🌀Mercury retrograde messages and finding ease in the liminal
How to alchemize the energy of this transit.
The second Mercury retrograde of 2025 is imminently upon us! As in, starting July 17th (or 18th depending on your timezone) and ending August 11th.
I think it’s interesting that even people who know very little about astrology are familiar with Mercury retrograde. I was talking to one of my clients recently about how the transit might impact her (mind you, she knows close to nothing about astrology) and she was going on and on about how Mercury retrograde is a time when everything goes wrong.
I laughed, and said, “No, it’s actually a really important time—if you can look past the annoying shit.”
By forcing us to slow down—with its often frustrating hijinks—this transit helps us make the space for what’s next.
We get to clear out the clutter that we didn’t realize has been accumulating in our home, digital spaces, and our brains. We get to review, revise, revisit projects and check in with ourselves on whether or not we need to pivot, or that the direction we’re going in still feels right.
So when we emerge from this transit, our path feels more aligned—and because this is happening the sign of Leo—more authentic, more joyful, and maybe even a little more sparkly.
To help you alchemize this Mercury retrograde energy, I created a digital guidebook with 35+ pages of readings and practical guidance for each sign, 25 days of rituals, a guided visualization that helps you intuit Mercury’s messages for you, journal prompts, a digital altar, and more.
You can either buy it here for $22 (and it’s ready to download immediately!) OR you can become a paid subscriber and get it included in your subscription (if you’re already a paid sub, scroll all the way down to the bottom to download it 💓)
🌀A Mercury retrograde message for each rising sign
Aries rising: Being in creative process is good for your soul.
Taurus rising: You aren’t limited to the old familial patterns you grew up with. You get to define and create safety for yourself in your physical home, as well as in your body and emotional foundations.
Gemini rising: Your retrograde mission is to find your voice—and listen to it.
Cancer rising: Showing up as your authentic self moment to moment is how you embody self-worth.
Leo rising: Other peoples’ opinions about your wholeness, or their incapacity to behold you in your wholeness, is not your shame to carry.
Virgo rising: You don’t have to fear what unfurls in the silence. You can bravely face those parts of yourself, and give them the attention they’re asking for.
Libra rising: You always have the option to refine and redefine what connections are supportive, which ones need to be nurtured, and which ones need to be severed.
Scorpio rising: The unknown is ripe with magic if you can shift your perspective just a little. Don’t conflate letting go with failure.
Sagittarius rising: Belief is human, humans are changeable. It’s OK to change your mind. It’s OK to be wrong about something. That’s not an indictment on your character—it’s just you being human.
Capricorn rising: Sometimes, the ability to embrace other people’s messiness starts with embracing your own first.
Aquarius rising: Authenticity isn’t about a fixed identity. It’s about staying true to yourself moment to moment, regardless of whether or not there is applause.
Pisces rising: For you, being self-centered isn’t selfish. It’s survival.
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