over the eclipse point and into the 3^rd house of communication, neighbours and younger siblings on 18^th / 19^th November.

For Leo, Leo rising or Mercury in the 4^th or 3^rd house, this is a good time to:

• Refurbish the home, maybe you are preparing for a long-awaited sale or house move. You also have the eclipse in this house this month, so this may well be on the cards
• Watch the details and small print, you know what estate agents are like
• Visit family and old friends, time to reminisce
• Get rid of negative emotions. Don’t dwell on them too much but think about the deeper thoughts you are carrying around with you that get you nowhere, so get rid!
• Watch details and if possible, avoid signing on the dotted line for the time being. You don’t want to realise you've overlooked an important detail in the small print, especially if you are indeed selling a house or buying a new one or if you are about to sign a contract for a new job
• Be patient. Who knows, maybe it’s even for the better as information you have not been privy to before is exposed when Mercury turns direct
• Later on in the month, it’s a good time to reconnect with siblings
• Refresh and review ideas and new ways of thinking
• Gathering and share information
• Communicate with neighbours
• Upgrading your gadgets
• Have an MOT
• Rehearse for an audition and study for an exam
• Learn a new skill that may come in handy later on

Virgo

Mercury goes retrograde in your 3^rd house of communication, neighbours and moves over the eclipse point and into the 2^nd house of income and self-worth on 18^th / 19^th November.

For Virgo, Virgo rising or Mercury in the 3^rd or 2^nd house, this is a good time to:

• Be inquisitive and review your ideas
• Renegotiate contracts and agreements
• Check you’ve got all your travel documents
• Reconnect with siblings
• Communicate with neighbours
• Upgrading your gadgets
• Have an MOT
• Rehearse for an audition and study for an exam
• Learn a new skill that may come in handy later on
• Review how you communicate with others
• Later on the in the month, it’s a good time to ask yourself if it’s really worth it
• Review your finances and take stock; have a look at where you’ve gone overboard
• Reign in the impulsive spending
• Review your bank account
• Think about what you truly value

Libra

Mercury goes retrograde in your 2^nd house of income and self-worth and moves over the eclipse point and into the 1^st house of your identity and physical body on 18^th / 19^th November.

For Libra, Libra rising or Mercury in the 2^nd or 1^st house, this is a good time to:

• (You know that anyway but) remind yourself you’re worth it but do ask yourself if IT is really worth it
• Reign in the impulsive spending
• Review your bank account
• Think about what and who you truly value
• Review your finances and open a savings account
• Later on in the month, it’s a good time to take a look at how you view the world, other might also see you in a different light
• Think about how you communicate
• Libras are undergoing a transformation in who they are over the next couple of years, so start thinking about who you want to be
• Understand yourself better by thinking about what you want for yourself and what not

Scorpio

Mercury goes retrograde in your 1^st house of your identity and physical body and moves over the eclipse point and into the 12^th house of foreign lands, secrets and endings on 18^th / 19^th November.

For Scorpio, Scorpio rising or Mercury in the 1^st or 12^th house, this is a good time to:

• Take a look at how you view the world, other might also see you in a different light
• Think about how you communicate and who you want to be
• Renegotiating, re-thinking and adjustment going on before you can move forward again with a much clearer perspective
• Later on in the month, it’s a good time for new beginnings…after you’ve let go. You’ve also got the eclipse in this house so take a step back
• Change how you feel about the past and how you view the world
• Retreat and meditate. It might not be so easy now but try and clear your mind
• Order your thoughts
• Turn your thoughts to far-away lands – maybe you’re thinking about a move abroad for some time
• Day dream and discuss your dreams with others
• Think intuitively. Follow your intuition – seriously

Sagittarius

Mercury goes retrograde in your 12^th house of foreign lands, secrets and endings and moves over the eclipse point and into the 11^th house of communities and the global marketplace on 18^th / 19^th November.

For Sag, Sag rising or Mercury in the 12^th or 11^th house, this is a good time to:

• Redefine plans for that trip around the world, far-away lands await
• A time for new beginnings
• Change how you feel about the past and how you view the world
• Retreat and meditate re-organise your thoughts
• Day dream and discuss your dreams with others
• Listen to your heart
• Later on in the month it’s a good time to reconnect with elder siblings
• Join a global networking group
• Be social again
• Engage in a significant work or community project. If you are already involved, revise plans, budgets or even objectives
• Put a wish out there
• Regain hope

Capricorn

Mercury goes retrograde in your 11^th house of communities and the global marketplace and moves over the eclipse point and into the 10^th house of life direction and profession on 18^th / 19^th November.

For Capricorn, Capricorn rising or Mercury in the 11^th or 10^th house, this is a good time to:

• Reconnect with old friends and associates
• Go out and socialise
• Join a club
• Mercury rules your solar 9^th house so connect with people from various cultural or religious backgrounds
• Get new insights into your own ambitions, hopes and wishes
• Review plans, projects and goals
• Later on in the month, it’s a good time to review your current job situation. Are you still happy where you are and does it fit in with where you’d like to be on the career ladder?
• Embrace sudden changes in your professional status. You also have the eclipse in the 10^th house so as sudden promotion or change in jobs may be on the cards
• Research other job opportunities or careers
• Review your marketing strategies for your own business

Aquarius

Mercury goes retrograde in your 10^th house of life direction and profession and moves over the eclipse point and into the 9^th house of higher learning and travel on 18^th / 19^th November.

For Aquarius, Aquarius rising or Mercury in the 10^th or 9^th house, this is a good time to:

• Think about where you are headed in life and whether you feel you are still on the right path
• Review your current job situation. Are you still happy where you are and does it fit in with where you’d like to be on the career ladder?
• Embrace sudden changes in your professional status. A long awaited recognition for a job well done may be on the cards
• Research other job opportunities or careers
• Review your marketing strategies for your own business
• Avoid miscommunications or delays in the work place and make sure you have your facts right when you need to get your point across and argue in a logical manner
• Later on in the month your thoughts turn to expanding your knowledge in some way
• Plan a long-haul trip to see a new country
• Reconnect with your spirituality
• Review your religious views
• Reconnect with your beliefs and faith
• Enrol in a higher learning course
• Write to that publisher again

Pisces

Mercury goes retrograde in your 9^th house of higher learning and travel and moves over the eclipse point and into the 8^th house of joint finances on 18^th / 19^th November.

For Pisces, Pisces rising or Mercury in the 9^th or 8^th house, this is a good time to:

• Get spiritual
• Plan a long-haul trip to see a new country
• Re-examine your faith and what you belief in
• Review your religious views
• Research a course you’ve been interested in and enrol
• Expanding your knowledge in some way
• Legal matters but pay attention to the small print
• Write to that publisher again!
• Back up your dissertation
• Later on in the month it’s a good time to renew your car or travel insurance. You also have Mars transiting your 8^th house so aggression levels and acting on impulse may feature, so drive carefully, better safe than sorry
• Avoid taking a loan at this time or review conditions of ongoing applications
• Work on your writing skills. Mercury retro in the 8^th house is a good place to unearth hidden knowledge so keep the pencil sharpened
• Discuss your intimate relationships. The 8^th house is what’s going on in the bedroom, so any issues there, get it out now

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