Mercury retrograde in Leo

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday to you! Midweek, midmonth, midyear! Where has the first half of this year gone? So much has been packed into it and we’ve learnt and grown so much. It’s like a great big adventure with twists and turns that take us to greater understanding and clarity, skills and diversity, acceptance and gratitude. Wow!

And from the 18^th of July, we get to reassess some of it with the Mercury retrograde at 15° of Leo back to 4° of Leo on the 11^th of August. If you had a situation begin on or around the 1^st of July, that’s what the focus will be on for you until around the 25^th of August when Mercury is out his shadow period, in other words back to the 15° point where he started his retrograde (appearing to be going backwards).

When Mercury is retrograde we tend to have a time of the “re’s”, reevaluating, reassessing, redoing, replacing, readjusting, all the “re” words. You may find yourself using these words in your conversations and if you do, you know it’s Mercury retrograde!

There are a few aspects we look at with Mercury retrograde and they are the energy signatures of Mercury and Leo, because he’s in Leo, and of Virgo and Gemini because Mercury rules both of those signs.

Mercury relates to verbal and written communications, and when in retrograde we could experience delayed or lost communications which may need to be “re-sent”. We may need to create a document, email or message a couple of times because we do a double take on it and perhaps are unsure if it’s what we are really want to say. Computers, internet and mobile phone signals may go down for a short time as well.

Mercury also relates to short distance travel and we may find ourselves having to make twice as many short trips where there are more people involved. Perhaps with sports events, you may give someone a lift. Also be prepared for flights to be delayed or cancelled plans.

We may have to go over the fine details a couple of times before we are happy with the results and your project may require further research before it can be completed. Writing things down will feel comforting and a good way to get all these ideas out of your head where you can see them in front of you, clearly and logically.

The Leo aspect here is that of your Pride, as in your tribe, which could be family or a group of friends where you all feel very close and look out for each other. You may think of how you are contributing and if you could improve in some way to show your gratitude for these people being in your life.

Leo also takes pride in his appearance and this energy signature could have you thinking you don’t like anything in your wardrobe at the moment and find yourself reassessing each item and moving some of them along or perhaps mixing things up a bit, different combinations may just be the go right now.

If you’re in business, you may reassess or redo your logo or the way you present yourself or your business to the public. Something may need to be revamped and spruced up a bit!

As Leo also rules the heart, you may find someone from your past coming back into your life for a short time or creating a situation where you need to reassess your life trajectory.

Anything is the go in this time of transformation, so expect the unexpected to come in, be experienced and with your decisions once you’ve gone over everything. You might surprise yourself.

As usual, check the House or Houses where 4° to 15° of Leo is in your chart and you’ll have a better idea of the area of life that will be reassessed.

Wishing you clarity and grace during this Mercury retrograde period.

Blessings to you,

Kym