Mercury Direct! March 20. Yay!

 

Mercury Direct 

 

March 20, 2026

12:32 pm PDT (8 PI 29) 

 

2/11:  Mercury shadow begins

2/25:  Mercury station Retrograde (22 Pisces33) 

3/20:  Mercury station Direct (8 Pisces 29) 

4/9:     Mercury shadow ends 

 

 

On March 20 Mercury turns direct.  I see you looking up to the heavens saying, “Thank you”. I know I feel the same.   

During this retrograde we experienced Mercury working through Pisces.  Which as we discussed favors intuition, imagination, compassion, and the unseen world. Mercury is the smarty-pants planet and almost always prefers logic and clear thinking, but in Pisces, Mercury must navigate fog, feelings, and impressions more than dot any I or cross any T.  

Mercury retrograde can bring a kerfuffle or two which pushes us to slow down and reconsider how we communicate.  During these three weeks did you shift how you think about stuff?   

Some may have noticed moments of doubt or fatigue. Questions such as “why bother” or “what is the point” may have surfaced. Pisces can sometimes pull us toward the role of martyr or toward emotional overwhelm. When Mercury turns direct, we may begin to understand what the retrograde was trying to show us. Information that was confusing may start to make sense. Decisions that felt premature a few weeks ago may now feel clearer.

The lesson of this retrograde may have been about strengthening our intuition while also sharpening our discernment. In a time when images, memes, videos, and stories circulate fast, we were reminded to question what we see and hear. Not everything that appears convincing is true. If you caught yourself pausing before believing or sharing something questionable, that was Mercury retrograde doing its work.

Mercury remains in its shadow until April 9, which means the territory we just traveled is still being reviewed. Think of the coming weeks as the time when the fog lifts and the landscape becomes visible again. What did you notice while you were moving slowly through it? What conversations or realizations deserve another look now that the mind is clearing?  If this retrograde helped you strengthen your intuition and your ability to question what is presented to you, then Mercury did its job well.