Mercury Retrograde in Pisces - Feeling Slippery

Written by: Janet (Sparrow) Moon
Published on: January 6, 2013
Category: Astrology

Mercury Retrograde - February and March 2013

When Mercury is in Pisces, he stimulates our imaginations, and emotional events can be burned into our memories. But, reality can escape us. Pisces is the last sign of the zodiac and rules the arts, psychic intuition, creative processes, and psychology. This Mercury retrograde may not be a good time to make any life changing decisions, but it will be an excellent time to finish up that book you were writing.

When Mercury is in retrograde, he comes between the Earth and the Sun, passing us on our solar racetrack. Mercury doesn't actually reverse directions, he just appears that way against the backdrop of the universe. All of the planets in the solar system, except the Sun and the Moon, turn retrograde on occasion. In fact, some of the slow outer planets are in retrograde almost as much as they are moving forward. Mercury's retrograde gets more attention than the others, because he turns retrograde 3 or 4 times a year. And, even though Mercury is a very small planet, he is a very dense planet, so he has a strong gravitational influence on the Earth.