Mercury Rx enters Leo

While Mercury began its retrograde on August 5th in the sign of Virgo, retrograde Mercury returns to the sign of Leo on August 14th, 2024.

Mercury is in Leo from August 14-September 9, 2024.

Mercury’s retrograde cycle, lasting from August 5th to 28th, is the reason for Mercury returning to Leo so soon after leaving the sign. The retrograde began in Virgo, but with reverse motion, Mercury now dips back into Leo.

While Mercury is retrograde in the sign of Leo, we might return to old hobbies or forms of recreation with a renewed perspective. We may be thinking about past accomplishments, loves, and creations more frequently, seeing them a little differently now. Past ideas and perceptions of lovers, children, and creative pursuits can emerge and change.

Mercury in Leo likes to be on top of things, and this can be a time when a lot of little things can go wrong, however, so it can be frustrating at times.

Mercury is retrograde from August 5th, at 4° Virgo 07′, until August 28th, at 21° Leo 24′.

Mercury Retrograde Cycle from August 5 to 28, 2024:

• On July 16, 2024, Mercury enters the Retrograde Zone (pre-retrograde shadow) at 21° Leo 25′
• On August 5, 2024, Mercury stations and turns retrograde at 4° Virgo 06’Rx
• On August 28, 2024, Mercury stations and turns direct at 21° Leo 25’D
• On September 11, 2024, Mercury leaves the Retrograde Zone (post-retrograde zone) at 4° Virgo 06′

Mercury begins this retrograde cycle in the sign of Virgo and ends it in Leo.

With Mercury Retrograde in Leo:

Mercury retrograde in Leo implies communication snafus revolving around love, speculation, children, hobbies, recreation, and creativity, in particular. While Mercury is retrograde in Leo, we look at past decisions and ideas from a new, possibly enlightened perspective. Reconsidering a long-term dream or vision of our future is a potential.

It’s a strong period for returning to an old study, writing project, or personal interest. It can be a time of scattered thoughts and mental disarray, however.

This can be a period for returning to old hobbies or forms of recreation with a renewed perspective. We may be thinking about past accomplishments, loves, and creations more frequently, seeing them a little differently now. Past ideas and perceptions of lovers, children, and creative pursuits can emerge and change. Mercury in Leo likes to be on top of things, and this can be a time when a lot of little things can go wrong, however, so it can be frustrating at times.

We may be returning to past projects and refining or tweaking them. We can find usefulness in old or past ideas and recycle them in new ways. We might consider renewing past ventures where we may have had false starts, but this should be done in a new way for things to work this time around. With Mercury in Leo, we prefer to learn from our own experience rather than instruction, and not listening during this Mercury retrograde period can be especially prominent and costly.

Things can be particularly confusing around the 15th, when retrograde Mercury forms a quincunx with Neptune. Mercury’s square to Uranus early on the 18th can produce erratic conversations and big misunderstandings.

Retrograde Mercury aligns with the Sun in Leo mid-retrograde on August 18th, bringing illumination to our thoughts. This inferior conjunction presents a favorable time for processing recent events and ideas, and for beginning to look at problems or issues from a new perspective and with a new understanding. What we say or write now has an impact, for better or for worse! Significant new ideas can be birthed at this time.

On the 24th, retro Mercury forms a sextile to Mars, and this can be a productive time to look back and see patterns. Conversations can be loaded.

We might consider renewing old studies, topics, projects, or interests and returning to places or diversions of the past.