This article is the 3rd part of a series regarding Mercury Retrograde in 2020. You can visit the first part if you wish to know more about the general meaning of what Mercury Retrograde signifies here.
With this article, we will mainly delve into to what Mercury in Scorpio & Libra transit means in 2020 as from October 14th for 3 weeks, Mercury, the messenger planet will be travelling retrograde through both of these signs.
The traditional and general advice with Mercury retrograde is “Don’t travel. Don’t sign contracts. Don’t marry. Don’t touch electrics!” This is mainly because the energy of Mercury is directed inwards for introspection rather than outside for our daily routine.
Scorpio is a water sign, ruled by the planets Mars and Pluto. The planet Mars is already in apparent retrograde motion in Aries since September 9th lasting until November 13th ( see more details about this transit in my last article here ) so we are already in a review like energy and plenty of upgrades to begin with; Mercury now just adds more to the equation revealing deep, forgotten, subconscious memories that we repressed and many other secrets that we are ready to face now. This period is also often accompanied by deep penetrating emotional clarity.
Themes from last year’s Mercury retrograde in Scorpio will resurrect especially for those with natal planets near 11-12° Scorpio.
With the energy of Scorpio, Mercury Retrograde will give everyone a sense of not being rational but rather emotional about things. You may become suspicious and untrusting about people, blasting at them without a tangible evidence. The energy is very emotional, intense and can unbalance things quickly, with Scorpio everything is either black or white and/or going to extremes. We can expect a more difficult period with intense and hidden emotions: paranoia, jealousy, and anger can burst to the surface, we need to be cautious about these emotions in order to no ruin beautiful relationships.
We can expect secrets being revealed, scandals, and communication error in which finding the truth of a situation might prove difficult. Through all the possible tribulations, our intuition will manifest at the highest pick in this period, so learn now how to listen more to your gut feelings and internal signs as they could be more accurate than your rational, thinking mind.
We can also see ourselves as being more sensitive than usual and be confronted with our emotions more easily and intensely. Consider it all the more reason to double-down on effective self-care strategies. Create space in your calendar to go for a walk, to mediate, and move deeper into healing old traumas, compulsions or obsessions that we did not heal or understood until now – they can take the focal point of this period, using alternative methods of healing, rituals, hypnosis or energy work would now be a good investment in yourself on the long run.
Then, close to the end of this transit, Mercury moves slowly to the sign of Libra, the sign of beauty, balance, diplomacy, fairness, friendships or social etiquette and gatherings making us review all these domains of life also. From the intense waters of Scorpio, we begin to be a bit more diplomatic and rational, however we still have a subjective “fog” on our eyes that does not allow us to see clearly and objectively a situation so indecision is the result. Actually, is advisable to not take major decisions during this transit; we could regret the decision after, or cost us more to repair.
During the transit in both signs, Mercury will form two difficult aspects: an opposition with Uranus in Taurus while in Scorpio and a square with Saturn in Capricorn while in Libra. Both are challenging aspects that promote change and trials to overcome. The first aspect with Saturn might come as a restriction of some sort, making us feel limited in our options and can lead to frustrations while the second one might come unexpectedly, some shocking news that will unbalance our system in some way for a while.
The square and opposition are stressful aspects significantly increasing the pressure felt during this retrograde. It will be important to de-stress, focus on self-care, and ask for help when you need it.
However, with all the possible drama, Mercury retrograde always brings, improvements, resolutions by the end of its transit, so plan for a review period of major tasks, projects and activities as well as concentrate on releasing and purging anything that no longer serves you. These are the areas of life that will be influenced by the Mercury Retrograde transit through Scorpio & Libra for each zodiac sign (search for Natal sign, Ascendant, or Moon if known):
Aries: renunciation, power, sexuality, unpaid money, loans & relationships, couple, association, marriage.
Taurus: relationships, couple, association, marriage & health, work, colleagues, daily schedule.
Gemini: health, work, colleagues, daily schedule & love, children, creativity, hobbies.
Cancer: love, children, creativity, hobbies & house, family, dwelling, soul.
Leo: house, family, dwelling, soul & travel, communication, electronic equipment, studies.
Virgo: travel, communication, electronic equipment, studies & money, personal goods, values, talents.
Libra: money, personal goods, values, talents & decisions, self- actions, ambition, physical body, image.
Scorpio: decisions, self- actions, ambition, physical body, image & health, relationship with God, self-analysis, letting go of battle.
Sagittarius: health, relationship with God, self-analysis, letting go of battle & friends, future plans, aspirations, ideals.
Capricorn: friends, future plans, aspirations, ideals & career, public image, reputation, social status.
Aquarius: career, public image, reputation, social status & beliefs, principles, relationships with foreigners, studies.
Pisces: beliefs, principles, relationships with foreigners, studies & renunciation, power, sexuality, unpaid money, loans
This Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio & Libra will close the year of 2020 as it will be the last one. It will be a regenerating and re-birthing energy that will clear and clean things in our life just in time for the end of year in order to step into the new year with less baggage, renewed and equipped more wisdom.
Many blessings,
Isabela
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