Today, Mercury aligns with Venus retrograde, highlighting conversations and things from the past, especially those about past relationships.
This transit offers a helpful opportunity to gain a new perspective on long-standing problems; however, we may not yet have the whole picture.
We intellectualize matters of the heart because we tend to analyze our relationships and feelings rationally.
However, with the Sun quintile Uranus, we start to recognize our individuality and more readily express our need for change and progress.
As the day goes on, a Mercury-Pluto quincunx will come into play, which can stir up some tension. We may feel pressure to get information or answers, but our hearts may not be quite ready for it.
This transit can highlight difficulties in digesting or accepting a situation, and it can be hard to get our message across or make a decision that we feel is right.
Our actions or words may trigger negative reactions from others. Today's tension is often the result of deep-seated fears and well-founded suspicions.
It's also a time when we become aware of the needs and desires that we have been suppressing. By recognizing these aspects of ourselves, we can better understand our emotional reactions and act in a more enlightened and balanced way.
The transits of today emphasize looking back at the past. When we try to understand our feelings and needs, we also feel tension linked to our fears and suspicions.
It is an opportunity to recognize and integrate the aspects of ourselves that we have repressed in order to move toward a better understanding of our deepest and desires.
Aries:
Aries, the conversations of today and this week mainly focus on the topics of love, the past, feelings, and affections. The emphasis is on intellectual analysis to make sense of these aspects of our lives.
With Venus retrograde, the past is taking center stage, which presents an important opportunity for clarity. Recognize that if something didn't work in the past, it's unlikely to work now unless it's modified and developed.
This time allows for introspection and reevaluation, which can be used to determine what needs to be changed and improved in order to move forward./
Even though discussions can be intense and mentally stimulating, you may feel a certain emotional distance, or at least be more aware of this distance between yourself and others.
These days, your romantic relationships or feelings are more complicated than usual. Nevertheless, during this time of revision, you may find yourself open to new ideas and interesting new perspectives.
You might wonder about personal fulfillment and satisfaction in certain areas of your life, and clues about these aspects could emerge today.
Taurus:
Taurus, as Mercury and Venus retrograde align, conversations quickly turn to the past and areas of emotional dissatisfaction.
Most of the discussion centers on problems in relationships or unresolved comfort zones, and you start to look at old problems in a new light.
Love can be a tricky subject right now, even if your intentions are good. You have the opportunity to gain new awareness or find clues to complicated subjects that need your attention.
New information will come to light or vivid memories will force you to reflect on the past. You feel inclined to analyze and intellectualize things right now.
Your mind can run faster than your heart. Although you have a lot of curiosity, you aren't quite ready for certain feelings or revelations just yet.
Nevertheless, this is a good time to analyze whether your current living conditions really suit you.
Be impartial toward yourself and refrain from passing judgment on others. Be fair to yourself and avoid being judgmental.
Take your time to process everything, and understand any discomfort or lack of fulfillment you may feel with your current situation.
Gemini:
Gemini, you are in a great position to make changes today; however, don't finalize things just yet. The day promises new perspectives on your relationships, interests, and projects.
As Mercury aligns with Venus retrograde, the focus is on analysis and getting things in order, especially in regard to feelings and affections.
You could be giving meaning to past relationships or reviving old projects that spark a new perspective. You may look back on a previous project with renewed interest, or realize that you're no longer satisfied with a current program of study or venture.
Discussions and reflections focus on your level of satisfaction, your relationships, or complex social situations, and you may learn additional information that will shed light on a question that has been perplexing or tormenting you.
However, keep in mind that you don't have the full picture. Despite the new perspectives you gain, there may be aspects you haven't yet explored.
Cancer:
Cancer, with Mercury aligning with Venus retrograde, matters pertaining to personal finances, personal possessions, and property can become subjects of interest.
It's better to take the time to review than to make major decisions about your assets. However, don't neglect the things that are currently attracting your attention, as they may require further thought or adjustments later on.
During this retrograde period, questions from the past, particularly those pertaining to love, feelings, pleasure, valuables, and money, will be brought back into focus.
It's also a time when lost items may reappear in your life. For example, someone may leave an item that you wanted to retrieve.
Today is a very productive day for expanding your knowledge on a topic that is useful to you. Make the most of this opportunity to analyze and revise any financial or material issues that may be troubling you.
Even if you decide to put off making significant choices for the time being, analysis and reflection will help you better understand your options.
Leo:
Leo, today more than usual, others are very interested in you, and they may talk about you more than usual.
Mercury and Venus in retrograde are aligned in your sign, which will draw conversations toward you. You'll be more inclined to express yourself, but you may notice that someone else is hesitating or holding something back.
Discussions could also address unresolved issues from the past, bringing you powerful reminders of past situations. New information about past problems may now emerge.
This is an ideal time to review and reassess your personal plans and projects, but it's best to postpone final decisions. Keep your options open, because there's probably even more to discover in this story.
Although your personal charm is high and you can attract others' attention, try not to over-analyze situations. There's a potential for misunderstandings.
Virgo:
Virgo, Mercury and Venus align in your twelfth solar house, providing you with access to important new information that could assist you in improving the choices you make in the future.
However, with Venus retrograde, it's best to process and digest this information rather than make any final decisions right now. It's a day for reflection and analysis.
Conversations and reflections can shed significant light on the past, especially with regard to love, feelings and past relationship patterns.
You may discover aspects of your love life or emotions that help you better understand your levels of affection or satisfaction. Your ability to remain a little emotionally detached will benefit you for the time being.
You might be inclined to talk about personal matters, but you may leave out some of the deeper emotions. Take the time to reflect and process the information that emerges today.
Be patient with yourself and to refrain from making important choices too quickly because there is still more to learn and understand.
Libra:
Libra, you are in a phase that is favorable for evaluating whether or not your projects and social life bring you enough pleasure.
Today, you may discover something important about someone from your past, or a conversation with a friend may quickly turn to past events.
With Mercury aligned with Venus retrograde, you are more likely to dwell in your thoughts rather than delving deeper into your feelings.
This approach can be useful up to a point, but it's essential to be careful not to speak before your heart is ready to express itself fully. Your mind may be curious, but your heart may not be ready to reveal all the emotions that torment it.
Today's transits may arouse a desire to make sense of your feelings or relationships, but it's important to keep in mind that you may only have part of the story.
To avoid misunderstandings or regrets, consider adopting a new approach to expressing yourself and interacting with others.
Scorpio:
Scorpio, since Mercury aligns with Venus retrograde, it is especially important to review your plans and goals.
You may discover new information about topics from the past, and although the overall picture is not yet complete, you're getting closer to understanding.
This exclusive window on the past helps you make better decisions for the future, but it's wise to suspend judgment until all the pieces of the puzzle are in place.
With Venus retrograde until early next month, you may encounter temporary challenges concerning your career, image or relationships, or you may revisit old projects and finalize them.
Retrospection and analysis the focus right now. Keep an open mind and pay attention to what is in front of you because your curiosity is at its peak, even if your heart isn't quite ready to take it all in yet.
The complications you may encounter are more specific today, but you can approach them from a new angle. Take the time you need to understand the situation before making important decisions.
Sagittarius:
Sagittarius, you could make significant discoveries about the mysteries of your personal history through conversations and reflections.
A new perspective may lead you to reconsider some of your beliefs, ideals, goals and dreams. With Mercury aligning with Venus retrograde, you may become aware of past strategies or expectations that may have led you astray.
This is a time of questioning and reevaluating. You may be more in the mind than in the heart today, which may make you more inclined to share your knowledge with others.
However, don't let the conversations get the better of you and take the time to process your feelings before making important decisions.
Venus's current retrograde motion indicates that it's best to avoid making hasty decisions and to keep conversations on a lighter note.
Take the time you need to understand your emotions and needs before making important choices.
Capricorn:
Capricorn, the day will be full of activity, and you will have a lot of things to talk about and do. You're susceptible to emotional and private discoveries, and your thoughts often turn to the past.
A conversation with a love interest can quickly take a retrograde turn, or you might find yourself discussing your past with someone. Feelings play an important role today, and are strongly linked to the past.
Unexpected insights into intimate issues can emerge as you examine, reassess and process what really matters to you now. You may find yourself imagining what you'd like to change for the future.
You have the ability to play detective and find clues that give you a new perspective on old problems. Recognize that your heart may not be ready for the mental developments or conversations that lie ahead.
Patience and introspection will help you address these issues in a balanced and constructive way.
Aquarius:
Aquarius, love, affection, feelings, and pleasure are at the forefront of your thoughts and concerns today.
However, it's essential to avoid falling into the trap of communicating and building relationships according to outdated patterns that no longer serve you. If you cling too tightly to old approaches, you may run into problems.
Today is an opportune time to gain a new perspective on issues of the past. By listening to another person's point of view, you can broaden your vision and look at situations from a new angle.
If you feel the other person has the upper hand or control, remember that it's not about power, it's about sharing the spotlight.
Negotiations can play an important role today, and it's crucial to be as fair as possible in your interactions.
Learning new things about past relationships can be very rewarding and help you better understand your own emotional journey.
Pisces:
Pisces, someone is very interested in you, and your unique personality shines through. You might feel a little detached or unsure.
Today, with Venus retrograde aligned with Mercury, your emotions could be approached from an intellectual point of view.
You may have a good understanding of your current feelings, but there are underlying issues that could complicate what appears to be positive communications.
Our minds may be ahead of our hearts today, which means that conversations or thoughts might head into areas where your heart is not yet ready to go.
Despite this, you may discover surprising but useful information about your work, your feelings about your daily tasks, your services or your projects.
Things from the past or even people can also resurface at this time. You have the opportunity to solve a wide range of problems through brainstorming and careful examination of situations.
You could also gain a unique perspective on whether your current projects, especially those related to health, work and daily affairs, are truly satisfying.
Take time to digest this new information before making any important decisions.
She is a curious, inquisitive, deep thinking, intensely feeling, otherworldly intuitive being who lives for signs, synchronicities and serendipities. Marci has a deep yearning to discover many of the answers that seem to have been hidden or forgotten in today’s world.
