4 Zodiacs Who Will Rewrite Old Stories This Mercury Retrograde

When in doubt, blame Mercury. The trickster planet retrogrades the most often out of all of them: several times a year, on average. Even your least astrologically inclined friend is aware that this common transit wreaks havoc on our technology, leaks important and scandalous emails, and drags back exes from the abyss.

It’s not as disruptive as outer planetary retrogrades, like Pluto or Saturn, which influence more serious aspects of our collective existence, like geopolitics and natural disasters. But it’s still an annoyance. It’s not the end of the world, though, as long as you remember that sometimes we all need a good old-fashioned reminder to retrace our steps and slow down.

Those who are acquainted with mercurial energy (looking at you, Virgos and Geminis) know that sometimes the only way out is through. There are a few zodiac signs that will feel familiar themes reverberating through their lives over the weeks that Mercury is retrograde in its favorite sign, Virgo.

Cancer

Behind the soft features and maternal warmth lies a secretive, all-knowing investigator. Since you are ruled by the moon, Cancer, you possess the ability to get to the bottom of any mystery and uncover others’ secrets. With Mercury retrograde in your third house of communication, siblings, early education, and local community, you’re likely to be feeling an intensely nostalgic pull towards themes from your childhood that you hold dear. With Jupiter opposing Mercury in your ninth house of foreign travel, religion, culture, and higher learning, expect to feel a conflicting push-pull energy. Ask yourself how you can integrate your early experiences with your loftier future ambitions.

Libra

After making it through one of the cruelest summers in recent memory, your ruling planet, Venus, will finally go direct on September 3rd. But don’t worry, Libra, because Mercury will be picking up the slack, ensuring that your twelfth house of dreams, secrets, drugs, and mysticism is buzzing with activity. Keep a detailed dream journal and write down any recurring themes that crop up. Expect to sleep more than usual, and to have creative and spiritual breakthroughs. With Jupiter opposing Mercury on your sixth-twelfth house axis, you are almost certainly going to return to some comforting habits and rituals that you may have abandoned during your summer in the limelight.

Aquarius

You tend to detach once relationships end, Aquarius, feeling content to close that book and start shopping around for a new one to occupy your frenetic mental energy. That’s why this Mercury retrograde is going to shake things up for you. Out of all of the zodiac signs, you are the most likely to get an unexpected text from an ex this time around. What’s more, you might actually be tempted: your ruling planet, Uranus, will be making a harmonious trine to Mercury in your eighth house of sex, death, the occult, and other people’s money. You might be shocked by your own uncharacteristic, primal response to this, while Mercury makes you think long and hard about your shadow self. Consider whether you actually want to try rewriting an old love story or whether you’re simply fantasizing about what could have been in another life.

Pisces

You’re a giver by nature, Pisces, but you’re also prone to the occasional pity party. You will likely have to give in to your martyr complex this Mercury retrograde, as your seventh house of marriage, partnerships, and lovers is lit up in direct opposition to your first house of personal identity. In other words, you might have to put your own needs and desires aside for a while, because those closest to you are in desperate need of the wisdom only you can provide. They might have been ignoring it up until now, but just be grateful they’re willing to listen now, rather than using it as an ”I told you so” opportunity. In traditional astrology, Jupiter is your ruling planet; in modern astrology, Neptune. Both will be retrograde at roughly the same time as Mercury, highlighting just how important spiritual guidance is to your partner’s journey. On the other hand, if you’re single and meet someone new, don’t be fooled by their potentially deceptive nature. At this time, you’re vulnerable to projecting old patterns onto new relationships.