Mercury will turn retrograde on June 30, 2026 at 27 Cancer and moves backward until it turns direct on July 23rd @ 16 Cancer. Communications and travel could be interrupted and/or postponed. Along with the usual Mercury Retrograde interpretation, which I have delineated below, I want to say something about the sign of Cancer for this retrograde motion. Cancer is the sign of home, family, where we root and how we relate to those closest to us. It is also our country, and pride in being Americans. Mercury in Cancer is offering us this time of about 24 days to rethink or change our thinking and perceptions and bring in new and exciting progressive ideas in this area of our lives. New ideas or ways of communicating could challenge us to slow down and think through things more carefully than usual. This is a particularly good time for being open to anything new that stimulates creativity around and in your home and with your chosen or biological family. This is the time to change our opinions, to look at reediting anything that is to be published or made public. Where this Mercury Retrograde falls in your natal chart will bring its influences into that area of your life and cause you to challenge yourself in the way you think or express your ideas there. Watch what comes up for you in these areas as you might begin to make changes that have far reaching consequences for your future.

TRANSIT DELINEATION = A planet is retrograde when it appears to be moving backward in the Zodiac as seen from the Earth. When a planet is retrograded in a horoscope, or goes retrograde by progression, or by transit, the affairs ruled by that planet are slowed down and the individual is more introspective. Because of this slowed motion, the person is able to profit from all the fine details that would otherwise be missed. Even if the introspection is not obvious, deep psychological processes are at work. The affairs (houses) ruled by retrograde planets are sometimes conducted in a behind-the-scenes manner until the planet resumes its forward motion.

There is a slowing down of communications, which can be accompanied by confusion, change of plans, indecisiveness, and unexpected factors that make communications go awry. This can include mail slowdowns, telephone breakdowns, transportation problems, misprints, and so on. (Don’t forget to back up your computer, as COMPUTER BREAK-DOWNS tend to take place with this planet retrograde!) This is also a poor period for signing contracts or launching new projects. On the positive side, an individual can go into an introspective state to draw knowledge and guidance from the deeper levels of consciousness, making it possible to carefully consider, at their leisure, all of the possible ramifications of actions and decisions. Many factors can come to ‘light’, which enables you to make wiser choices or decisions in the long run. Retrograde periods can be utilized to take care of unfinished tasks and business affairs that were started while Mercury was in direct motion. So, Mercury in retrograde can be a blessing in disguise.

If you want to know where this Mercury Retrograde falls in your natal chart or you have questions or comments email junecollier72@gmail.com

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