Astro Keys to Mercury RX 2025

In 2025, the Mercury rx transits will occur in the fire signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) with a sprinkle of Pisces and Virgo.

For the fire signs in particular, an intellectual rebirth is inevitable. Ushering in an upgrade to your self-concept, perspective of the world and communication style.

Air + Fire 🌬🔥

When Mercury ruler of the air sign Gemini connects with Fire the atmosphere is dynamic, frenetic, restless and potentially provocative. There’s heightened momentum, movement and speed, especially in the areas of communication, travel and technology. This can be a highly creative combination of birthing innovation and pushing previous boundaries.

If you’ve heard of the statement “fanning the flames” this elemental combination is a reflection of that. If left unchecked, it can cause a lot of unnecessary damage in the form of confusion, misinformation and conflict.

The tempering will be activated through the water sign Pisces and the earth sign Virgo, where there will be a call to release and streamline information for our collective health and well-being.

Recap of Mercury Rx Basics 🪶

On average, Mercury retrograde occurs three to four times each year. Astronomically speaking from our vantage point here on Earth, it appears that Mercury is moving backwards but that in itself is an illusion. Mercury brings our attention to the concept of mental illusions whether it is our thinking or influenced by external sources.

Mercury Retrograde cycles highlight the pervading power of information and language, especially the impact/influence it has on collective awareness, how ideological apparatuses (media, education, family, law, religion/spiritual communities) create the building blocks of our schematics and the diverse approaches to translating and relaying information in our relationships.

Breaking The Mercury Rx Narrative 🗑

Mercury Retrograde cycles have gathered a lot of momentum over the years (which fits in well with its correspondence to communication, language, travel, and information accessing and processing). This is after all the second fastest-moving planet through the zodiac (after the moon).

Consider the well-known narrative of Mercury Retrograde: “Technology breaking down, return of past connections, everything is going to go wrong etc.” The very repetition and expectation of this script is part of the lesson. It’s a lesson in mental transmutation. It can reflect how powerful our mind can be through the types of thought forms we choose to feed. In the specific case of Mercury Retrograde rhetoric, it has become an egregore of sorts taking on a life of its own, where people go along without question, but Mercury wants you to question! Question the scripts, stories and the information you are presented with no matter how deeply rooted and commonly accepted it is.

A time to reclaim our mental sovereignty!

This requires us to mentally sift and sort, encouraging us to reflect, re-evaluate, and in some instances re-direct what information we take in, disrupt the process of internalisation, and become actively aware of our reactions and responses.

It can become very easy to end up regurgitating perspectives and opinions of prominent voices around you, and subsequentially adopting strategies that may not be the best fit at a heart level and for your unique circumstances.

With so much information circulating at warp speed, the importance of developing skills of discernment, active listening, and reflection, becomes a priority, no matter how loud and all-consuming the stories may be. When we prioritise these skills, we have the space to reflect. We realise that we can choose to apply healthy boundaries regarding the processing and dissemination of information.

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Keys for Mercury RX 🗝

Reflect + Review

Let’s reframe the Mercury Retrograde script! Instead, we can view these retrograde transits as check-ins with our thinking, rebalance the mental/intellectual body in our auric fields, and consider the words we use and whether they empower or disempower ourselves and others (check your natal chart to see which house this transit is occurring in). Step away from the ‘Mercury RX groupthink’ for a moment. These cycles are opportunities to apply the Four R’s: reflect, review, re-evaluate and recalibrate.

The Right To Question

With so much information out there coming from a multitude of sources, it can be easy to take things at face value, however, what if we question? What if we take a look at the source of information before we take action? This is an exercise in developing discernment and differentiating between, facts, opinions, perspectives and what may be influencing decisions and understanding.

Information Filtering

It’s a call to become aware of the information we take in and put out into the world. What it is doing to our nervous system? What do you watch, read, listen and subscribe to? How do you respond to that information and is it ultimately beneficial for you or not?

This is a great time to edit, rewrite, read the small print and have back-ups.

“Who do you think you are?”

With Mercury Rx transiting the first sign of the zodiac Aries, the focus shifts to our self-concept and self-image. The world often tries to tell us who we are through labels which at times can help simplify and make sense of this world, but the most important thing is what you think of yourself. How's your self-concept looking? Is an upgrade required? Are you basing your current capabilities on past standards or versions of yourself?

Mercury urges you to get curious about your thinking, and opinions different to your own and information in general.

Redefining Outdated Scripts

If you find the ghosts of memories past re-emerge in your life, this may include bumping into someone from that timeline, actual memories resurfacing or old versions of yourself, put them where they belong. Just because something surfaces doesn’t mean that you are obligated to dance with it. That response you had way back when doesn’t need to be the dominant response NOW. Remind yourself of your boundaries and what it is you are in the process of creating.

Does this ‘past’ perspective or narrative fit with the version of who you are today?