Read your horoscope for Mercury in Capricorn
Unfinished Business
On January 25th, a retrograde Mercury re-enters Capricorn to address unfinished business from the end of 2021. As Mercury spends this retrograde zig-zagging between Aquarius and Capricorn, two signs that are both home to Saturn, we get ample opportunity to review the structures and systems of our lives. Now the wayward traveler returns to the Capricorn earth kingdom as if it left something behind at basecamp.
Both Mercury and Saturn have a special relationship to time – Saturn keeps its eye on the hour glass while Mercury zips around to get as much done with the minutes it has. As the winged messenger travels through these Saturn-ruled signs, we can resist the urge to decide and act fast. Recall the second half of December – what convos were postponed for a later date? Now is the time to slowly and mindfully bring them to a resolution.
The main event on the itinerary is a long rendezvous with Pluto, planet of the underworld. Heavy discussions abound, and it’s now that we need depth of meaning and an unearthing of the truth. Between January 28th and February 11th, Mercury is Pluto’s steady companion. This is our invitation to listen with a willingness to be transformed by the truths that are surfacing now.
On February 3rd, Mercury stations direct. Take note of what has been alchemized, of what has been integrated, and what has been understood about what lies at the core of all you hold to be true. Take those ahas to rose-scented stationary on February 14th when the messenger breezes back into Aquarius.
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The following horoscopes were written by Thea Anderson.
Aries & Aries Rising
On January 25th, Mercury climbs its way back into Capricorn, the part of your chart where you call the shots and deliver your goods to the limelight. It’s time to review plans for projects that require a heavy lift. You’ve got an otherworldly power at your disposal: deliver your insights with the knowledge that they may come with a weight few know what to do with.
Use this power for good.
On February 3rd, Mercury stations direct, instructing you to maneuver with a slow and steady approach to the career goals that you know need time to ripen.
This moment also instructs you to listen deeply to your own desires for getting ahead. The more you own your shadowy bits, the more in your power you are. The questions about how to communicate on a grand stage are best answered with honesty and humility.
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Taurus & Taurus Rising
Mercury returns to Capricorn on January 25th with an ax ready to scale the icy mountains of wisdom that you feel called to climb. For you, the spiritual tower is built around pragmatic applications for mystical ascension.
As you reach new intellectual heights, you are also descending into the core of your personal truth. Revisit doubt, skepticism, or lurking fears of what it means to own your wisdom and apply it. Skim the arcanum of your life, flirt with the edge of uncertainty, find out how you come to know what you do.
As Mercury stations direct on February 3rd, you are reminded that learning isn’t linear. It spirals into lessons from the past, and hints at the future’s unfolding. As you learn to hold difficult truths, reconciling life’s paradoxes becomes all the more easy as does the shift into new paradigms.
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Gemini & Gemini Rising
On January 25th, retrograde Mercury enters Capricorn to resume a journey through shared affairs and resources. Conversations invite you to travel through what’s yours and what belongs to someone else. As you revisit a joint plan or contract, you recall why you decided to enter into this partnership in the first place. Your bonds and collaborations deserve your attention to detail. This is how partnership stands the test of time.
As Mercury meets Pluto on the forked path twice more, attend to the underbelly of this entanglement. What ink was smudged? What clauses were forgotten? When promises are broken, revisit the transgressions. Stay with the conversation. Witness what becomes of you when old griefs are stirred.
Your commitment to sorting through the grit of what you’ve sacrificed will help steer you to clarity. Once Mercury stations direct on February 3rd, you’re ready to set off into the sunset with your revised agreements in tow.
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Cancer & Cancer Rising
Block off time in your schedule for you and your person come January 25th, when Mercury retrograde re-enters Capricorn. In this part of your chart, the planet of communication wants to outline a plan for greater intimacy.
It could feel a little like groundhog day when conversations are reminiscent of those that took place in the second half of December. Yet, resuming a dialogue about tricky topics is actually forward progress.
On February 3rd, Mercury stations direct revealing just how productive and healing it is to tell the truth. Speak your piece and allow vulnerability to reveal epiphanies about how to love and be loved in return.
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Leo & Leo Rising
On January 25th, Mercury resumes mountaineering through the part of your chart that deals with obligations and responsibility. The planet of precision has a pencil and paper in hand to inspect the foundation of your life structures. Take inventory of the tasks that fill your daily calendar and team collaboration platforms.
You’ll get pulled in deep into the planning of your life systems and blueprints. What part of the scaffolding could use reinforcements? Over the coming weeks, you’ll be working to finesse your routines as new information is revealed.
On February 3rd, Mercury stations direct and you’ll be glad you excavated any underlying system errors in your routine. The skies open up as you ease into a groove that puts you back on track.
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Virgo & Virgo Rising
Time to take notes and apply them to your dance routines, pleasure potions, and game nights. Mercury dashes back into Capricorn on January 25th. The trickster is back in Saturn’s earth home, but it’s also dabbling in the part of your chart that delivers delights and fosters creative output.
Time to resume a project that once seemed doomed for the slush pile. What’s the source of this creative block? It’s a great time to solicit creative feedback and review comments in the margins that were delivered with care.
On February 3rd, Mercury stations direct and it’s here that you could discover what to rework and how to do it. You’ve gone on quite the excursion with your art since the end of 2021. As you loop back to past inspiration, dig into the ideas that offer joy and whimsy.
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Libra & Libra Rising
On January 25th, Mercury backs up into Capricorn to take up residence in your abode and spark conversation among your kin. The fixer-upper planet wants to survey the foundation of your home. Measure and take stock of what’s working and what could use further structural support.
Mercury stations direct on February 3rd and still has some deep ravines to travel. As you tunnel deeper into the ancestral lines, feel free to dial up an elder, or the knowledge keeper in your family tree. Interview the life story of anyone that may have keys to your past.
Leave space for deep reveals while exploring caverns of family, upbringing, and the land you steward. Talking out your lineage, family dynamics and secrets will be cathartic, even if it only leads to more questions at the moment.
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Scorpio & Scorpio Rising
You’re ready to step back into your role of the community organizer. Mercury hikes into Capricorn on January 25th to resume your communications, commute, and community. Now is the time to get serious about your message.
You may be tempted to begin your communiques with ‘per my last email’ as Mercury circles back to topics that you thought you’d covered at the end of 2021. See if you can detect subtle power dynamics at play between you and your recipients. The messenger reconvenes with Pluto two more times to dig into what’s really being said. Start by listening to yourself.
On February 3rd, Mercury stations direct and the road to clarity opens up. Proceed with all that you’ve learned about how to engage in convos with BFFs or siblings. Time to resume the back and forths that keep you engaged with your people.
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Sagittarius & Sagittarius Rising
When the planet of merchants returns to Capricorn on January 25th, you’ll be motivated to tally up all of your earnings and possessions once again. In Saturn’s earth sign, Mercury is the trusted bookkeeper, helping you to be prudent as you plan out all you need for years to come.
Mercury will conjoin Pluto twice more to unearth some old truths about how you think about value and worth. Language around finance is often learned in childhood. It asks to be mined now. As you dig deeper into your personal principles around earning and self-worth, expect to tunnel further than you did at the end of 2021.
On February 3rd, Mercury stations direct. Answers to your income questions will reveal themselves through your steady excavation. Carve your own path when it comes to planning financial freedom.
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Capricorn & Capricorn Rising
On January 25th, the winged messenger zips back into Capricorn, ready to scale new heights when it comes to your personal goals. Mercury gifts you just the right words to communicate your 5-year plan with precision. Revisit your notes app or voice memos from December – for what grand plans did you lay the foundation?
Your déjà vu is real. The messenger has you circling back to conversations that took place as you swept up the holiday debris. As you dig down into the truth of what you want, revise your personal mission statement accordingly.
On February 3rd, Mercury stations direct, bringing you to a threshold, map out what you want. You’ve cultivated trust in your decisions and yourself. Go forth with your wishes.
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Aquarius & Aquarius Rising
On January 25th, Mercury will back out of the realm that has to do with all things ‘you’ and re-enters Capricorn. The planet of chit-chat will go a little quiet on the line as it travels the unpaved roads of your inner landscapes. You may choose to take time to excavate the old bones of the recent past.
What you thought was ancient history now requires your attention – yet again. If you feel a little more goth than usual, know that Mercury Rx is pointing you toward the hibernation mode you retreated to at the close of 2021.
And quiet reveals abound there. On February 3rd, Mercury stations direct and begins to unpack the thoughts that were collecting dust. As you do, light bulbs of insight illuminate the backrooms of your life. You can carry this as a torch to guide you through the deep woods of memory and reflection.
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Pisces & Pisces Rising
Mercury lands in Capricorn on January 25th to resume plans among your networks and alliances. This part of your chart deals with your social sphere. It’s also Saturn’s mountainous earth domicile.
With the messenger here, you’re in it to win it with your friends, making plans for the long haul. That said, you may have to ping them more than once, as the retrograde brings its signature misunderstandings and accidental radio silences.
You get the sense that frank conversations need to be had so that you can settle any dust that got kicked up recently. Be willing to broach a touchy topic with folks who you assumed were like-minded. Accord can be found, but at this stage of the journey, you’ll have to identify the root of an issue too.
On February 3rd, Mercury goes direct and points out underlying truths about friendship. Now, you know that you can always reevaluate and reaffirm who gets to stay within your inner circle.
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