Mercury will be in Libra from August 25th – September 23rd
The art of listening
Mercury waltzes into Libra to remind us how to balance speaking with listening, and flirtation with directness. It’s time to add a little sugar to your strategies. All your communications — be they work pitches, blog posts, or intimate debriefs with your loves — benefit from a dash of thoughtfulness. Turning your volume down when you sense a friend needs to vent — and up when you have something to get off your chest — blesses your exchanges with something special: equanimity.
This will be a necessary practice when Mercury stations retrograde on September 9th. As communications begin to zig and zag — with an extra dash of vigor, courtesy of Jupiter in Aries — the pursuit of balance will be critical to straightening things out.
Woo your “opponents”
Libra knows how to use every trick in the bag to communicate a message most effectively. Luring with honey rather than vinegar isn’t just the “nice” thing to do: it’s tactical. From legal briefs to flirtation campaigns, Mercury in this air sign arranges words to win. Deftly. With a heartier-than-usual dose of charm.
In fact, Mercury in Libra is so skillful that personal victories can cause even supposed “opponents” to cheer. Why? Because the ultimate success for Libra isn’t personal gain alone. It’s finessing win-wins for all.
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The following horoscopes were written by Grace Mungovan.
Read your horoscope for Mercury in Libra
Aries & Aries Rising
It’s not your way or the highway — it can be a carpool. Ask your nearest and dearest for feedback on how well they feel you’re listening to them. Read books that sharpen your negotiation skills, or teach you how to employ your loves’ love languages.
When Mercury stations retrograde on September 9th, this info will come in handy. Being mindful in how you relate to others will unscramble mixed signals, and untie tied tongues.
Practice communication as a two-way street. Giving and receiving, when balanced, create a harmonious feedback loop. Say your piece, then listen to theirs. Hearing everyone out is the surest way to finding solutions that meet everyone’s needs — and then some.
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Taurus & Taurus Rising
With Mercury in Libra, balance is the key to transforming the tedium of everyday details. Pencil-in breathing exercises before a big meeting. Place a picture of an exquisite nature scene on your desk. Recite poetry like prayers after a long-winded work call.
When Mercury stations retrograde on September 9th, this inner calm will come in handy. Beginning in your 6th House of work, you would do well to go in prepared. Double-check your calendar, then check it again. Download the most recent version of that ungainly spreadsheet. Proofread all emails before hitting “send”.
The stressful song of your daily routine might not be drowned out entirely, but it can be harmonized through scheduled bursts of loveliness — and pre-emptive acts of damage control.
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Gemini & Gemini Rising
Your mind is attuned to seeking balance between your diverse flirtations, artistic endeavors, and passionate intrigues. How can so many fireworks light up only one sky? You don’t have to choose one adventure, but seeking harmony between them all is key.
Organize your schedule so that you can give equal love to all your dear ones. Schedule time to paint while hanging out with a bestie, or garden while listening to a podcast. Read your favorite novel while simmering soup.
When Mercury stations retrograde on September 9th, revision, rather than inspiration, becomes your best friend. But for now, keep juggling ideas.
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Cancer & Cancer Rising
Your thoughts are being drawn inward, seeking to illuminate the patterns and poetry that make up your nearest relationships. Diary-writing, talking to yourself while cooking, or painting portraits of your more vulnerable inner selves will help dose your world with loveliness while you explore.
If you feel pulled toward revisiting the past, your map through will be understanding the experiences of those who traveled with you. Take time to consider the ways other people’s interpretations of events may have danced or diverged with your own.
When Mercury stations retrograde on September 9th, all the unwinding of inner narratives will help you avoid mixed messages. Unlocking alternate perspectives assists you in clearing the road back to the present.
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Leo & Leo Rising
With Mercury in Libra, relating is your reason. Daily barista chats, reaching out to long-lost pals, breaking down the news with coworkers — say yes to it all. But don’t just hunt for an excuse to talk. Practice listening to what your conversation partners have to say.
If your next comment is already on the tip of your tongue, pause and repeat the last thing you heard in your mind. Communication is a two-way street. When Mercury stations retrograde on September 9th, all this practice self-editing will help clarify your convos.
Your ability to rest in pauses and practice receiving another’s words nourishes all your connections. Your own thoughts shine most brightly when cast in the reciprocal glow of another’s.
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Virgo & Virgo Rising
Mercury in Libra pulls your thoughts toward accounting, allocating, divvying, and sorting. If you feel called to put some resources toward beautifying anything — say yes.
Place a line of poetry on your desk where you can see it. Paint that wall you’ve been eyeing. Buy yourself flowers. Practice keeping your accounts in order while indulging your desire for the exquisite.
That said, you might want to slow down those midnight online splurges come September 9th, when Mercury stations retrograde. Appraising what’s of true worth now will help you avoid expensive returns later.
Remember that wealth goes beyond dollars and cents. Dosing your days with loveliness connects you to your life in a way that pays emotional and spiritual dividends. Beauty is as critical a value as any.
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Libra & Libra Rising
You’re naturally surfing the brainwaves that take you to the beach of your essential self, and the weather is gorgeous. Your thoughts are tilted toward the give-and-take of communicating with others — your specialty. If your nerves start to feel sensitive from these amplified signals, take a breath and return to center.
Cultivating peace of mind now will help you stay calm when Mercury stations retrograde on September 9th.
It’s a good time to get clear with others, negotiate with a deft hand, and mediate between your friend’s agendas and the desires of your inner self. Balancing the needs of the still small voice within and the big loud voices without lets a third player into the mix: harmony.
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Scorpio & Scorpio Rising
Mercury in Libra asks you to assess whether you’ve been fair to the more irrational beings who prowl your inner landscape. The voices that cry out in dreams, silence, or periods of loneliness are as hungry for love as anyone.
Tending to these wilder cries now will help you keep cool when Mercury stations retrograde on September 9th.
This is a time to get to know your inner discontents. What’s grieving them? Don’t merely tolerate but woo the parts of yourself that feel the most tender. Romance the unknown. Write love poems to loneliness. Defang your inner critics with kindness.
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Sagittarius & Sagittarius Rising
Groups are playgrounds for multiple perspectives — and you’re more appreciative of that diversity than most. Honor and celebrate the connections, cerebral and social, that romp through your world. Bring flowers and candles to beautify the next workshop or fundraiser that you attend.
If your friends are looking for love, matchmake. Consider where pals with different strengths could help each other achieve their goals. Planting seeds of sweetness in your communities now will help you keep the peace when Mercury stations retrograde on September 9th.
Should the exchanges between you and your pals get blurry, ask questions. Name the confusion, or the feelings that arise, so that you can parse them together. What you perceive as an aloof radio silence could simply be them forgetting to hit “send” on a text.
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Capricorn & Capricorn Rising
Your reputation matters to you — you want to be known for doing the right thing. This is an extra-blessed time for negotiations, team-building, or finally hearing out that grievance you’ve been avoiding. Put each side of every issue on the scales in your mind and trust in your ability to balance them.
Fostering fairness now will help you keep disputes to a minimum when Mercury stations retrograde on September 9th. Things tend to slow down during Mercury retrogrades — especially things related to communication or technology. If you experience delays hearing back from someone, know that that’s all part of the process. Set a reminder to follow up in a few weeks.
In the meantime, this is an excellent time to review, edit, and finetune your systems. Zero-in on where you can deal more deftly with the people and projects connected to your calling.
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Aquarius & Aquarius Rising
The right philosophies and spiritual teachings have a way of putting everything into perspective. Seek out strategies that emphasize peacefulness, highlight loveliness, or pursue interpersonal harmony.
When Mercury stations retrograde on September 9th, these wider perspectives will help keep you grounded amid minor bouts of chaos. By now, you know the drill: if you have travel plans, expect traffic jams and cancellations. Leave yourself wide margins for error. Create plans b’s and c’s.
With the messenger in your place of long term goals, you might also be rethinking or reimagining your dreams for the future. Permit yourself this brainstorm phase. Browse apartments, or jobs, in other cities. Take that foreign language class. Look up flights, just for kicks.
Consider your fantasies as helpful reservoirs of information, but refrain from committing to them until October, when the messenger finds its speed again.
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Pisces & Pisces Rising
One strategy for contending with our inner saboteurs is to slay ’em with fairness and compassion. Try enticing, seducing, or flirting with inner narrators that never have anything nice to say. Show up to the internal debate with flowers. Pacify with softness. Commit to hearing what your feelings have to tell you, while trusting that they exist for a valid reason.
Playing nice with the wild ones within now will help you keep the peace when Mercury stations retrograde on September 9th. Note that your collaborations and funding bids will feel on the fritz during this time. Such exchanges will require your clearest negotiation skills. When in doubt: express your needs directly. Ask questions.
This is a time to reappraise your contracts — but refrain from signing on the dotted line just yet.
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