What Each Zodiac Sign Can Expect When Mercury Enters Pisces (2/14)
Mercury doesn’t exactly love being in Pisces, where its directness and candor are sacrificed in favor of the metaphorical, esoteric language of the poet.
Indeed, Mercury in Pisces natives are often great poets, lyricists, and creative writers. Their style of dreamy, emotionally evocative storytelling is remarkable, though they will struggle to write an academic essay and their verbal trains of thought are famously difficult to follow.
One thing Pisces is known for is its inherent romanticism, and it’s a happy coincidence that Mercury enters Pisces on Valentine’s Day this year. At 7:07 AM EST on February 14, our collective oration will be less straightforward, but more saccharine and earnest. This certainly has its place, and it may in fact be a bit of a relief after six weeks of very heavy geopolitical news and unprecedented amounts of change.
Depending on your rising sign, Mercury will be transiting a different area of your chart, challenging conventions about communication and creativity. What can you expect? Read the following generalized forecast for a basic idea of what you’re in for—and what you can improve on—until March 3, when this transit wraps itself up.
Aries.
With Mercury entering your twelfth house, you can anticipate greater spiritual breakthroughs and vivid experiences in your dreams, along with the temptation to indulge a little. You might get loose-lipped after a few glasses of wine, allowing conversations to flow more fluidly, and you will likely find it easier to convey your thoughts about esoteric subject matter. If you enjoy making music or writing poetry, your creative impulse will be heightened, even if you lean into it in a more unconventional way. As Mercury is the ruler of your natal third and sixth houses, you are encouraged to enter into conversation with people in your close-knit community about how you can more effectively infuse spirituality—and a little healthy delusion—into your fitness practices, workplace, and daily rituals.
Taurus.
As Mercury prepares to begin its transit through your eleventh house, you will very likely find your spiritual and creative communities expanding. If you keep your mind and heart open, the rooms you walk into will provide countless opportunities to engage your intellectual and spiritual curiosity, broadening your horizons and helping you to discern what you truly believe. The conversations you have and the people you meet will satisfy a yearning deep within you. Many of you will enter into deep and meaningful relationships with others. Rather than settling for surface-level friendships, this is the time to find your lifelong group of ride-or-dies. Mercury rules your natal second and fifth houses, suggesting that the bonds you form now will prove to be both financially lucrative and emotionally fulfilling.
Gemini.
Mercury is now hoping court in your tenth house, giving you the opportunity to voice your most intimate thoughts and feelings to a wide audience. If you are afraid to share your story on such a public stage, consider where your fear of vulnerability comes from and why it has taken root in your life. Once you recognize that this paralysis is keeping you stuck, you will be able to move forward and wrestle with it more efficiently. Some external circumstances may force you to own up to your secret traumas and vices, so even if you don’t feel prepared, you’ll have to swallow your pride sooner rather than later. You may feel certain you are experiencing your own personal dark night of the soul, but you are never entirely alone in the world and someone can always relate. With Mercury ruling your natal first and fourth houses, you are being called to invite others into your personal space—literally and metaphorically—so that you can walk through your crises of faith together.
Cancer.
As Mercury transits your ninth house, your potential for creative breakthrough is necessarily intertwined with your exploration of other perspectives, cultures, and belief systems. If you are currently living abroad, you will inevitably engage in spiritual dialogue with those who are different from you, ultimately challenging your own biases and offering you a chance to connect on a very deep and intimate level with others. If you have no foreign travels scheduled, it doesn’t mean you won’t come into close contact with an alternative cultural perspective in your own backyard. Try talking to someone you had previously discounted due to their alliance with a community, religion, or culture that you have a knee-jerk reaction towards. This is the time to break down barriers and start bold cross-cultural conversations. With Mercury ruling your natal third and twelfth houses, you can anticipate secret, introspective communion with intellectual people right outside your front door. Use this time to absorb as much knowledge as possible and enter into mentor-mentee relationships.
Leo.
Mercury’s transit through your eighth house will inspire you to dive deep into taboos relating to sexuality, mortality, and the occult, but it will also light a fire under your heels to start speaking up about what you deserve financially. It’s an ideal time to shore up resources or seek out angel investors for a new business idea, which could prove to be highly lucrative in the future. The connections you make now will be both practically and spiritually valuable, providing you with the grit necessary to make important business decisions and the faith to chase your wildest dreams. If you don’t already have a financial advisor, it’s a great time to seek guidance. And since Mercury rules your natal second and eleventh houses, this is a window of time that you can specifically use to your advantage if you want to leverage your earning potential. Furthermore, you’ll make more social connections who can help you on your way to success.
Virgo.
With Mercury now active in your seventh house, you will find your relational connections growing deeper, stronger, and more intimate. In both romantic and business partnerships, you’ll feel as though you are on a remarkably similar path to spiritual enlightenment, and your creative passions will be aligned in such a way that you cannot help but feel you have crossed paths for a reason. This is your chance to fully surrender to the opportunities available to you, trusting that they will guide you even further down your personal path to emotional fulfillment. You are very likely to achieve professional success and accolades for your accomplishments, as Mercury rules your natal first and tenth houses, putting you in the spotlight like never before. But you will feel, perhaps for the first time in your life, that your passions and your profession are lining up harmoniously.
Libra.
As Mercury begins to activate your sixth house, you’ll find yourself presented with opportunities to infuse your workspace and daily routine with more mysticism and artistry than you ever could have dreamed of. Whether you’ve been hoping your boss might let you take the lead on more creative projects this year, or you’ve recently started a hybrid job that gives you more freedom during the day, you will find yourself enjoying the less structured routine that is now part of your new normal. It’s also a valuable time to change up some other factors that may be impacting your physical, mental, and spiritual health: if you’ve been sluggish about getting to the gym so far this year, sign up for a one-off boxing class instead, or book a session with a breathwork practitioner. This is a perfect time to combine the tangible with the esoteric, and there are few better places than to get in touch with both than a room filled with essential oils and relaxing spa music. Mercury is the ruler of your natal ninth and twelfth houses, so a period of faith deconstruction or study of foreign cultures may coincide with a kind of monk-like need for isolation.
Scorpio.
Mercury’s transit through your fifth house is bound to rejuvenate your romantic and creative spirit. Even if you had put the idea of casual dating to rest, now is the time to get back out there, and indulge in some low-stakes flirtation. If you’re frightened of getting in too deep and finding yourself trauma-bonded to another toxic partner, remember that you and you alone can set up the necessary boundaries to keep your heart, brain, and soul protected. If it’s not romance you’re after but creative collaboration, you’re going to find plenty of that too, especially if your peers are going full-force into their new spiritual practices. If you’re skeptical about how tapped in you actually are, try a meditation practice intended to break down your walls, or begin writing morning pages. Mercury rules your natal eighth and eleventh houses, so you’re likely to uncover some deeply buried secrets about yourself and your friends.
Sagittarius.
As Mercury begins to transit your fourth house, your desire to romanticize your home, family, and domestic life is increased. Additionally, you may feel as though your household is infused with a sudden spiritual energy that didn’t exist before, perhaps due to the influence of someone who you live with—or a calling on your own heart, telling you that something needs to change. Whatever the case may be, you will be motivated to spend more nights indulging in creative and spiritual practices. And, if you are married or cohabitating, you are likely to experience this as an especially romantic period between you and your partner. With Mercury ruling your natal seventh and tenth houses, what you gain from this time will be broadly applicable. That is to say, what you learn through meandering, seemingly self-indulgent conversations with your partner late at night might be just the thing that inspires you to pursue a new career, change your life trajectory, or start sharing your art in a public forum. Remember, what happens in the home is always projected into the professional sphere.
Capricorn.
Mercury is moving through your third house, giving you the green light to communicate ideas about spirituality, romance, and art to your local community. Even as you struggle with the universal fear of pushback, you will be able to convey your thoughts and ideas with sufficient grace, kindness, and compassion. This can also be a profoundly healing time for you and your siblings, neighbors, and other relatives. You are being encouraged to enter into uncomfortable dialogue with family and friends who you disagree with. This is not the time for zealotry or obsessive conviction; instead, try surrendering your expectations and sit for a while in the discomfort of the grey area. As the ruler of your natal sixth and ninth houses, Mercury will exert its influence over your workplace and health, too. If you have been clinging fiercely to a certain ideology, you might find that your obsessive focus is keeping you trapped in a toxic loop that is damaging to your physical and mental health. Consider whether your anger at perceived enemies might be distracting you from doing good in the name of your beliefs.
Aquarius.
As Mercury makes its way through your second house, you are challenged to discuss all things money and values—and to monetize your skills. If you’re working in a spiritual or creative field, all the better. You’re likely to see a significant increase, plus you’ll have the opportunity to speak about money openly to helpful mentors and encouraging friends. You might prefer to keep this side of your life private, as many of us do, but this is an ideal time to challenge the belief that finances are inherently taboo like politics and religion. It only takes one small moment of vulnerability to create a chain reaction among your peers. Since Mercury rules your natal fifth and eighth houses, if you need financial assistance from anyone, you’re likely to receive it, especially if you’ve shown up in times of need for others in your community before. While you may need to talk about uncomfortable things like debts, mortgages, and the ongoing family feud over Grandma’s trust, you’ll pave the way to make such conversations less intimidating to others.
Pisces.
With Mercury stationed in your first house, your communication skills will be enhanced as you step into new leadership roles. You’ll likely be inspired to approach them with innovative yet unconventional methods, which will motivate others around you to think outside the box, too. If you are a musician, poet, speaker, or creative writer of any kind, you’ll find this transit to be particularly empowering. If you can schedule the release of an album or book around this time, you can be certain that your words will stand the test of time. Even if you’re nervous about sharing such an intimate side of yourself, the time is now: the response will be overwhelmingly positive, barring any other negative transits going on in your personal chart. But the biggest change won’t be to your public reputation. Since Mercury rules your natal fourth and seventh houses, you can anticipate stronger pair-bonding with your partner or closest friend, and possibly relocation. It’s a good time to hunker down and work in silence.