Mercury enters Scorpio

Mercury enters Scorpio

Mercury is in Scorpio from September 30-December 6, 2026. [Why so long? Mercury is in Scorpio this year for an extended stay due to the upcoming Mercury retrograde cycle]

When Mercury is in Scorpio, our thoughts and communications are more probing and intense. While Mercury in Libra urged us to find balance and arrive at reasonable solutions, Mercury in Scorpio instinctively knows that life simply isn’t fair. Mercury in Scorpio seeks truths in all that is hidden and undercover.

We tend to probe, observe, and focus our thoughts under this influence. Looking for motivations–the more deeply buried, the better–satisfies an intellectual need now. Our thoughts are profound. We throw away superficial manners of communicating in favor of deep conversations.

Scorpio is exceptionally sharp, profound, and analytical yet also intuitive. Thinking is inclined to be one-track-minded, focused, and even obsessive.

Mercury in Scorpio

Mercury-in-Scorpio isn’t shocked by much, or at least keeps its cool even if surprised. During this cycle, our approach is psychological when analyzing, deciding, and studying or observing. We’re not afraid to go places mentally. As well, we get to the heart of a matter or to the bottom line very quickly, usually through instinct. Our resourcefulness and strategy stand out. We’re competitive.

We can be intrigued by motives and secrets or taboos. It’s not easy to take instruction or someone’s word for it–we have to experience it ourselves to draw conclusions. This position of Mercury is one of the most persuasive.

It’s an excellent time to research, investigate, troubleshoot, and work on hunches. If left to observe on our own, we do our best thinking, seeking the hidden layers of a situation.

Aspects Mercury makes while in Scorpio in 2026:

Excludes the Moon. Major aspects are in bold.

• Oct  1, 2026     3:14 PM    Mercury quintile Jupiter
• Oct 2, 2026   5:14 AM   Mercury  2 Scorpio 30 square  Mars  2 Leo 30 – We’re working quickly and can be strong-minded and mentally busy, forthright, forthcoming, and direct. Needing intellectual stimulation, we’re ready to debate. It can be a time of wheeling and dealing, mechanical work, manual dexterity, and reporting, but impatience, rushing, interrupting, and argumentativeness can be issues now.
• Oct  2, 2026    11:14 AM   Mercury  2 Scorpio 49 quincunx Neptune  2 Aries 49
• Oct 2, 2026     4:42 PM   Mercury  3 Scorpio 07 square  Pluto  3 Aquarius 07
• Oct  4, 2026     1:21 PM   Mercury  5 Scorpio 28 quincunx Uranus  5 Gemini 28
• Oct 6, 2026   8:10 PM   Mercury  8 Scorpio 13 conjunction  Venus  8 Scorpio 13
• Oct  7, 2026     5:41 AM    Mercury biquintile Neptune
• Oct  9, 2026     4:55 AM   Mercury 10 Scorpio 55 quincunx Saturn 10 Aries 55
• Oct 14, 2026     8:15 PM    Mercury biquintile Saturn
• Oct 16, 2026    12:51 AM   Mercury 17 Scorpio 27 sesquiquadrate Neptune  2 Aries 27
• Oct 30, 2026    1:20 PM   Mercury Rx 17 Scorpio 59 square  Mars 17 Leo 59 – Mercury and Mars return to a square while Mercury is retrograde.
• Oct 31, 2026    10:27 AM   Mercury 17 Scorpio 05 sesquiquadrate Neptune  2 Aries 05
• Nov  2, 2026    12:48 AM    Mercury biquintile Saturn
• Nov 4, 2026     9:24 AM   Sun 12 Scorpio 11 conjunction  Mercury Rx 12 Scorpio 11 – The inferior conjunction.
• Nov 7, 2026 12:23 AM Mercury Rx 8 Scorpio 55 quincunx Saturn 8 Aries 55
• Nov  7, 2026    10:04 PM    Mercury Rx biquintile Neptune
• Nov  8, 2026     4:31 PM    Mercury Rx quintile Jupiter
• Nov 11, 2026    12:45 AM    Mercury Rx quintile Mars
• Nov 19, 2026     6:24 AM    Mercury biquintile Neptune
• Nov 19, 2026     5:23 PM    Mercury quintile Jupiter
• Nov 19, 2026     9:16 PM   Mercury  8 Scorpio 19 quincunx Saturn  8 Aries 19
• Nov 21, 2026    11:26 PM    Mercury quintile Mars
• Nov 25, 2026     1:39 AM    Mercury biquintile Saturn
• Nov 26, 2026    11:37 PM   Mercury 16 Scorpio 41 sesquiquadrate Neptune  1 Aries 41
• Nov 30, 2026    10:48 AM   Mercury quintile Pluto
• Dec  1, 2026    10:55 AM   Mercury 23 Scorpio 01 sesquiquadrate Saturn  8 Aries 01
• Dec 2, 2026   12:38 AM   Mercury 23 Scorpio 51 square  True Node 23 Aquarius 51
• Dec  4, 2026    12:01 AM   Mercury 26 Scorpio 46 quincunx Chiron 26 Aries 46
• Dec 4, 2026      2:02 AM   Mercury 26 Scorpio 54 square  Jupiter 26 Leo 54

Note that Mercury is retrograde (marked with Rx) from October 24th to November 13th.