Mercury Retrograde in Pisces: The Most Spiritually Confusing (and Relationship-Testing) Retrograde of the Year

This Isn’t Your Average Mercury Retrograde. This One Happens in the Most Mystical Sign, Right After the Biggest Transit of 2026, During a Massive Pisces Stellium. And It’s About to Test Every Relationship You Have for Nearly a Month.

Let me be clear from the start:

Mer­cury Ret­ro­grade in Pisces (Feb­ru­ary 26 — March 20, 2026) is going to be foggy, emo­tional, con­fus­ing, and spir­i­tu­ally intense.

But not in the typ­i­cal “I lost my keys and my ex texted me” Mer­cury Ret­ro­grade way.

This one is different.

Here’s why:

The Cosmic Context: Why This Mercury Retrograde Hits Different

Most Mer­cury Ret­ro­grades hap­pen in rel­a­tive isolation—the planet sta­tions ret­ro­grade, causes com­mu­ni­ca­tion chaos for 3 weeks, then goes direct, and we move on.

But Mer­cury Ret­ro­grade in Pisces start­ing Feb­ru­ary 26, 2026 is hap­pen­ing in the mid­dle of the most spir­i­tu­ally charged, cos­mi­cally intense period of the entire year.

And it lasts for nearly a full month.

Here’s the cos­mic timeline:

Feb­ru­ary 6: Mer­cury enters Pisces (com­mu­ni­ca­tion becomes intu­itive, emo­tional, foggy)

Feb­ru­ary 10: Venus enters Pisces (love becomes dreamy, roman­tic, idealistic)

Feb­ru­ary 12: Mer­cury con­juncts North Node in Pisces (des­tiny con­ver­sa­tions happen—see Valen­tine’s Week ritual)

Feb­ru­ary 17: Solar Eclipse in Aquar­ius (end­ings, new begin­nings, rev­o­lu­tion­ary shifts)

Feb­ru­ary 20: Sat­urn con­junct Nep­tune at 0° Aries (the once-in-36-years real­ity check—see pre­vi­ous articles)

Feb­ru­ary 26: Mer­cury sta­tions RETROGRADE at 22° Pisces

Feb­ru­ary 28: Mer­cury con­juncts Venus (while ret­ro­grade) at 22° Pisces

March 20: Mer­cury sta­tions DIRECT at approx­i­mately 6° Pisces

Do you see what’s happening?

By the time Mer­cury goes ret­ro­grade on Feb­ru­ary 26, you’re already deal­ing with:

✦ Sat­urn in Aries demand­ing you choose your­self and set bound­aries (just entered Feb 14)

✦ Nep­tune in Aries dis­solv­ing old iden­tity struc­tures (just entered Jan 26)

✦ A mas­sive Pisces stel­lium (Sun, Mer­cury, Venus, North Node all in Pisces = extreme emo­tional sen­si­tiv­ity, intu­ition, and con­fu­sion about what’s real vs. fantasy)

✦ The after­math of a Solar Eclipse that just reset major areas of your life

✦ The inte­gra­tion period of the Sat­urn-Nep­tune con­junc­tion that rewrote real­ity itself

And THEN Mer­cury goes ret­ro­grade for nearly a full month.

And THEN Mer­cury con­juncts Venus while ret­ro­grade on Feb­ru­ary 28.

This isn’t just “back up your files and dou­ble-check your emails” Mer­cury Retrograde.

This is “your intu­ition is speak­ing but you can’t tell if it’s truth or delu­sion for an entire month” Mer­cury Retrograde.

This is “past rela­tion­ship ghosts are return­ing to teach you some­thing” Mer­cury Retrograde.

This is “spir­i­tual down­loads are hap­pen­ing but the sig­nal is scram­bled” Mer­cury Retrograde.

Let me break down what this actu­ally means.

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What Mercury Retrograde in Pisces Does (In General)

Mer­cury = Com­mu­ni­ca­tion, think­ing, tech­nol­ogy, travel, con­tracts, conversations

Pisces = Intu­ition, spir­i­tu­al­ity, dreams, illu­sion, fan­tasy, emo­tional fusion, com­pas­sion, confusion

Ret­ro­grade = Review, revise, return, reassess, redo

When Mer­cury ret­ro­grades in Pisces, com­mu­ni­ca­tion becomes:

✦ Intu­itive but unclear — You FEEL what peo­ple mean more than you hear what they say

✦ Emo­tional and bound­ary-less — Hard to sep­a­rate your feel­ings from oth­ers’ feelings

✦ Spir­i­tu­ally open — Increased psy­chic sen­si­tiv­ity, vivid dreams, downloads

✦ Prone to mis­un­der­stand­ing — What you think you heard ≠ what was actu­ally said

✦ Non­lin­ear and abstract — Logic does­n’t work; every­thing is felt, not thought

The gifts of Mer­cury Rx in Pisces:

• Deep spir­i­tual insights and intu­itive knowing
• Recon­nect­ing with your inner voice
• Pro­cess­ing old emo­tional wounds through dreams and reflection
• Receiv­ing cre­ative or spir­i­tual downloads
• Under­stand­ing what was pre­vi­ously unclear (once the fog lifts)

The chal­lenges of Mer­cury Rx in Pisces:

• Dif­fi­culty dis­tin­guish­ing truth from wish­ful thinking
• Mis­com­mu­ni­ca­tion in rela­tion­ships (espe­cially roman­tic ones)
• Tech­nol­ogy issues that feel almost… karmic
• Get­ting lost in fan­tasy instead of deal­ing with reality
• Escapism through sub­stances, rela­tion­ships, or denial
• Say­ing yes when you mean no (or vice versa) because you’re confused

The rule for Mer­cury Rx in Pisces:

Trust your intu­ition, but ver­ify with real­ity. Feel deeply, but speak clearly. Dream big, but stay grounded.

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The Mercury-Venus Conjunction (February 28): Relationship Reckoning

Here’s the part that makes this ret­ro­grade espe­cially relationship-focused:

On Feb­ru­ary 28, 2026, Mer­cury (ret­ro­grade) con­juncts Venus at 22° Pisces.

This is significant.

Venus in Pisces is already the most roman­tic, ide­al­is­tic, rose-col­ored-glasses place­ment of Venus. It sees the divine in every­one. It believes in soul­mates and uncon­di­tional love. It merges com­pletely with the beloved.

But when ret­ro­grade Mer­cury meets Venus in Pisces, one of two things happens:

Option 1: A Rela­tion­ship Truth Emerges

Some­thing that’s been hid­den, denied, or avoided in a rela­tion­ship comes to the sur­face. Not through a big dra­matic con­ver­sa­tion, but through:

• A slip of the tongue
• A text sent to the wrong person
• An old mes­sage resurfacing
• A dream that reveals the truth
• An intu­itive know­ing you can no longer ignore
• Some­one from the past return­ing with information

Option 2: A Rela­tion­ship Mis­com­mu­ni­ca­tion Cre­ates Chaos

What you meant as lov­ing sounds crit­i­cal. What they meant as hon­est sounds harsh. Texts get mis­read. Tone gets mis­in­ter­preted. Assump­tions get made. Fan­tasy gets mis­taken for reality.

How to work with Mer­cury-Venus con­junc­tion on Feb 28:

1. Don’t make major rela­tion­ship deci­sions on this day — The sig­nal is scram­bled. Wait until Mer­cury goes direct (March 20) and the fog clears.
2. If some­thing comes to light, don’t imme­di­ately react — Sit with it. Jour­nal it. Feel it. But don’t blow up your life based on ret­ro­grade rev­e­la­tions until you have clarity.
3. Clar­ify, clar­ify, clar­ify — If you’re hav­ing an impor­tant con­ver­sa­tion, repeat back what you heard: “What I’m hear­ing you say is… Is that right?”
4. Watch for past lovers return­ing — This is CLASSIC Mer­cury Rx con­junct Venus energy. Exes, old crushes, “what if” peo­ple might resur­face. Usu­ally not to stay—but to teach you some­thing about what you actu­ally want.
5. Use it for inner work — This is an excel­lent day to jour­nal about your rela­tion­ship pat­terns, child­hood wounds around love, and what you’re actu­ally seek­ing in partnership.

The gift of this conjunction:

If you’re will­ing to look hon­estly at your rela­tion­ships (roman­tic, pla­tonic, busi­ness), you can see pat­terns you’ve been blind to. You can receive clar­ity about what’s real ver­sus what you’ve been pro­ject­ing. You can heal old wounds.

The chal­lenge:

It’s going to feel con­fus­ing as hell. You might not know if you should stay or go, speak or stay silent, trust or ques­tion. And that’s okay. You don’t have to know yet.

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Mercury Retrograde in Pisces by Rising Sign: Which Area of Life Gets Foggy (and Spiritually Activated)

Your ris­ing sign deter­mines which house Mer­cury ret­ro­grades through in YOUR chart—meaning which spe­cific area of your life will experience:

• Com­mu­ni­ca­tion break­downs and confusion
• Spir­i­tual down­loads and intu­itive insights
• Past sit­u­a­tions return­ing for review
• Emo­tional pro­cess­ing and healing

Find your ris­ing sign below and read carefully.

If you don’t know your ris­ing sign, cal­cu­late it at astro.com or cafeastrology.com using your exact birth time.

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Aries Rising: Spirituality, Subconscious, and Hidden Enemies (12th House)

Where Mer­cury Rx Hap­pens: Your 12th house (spir­i­tu­al­ity, sub­con­scious mind, hid­den ene­mies, iso­la­tion, karma, dreams, the unseen realm)

What This Means:

Aries ris­ing, this Mer­cury Ret­ro­grade is hap­pen­ing in your most hid­den, spir­i­tual, and sub­con­scious area for nearly a month.

For the next few weeks:

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion themes:

• Dreams become extremely vivid and meaningful—pay atten­tion to recur­ring symbols
• Your intu­ition is LOUD but hard to interpret
• Things you’ve been avoid­ing think­ing about sur­face in your mind
• Past wounds or trau­mas may resur­face for healing
• You might need more alone time than usual to process

What might return:

• Old spir­i­tual prac­tices you abandoned
• Dreams about peo­ple or sit­u­a­tions from your past
• Aware­ness of pat­terns you thought you’d healed
• Psy­chic or intu­itive abil­i­ties you shut down
• Need to retreat and be alone

The con­fu­sion:

• Not know­ing if your intu­ition is guid­ing you or your fear is projecting
• Dif­fi­culty artic­u­lat­ing what you’re feel­ing or sensing
• Unclear about what’s a real psy­chic hit ver­sus anxiety

The oppor­tu­nity:

• Deep sub­con­scious heal­ing and shadow work
• Recon­nect­ing with your spirituality
• Clear­ing karmic pat­terns before Sat­urn in your 1st house (2028) rebuilds your identity
• Receiv­ing pow­er­ful spir­i­tual down­loads through dreams and meditation

How to navigate:

• Jour­nal your dreams every morn­ing for the entire month
• Don’t force your­self to be social—honor your need for solitude
• Work with a ther­a­pist or spir­i­tual guide
• Prac­tice med­i­ta­tion or breath­work daily
• Trust your intu­ition but ver­ify with real­ity before acting

Mer­cury-Venus con­junc­tion on Feb 28: Hid­den feel­ings about a rela­tion­ship sur­face. You might dream about an ex or real­ize you’ve been lying to your­self about what you want. Don’t make deci­sions yet—just observe.

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Taurus Rising: Friendships, Community, and Future Vision (11th House)

Where Mer­cury Rx Hap­pens: Your 11th house (friend­ships, social groups, com­mu­nity, hopes and dreams, col­lec­tive work, networks)

What This Means:

Tau­rus ris­ing, this ret­ro­grade is review­ing your friend­ships, com­mu­nity con­nec­tions, and vision for the future for nearly a month.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion themes:

• Mis­un­der­stand­ings with friends or in group settings
• Old friends reach­ing out or com­ing back into your life
• Con­fu­sion about which communities/groups you actu­ally belong in
• Tech­nol­ogy issues with social media or group com­mu­ni­ca­tion platforms
• Revis­it­ing old dreams or goals you abandoned

What might return:

• Friends from your past
• Inter­est in com­mu­ni­ties or causes you used to care about
• Dreams about your future that you dis­missed as unrealistic
• Group projects or col­lab­o­ra­tions that fell apart

The con­fu­sion:

• Not know­ing who your real friends are ver­sus who’s just around
• Unclear about what you actu­ally want for your future
• Mixed sig­nals in friend­ships (are they pulling away or are you?)
• Dif­fi­culty read­ing group dynam­ics or social cues

The oppor­tu­nity:

• Clar­i­fy­ing who belongs in your inner cir­cle going forward
• Releas­ing friend­ships that have run their course
• Recon­nect­ing with aligned soul-family
• Get­ting clear on what you’re actu­ally build­ing toward (not what sounds good, but what feels true)

How to navigate:

• Don’t force friend­ships that feel off right now
• Reach back to old friends if you feel called—there might be a reason
• Jour­nal about your actual hopes and dreams (not should-dreams)
• Be patient with group miscommunications
• Let go of try­ing to fit in where you don’t belong

Mer­cury-Venus con­junc­tion on Feb 28: A friend­ship might reveal roman­tic under­tones, or you real­ize you’ve been roman­ti­cally ide­al­iz­ing a friend­ship. Alter­na­tively, a friend might con­fess feel­ings or you might. Don’t rush decisions—let clar­ity come after March 20.

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Gemini Rising: Career, Reputation, and Life Direction (10th House)

Where Mer­cury Rx Hap­pens: Your 10th house (career, pub­lic rep­u­ta­tion, life direc­tion, author­ity, what you’re known for)

What This Means:

Gem­ini ris­ing, Mer­cury is YOUR rul­ing planet, so you’ll feel this ret­ro­grade more intensely than most. And it’s hap­pen­ing in your career and pub­lic life for nearly a month.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion themes:

• Work emails get­ting lost or miscommunicated
• Delays or con­fu­sion about job oppor­tu­ni­ties or projects
• Revis­it­ing old career paths or busi­ness ideas
• Clar­ity (or con­fu­sion) about your life’s pur­pose and direction
• Pub­lic mis­un­der­stand­ings or rep­u­ta­tion concerns

What might return:

• Old job offers or career opportunities
• Past clients, bosses, or pro­fes­sional connections
• Inter­est in a career path you abandoned
• Projects that fell apart com­ing back around

The con­fu­sion:

• Not know­ing if you’re on the right career path
• Dif­fi­culty artic­u­lat­ing your value or what you offer
• Unclear about what you want to be known for
• Mixed mes­sages from author­ity fig­ures or bosses

The oppor­tu­nity:

• Reassess­ing whether your cur­rent career aligns with your soul
• Refin­ing your pub­lic mes­sage or per­sonal brand
• Recon­nect­ing with your true call­ing (vs. what you think you should do)
• Fin­ish­ing or revis­it­ing old pro­fes­sional projects

How to navigate:

• Triple-check all pro­fes­sional com­mu­ni­ca­tions for the entire month
• Don’t sign major con­tracts until after March 20 if possible
• Use this time to reflect on whether your work ful­fills you
• Reach out to old men­tors or pro­fes­sional connections
• Clar­ify your mes­sage before launch­ing any­thing new

Mer­cury-Venus con­junc­tion on Feb 28: Roman­tic feel­ings might develop with some­one in your pro­fes­sional sphere, or pro­fes­sional and per­sonal bound­aries get blurry. Be care­ful about office rela­tion­ships or mix­ing busi­ness with plea­sure dur­ing this fog.

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Cancer Rising: Beliefs, Higher Learning, and Expansion (9th House)

Where Mer­cury Rx Hap­pens: Your 9th house (higher edu­ca­tion, phi­los­o­phy, reli­gion, travel, pub­lish­ing, teach­ing, mean­ing-mak­ing, for­eign connections)

What This Means:

Can­cer ris­ing, this ret­ro­grade is ques­tion­ing every­thing you believe and invit­ing you to expand dif­fer­ently for nearly a month.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion themes:

• Con­fu­sion about your beliefs or philosophy
• Travel plans get­ting delayed or rescheduled
• Mis­com­mu­ni­ca­tion with teach­ers, men­tors, or from dif­fer­ent cultures
• Revis­it­ing edu­ca­tional paths or spir­i­tual teachings
• Dif­fi­culty pub­lish­ing, teach­ing, or shar­ing your knowledge

What might return:

• Inter­est in sub­jects you used to study
• Spir­i­tual teach­ers or philoso­phies from your past
• Travel des­ti­na­tions you’ve been to before (or wanted to visit)
• Old writ­ing projects or books you wanted to publish

The con­fu­sion:

• Not know­ing what you actu­ally believe anymore
• Dif­fi­culty trust­ing teach­ers or gurus (is this wis­dom or manipulation?)
• Unclear about whether to pur­sue fur­ther education
• Mixed mes­sages about travel or inter­na­tional opportunities

The oppor­tu­nity:

• Deep­en­ing your spir­i­tual prac­tice beyond surface-level
• Ques­tion­ing inher­ited beliefs and devel­op­ing your own philosophy
• Recon­nect­ing with mean­ing­ful teach­ings or wis­dom traditions
• Clar­i­fy­ing what you want to teach or share with the world

How to navigate:

• Study mul­ti­ple per­spec­tives before com­mit­ting to one belief system
• Delay major travel if pos­si­ble (or triple-check all bookings)
• Jour­nal your evolv­ing beliefs and philosophies
• Be patient with lan­guage bar­ri­ers or cul­tural misunderstandings
• Ques­tion every­thing, but don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater

Mer­cury-Venus con­junc­tion on Feb 28: You might roman­ti­cize a teacher, guru, or some­one from a dif­fer­ent cul­ture. Or travel brings a roman­tic con­nec­tion that’s more fan­tasy than real­ity. Stay grounded. Wait until after March 20 for clarity.

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Leo Rising: Transformation, Intimacy, and Shared Resources (8th House)

Where Mer­cury Rx Hap­pens: Your 8th house (trans­for­ma­tion, death/rebirth, shared finances, inti­macy, sex­u­al­ity, psy­chol­ogy, other peo­ple’s money, the occult)

What This Means:

Leo ris­ing, this ret­ro­grade is going DEEP into your psy­che, your inti­macy pat­terns, and your finan­cial entan­gle­ments for nearly a month.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion themes:

• Intense, trans­for­ma­tive con­ver­sa­tions about inti­macy or money
• Dif­fi­culty dis­cussing vul­ner­a­ble top­ics with partners
• Revis­it­ing old psy­cho­log­i­cal wounds or traumas
• Con­fu­sion about shared finances, debt, or inheritances
• Deep spir­i­tual or occult stud­ies becom­ing foggy

What might return:

• Past lovers or inti­mate con­nec­tions for clo­sure or healing
• Old finan­cial agree­ments or debts resurfacing
• Inter­est in psy­chol­ogy, ther­apy, or shadow work you abandoned
• Aware­ness of power dynam­ics in relationships

The con­fu­sion:

• Not know­ing if you can trust some­one with your vulnerability
• Unclear about finan­cial part­ner­ships or shared resources
• Dif­fi­culty artic­u­lat­ing deep emo­tions or psy­cho­log­i­cal insights
• Unsure if what you’re feel­ing is intu­ition or projection

The oppor­tu­nity:

• Deep psy­cho­log­i­cal heal­ing and shadow integration
• Clar­i­fy­ing power dynam­ics and bound­aries in inti­mate relationships
• Resolv­ing old finan­cial entan­gle­ments or debts
• Devel­op­ing your under­stand­ing of trans­for­ma­tion and rebirth

How to navigate:

• Work with a ther­a­pist or depth psy­chol­o­gist through­out the month
• Have hon­est con­ver­sa­tions about money and inti­macy (but expect miscommunication—clarify everything)
• Jour­nal about your deep­est fears and desires
• Don’t make major finan­cial com­mit­ments until after March 20
• Study occult or psy­cho­log­i­cal top­ics for per­sonal insight

Mer­cury-Venus con­junc­tion on Feb 28: Deep inti­macy issues sur­face. You might con­fess feel­ings you’ve been hid­ing, or some­one con­fesses to you. Sex­ual mis­com­mu­ni­ca­tions pos­si­ble. What feels like soul-deep con­nec­tion might be fantasy—wait for clar­ity after March 20.

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Virgo Rising: Partnerships and One-on-One Relationships (7th House)

Where Mer­cury Rx Hap­pens: Your 7th house (roman­tic part­ner­ships, mar­riage, busi­ness part­ner­ships, con­tracts, open ene­mies, one-on-one relationships)

What This Means:

Virgo ris­ing, Mer­cury is YOUR rul­ing planet AND it’s ret­ro­grad­ing in your house of part­ner­ships for nearly a month. This will be intense.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion themes:

• Major mis­com­mu­ni­ca­tions with part­ners (roman­tic or business)
• Dif­fi­culty express­ing what you need in relationships
• Revis­it­ing old rela­tion­ship pat­terns or dynamics
• Con­fu­sion about com­mit­ment or part­ner­ship status
• Con­tract delays or need to revise agreements

What might return:

• Ex-part­ners or past roman­tic connections
• Old busi­ness part­ners or col­lab­o­ra­tive opportunities
• Rela­tion­ship pat­terns you thought you’d healed
• The ques­tion: “Should I stay or should I go?”

The con­fu­sion:

• Not know­ing if your part­ner is being unclear or you’re mis­hear­ing them
• Dif­fi­culty dis­tin­guish­ing between what you want and what they want
• Unclear about whether to com­mit, recom­mit, or leave
• Feel­ing like you’re speak­ing dif­fer­ent lan­guages with your partner

The oppor­tu­nity:

• Get­ting rad­i­cally hon­est about what you need in partnership
• Clear­ing up long-stand­ing miscommunications
• Reassess­ing whether your rela­tion­ships are built on real­ity or fantasy
• Heal­ing code­pen­dent or unclear rela­tion­ship dynamics

How to navigate:

• Over-com­mu­ni­cate with part­ners for the entire month—repeat back what you heard
• Don’t make major rela­tion­ship deci­sions until after March 20
• If an ex returns, ask: “What am I being shown about my patterns?”
• Revise con­tracts but don’t sign new ones dur­ing retrograde
• Jour­nal about what you actu­ally want in part­ner­ship (not what you think you should want)

Mer­cury-Venus con­junc­tion on Feb 28: This is THE day for rela­tion­ship con­fu­sion. What feels like “the one” might be fan­tasy. What sounds like crit­i­cism might be love. Exes might return with beau­ti­ful words. Wait. Clar­ify. Don’t decide until after March 20.

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Libra Rising: Work, Health, and Daily Routines (6th House)

Where Mer­cury Rx Hap­pens: Your 6th house (daily work, health, rou­tines, ser­vice, cowork­ers, employ­ees, pets)

What This Means:

Libra ris­ing, this ret­ro­grade is scram­bling your work life, your health rou­tines, and your daily habits for nearly a month.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion themes:

• Mis­com­mu­ni­ca­tions with cowork­ers or employees
• Work projects get­ting delayed or revised
• Con­fu­sion about health symp­toms or diagnoses
• Revis­it­ing old work meth­ods or daily routines
• Tech­nol­ogy break­downs at work

What might return:

• Old jobs, cowork­ers, or work opportunities
• Health issues you thought were resolved (for final healing)
• Inter­est in well­ness prac­tices you abandoned
• Desire to reor­ga­nize your daily life completely

The con­fu­sion:

• Not know­ing if your work is mean­ing­ful or just a paycheck
• Dif­fi­culty com­mu­ni­cat­ing with col­leagues or clients
• Unclear health diag­noses or mixed mes­sages from doctors
• Uncer­tainty about which daily habits actu­ally serve you

The oppor­tu­nity:

• Reassess­ing whether your work aligns with your values
• Deep­en­ing your mind-body-spirit health practices
• Clear­ing out rou­tines that drain rather than ener­gize you
• Heal­ing work rela­tion­ships or set­ting bet­ter boundaries

How to navigate:

• Dou­ble-check all work com­mu­ni­ca­tions and dead­lines for the entire month
• Get sec­ond opin­ions on health concerns
• Revisit old well­ness prac­tices (yoga, med­i­ta­tion, nutri­tion plans)
• Don’t quit your job impulsively—but do reflect on alignment
• Orga­nize and refine your daily routines

Mer­cury-Venus con­junc­tion on Feb 28: Office romance gets com­pli­cated, or you roman­ti­cize a coworker/employee. Health and plea­sure might con­flict (want­ing to indulge vs. need­ing dis­ci­pline). Wait for clar­ity after March 20 before acting.

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Scorpio Rising: Creativity, Romance, and Self-Expression (5th House)

Where Mer­cury Rx Hap­pens: Your 5th house (cre­ativ­ity, romance, chil­dren, play, self-expres­sion, plea­sure, risk-taking)

What This Means:

Scor­pio ris­ing, this ret­ro­grade is mak­ing your cre­ative projects foggy and your roman­tic life con­fus­ing for nearly a month.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion themes:

• Mis­com­mu­ni­ca­tions in roman­tic relationships
• Cre­ative blocks or need to revise cre­ative projects
• Dif­fi­culty express­ing your­self authentically
• Con­fu­sion about chil­dren (your own or others’)
• Mixed mes­sages in dat­ing or casual relationships

What might return:

• Past roman­tic part­ners or dat­ing connections
• Old cre­ative projects you abandoned
• Your play­ful, expres­sive self you may have suppressed
• Desire to take cre­ative or roman­tic risks again

The con­fu­sion:

• Not know­ing if some­one’s inter­ested or just being friendly
• Dif­fi­culty artic­u­lat­ing your cre­ative vision
• Unclear about whether to pur­sue a roman­tic connection
• Uncer­tain if you’re cre­at­ing from your soul or your ego

The oppor­tu­nity:

• Recon­nect­ing with your authen­tic cre­ative expression
• Clar­i­fy­ing what you actu­ally want in romance (vs. what looks good)
• Heal­ing your rela­tion­ship with play and pleasure
• Revis­ing cre­ative work to make it truly aligned

How to navigate:

• Don’t send risky roman­tic texts with­out read­ing them 5 times
• Revisit old cre­ative projects—there might be gold there
• Jour­nal about what actu­ally brings you joy (not what should)
• Be patient with dat­ing miscommunications
• Play and cre­ate with­out pres­sure to produce

Mer­cury-Venus con­junc­tion on Feb 28: Peak roman­tic con­fu­sion. That per­son you’re dat­ing might seem per­fect or terrible—you can’t tell which. Cre­ative inspi­ra­tion flows but the vision is unclear. Wait until after March 20 to declare love or pub­lish work.

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Sagittarius Rising: Home, Family, and Emotional Foundation (4th House)

Where Mer­cury Rx Hap­pens: Your 4th house (home, fam­ily, roots, emo­tional foun­da­tion, pri­vate life, real estate, parents)

What This Means:

Sagit­tar­ius ris­ing, this ret­ro­grade is stir­ring up fam­ily dynam­ics and mak­ing you ques­tion your emo­tional foun­da­tions for nearly a month.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion themes:

• Mis­com­mu­ni­ca­tions with fam­ily members
• Revis­it­ing child­hood wounds or fam­ily patterns
• Con­fu­sion about where “home” actu­ally is
• Real estate delays or need to recon­sider mov­ing plans
• Dif­fi­culty express­ing emo­tional needs

What might return:

• Fam­ily mem­bers you haven’t spo­ken to in a while
• Child­hood mem­o­ries or unre­solved fam­ily issues
• Desire to return to a place you used to call home
• Old fam­ily pat­terns resur­fac­ing for healing

The con­fu­sion:

• Not know­ing if you should stay where you are or move
• Dif­fi­culty dis­tin­guish­ing between your feel­ings and your fam­i­ly’s expectations
• Unclear about what emo­tional foun­da­tion you actu­ally need
• Mixed mes­sages about real estate or liv­ing situations

The oppor­tu­nity:

• Deep emo­tional and ances­tral healing
• Clar­i­fy­ing what “home” means to you (not what fam­ily says it should be)
• Set­ting bound­aries with fam­ily members
• Cre­at­ing an emo­tional foun­da­tion based on truth, not obligation

How to navigate:

• Have com­pas­sion­ate but hon­est con­ver­sa­tions with family
• Don’t make major real estate deci­sions until after March 20
• Jour­nal about your child­hood and fam­ily patterns
• Cre­ate more pri­vacy and alone time at home
• For­give your­self and oth­ers for past misunderstandings

Mer­cury-Venus con­junc­tion on Feb 28: Fam­ily and romance might con­flict. A fam­ily mem­ber might share feel­ings that sur­prise you. Or you real­ize you’ve been seek­ing a roman­tic part­ner to give you the home/family you did­n’t have. Clar­ity comes after March 20.

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Capricorn Rising: Communication, Learning, and Local Environment (3rd House)

Where Mer­cury Rx Hap­pens: Your 3rd house (com­mu­ni­ca­tion, learn­ing, sib­lings, neigh­bors, short trips, every­day inter­ac­tions, men­tal processes)

What This Means:

Capri­corn ris­ing, this ret­ro­grade is scram­bling your think­ing, your com­mu­ni­ca­tion, and your local envi­ron­ment for nearly a month.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion themes:

• Mis­com­mu­ni­ca­tions with sib­lings, neigh­bors, or in casual conversations
• Tech­nol­ogy break­downs (phone, com­puter, car)
• Dif­fi­culty artic­u­lat­ing your thoughts clearly
• Local travel delays or trans­porta­tion issues
• Revis­it­ing old learn­ing or study topics

What might return:

• Sib­lings or neigh­bors you’ve lost touch with
• Inter­est in sub­jects you used to study
• Old writ­ing projects or com­mu­ni­ca­tion work
• Con­ver­sa­tions you thought were finished

The con­fu­sion:

• Feel­ing scat­tered or unable to focus
• Not know­ing how to express what you’re think­ing or feeling
• Dif­fi­culty mak­ing deci­sions or pro­cess­ing information
• Unclear about whether you heard cor­rectly or misunderstood

The oppor­tu­nity:

• Slow­ing down your men­tal pace and think­ing more intuitively
• Recon­nect­ing with sib­lings or local community
• Revis­ing how you com­mu­ni­cate to be clearer and more compassionate
• Learn­ing some­thing deeply rather than skim­ming the surface

How to navigate:

• Back up all impor­tant files and data
• Con­firm appoint­ments and plans twice
• Be extra clear in all com­mu­ni­ca­tions for the entire month—repeat back what you heard
• Use this time for reflec­tive learn­ing, not new courses
• Drive care­fully and check your car/transportation

Mer­cury-Venus con­junc­tion on Feb 28: A casual con­ver­sa­tion might turn roman­tic, or you mis­read friendly sig­nals as flir­ta­tion. Mes­sages get lost or mis­in­ter­preted. What you say might come out wrong. Clar­ify before assum­ing. Wait until after March 20 for clarity.

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Aquarius Rising: Money, Values, and Self-Worth (2nd House)

Where Mer­cury Rx Hap­pens: Your 2nd house (money, income, pos­ses­sions, val­ues, self-worth, resources)

What This Means:

Aquar­ius ris­ing, this ret­ro­grade is mak­ing you recon­sider your rela­tion­ship with money, worth, and what you value for nearly a month.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion themes:

• Con­fu­sion about finan­cial deci­sions or income
• Revis­it­ing how you charge for your work or value yourself
• Mis­com­mu­ni­ca­tions about money with others
• Dif­fi­culty artic­u­lat­ing your worth or ask­ing for what you deserve
• Tech­nol­ogy issues affect­ing your income (pay­ment plat­forms, etc.)

What might return:

• Old income streams or money-mak­ing opportunities
• Past finan­cial agree­ments or debts
• Ques­tions about what you actu­ally value vs. what you think you should
• Aware­ness of how you under­value yourself

The con­fu­sion:

• Not know­ing if a finan­cial oppor­tu­nity is real or too good to be true
• Dif­fi­culty mak­ing finan­cial deci­sions or bud­get­ing clearly
• Unclear about what you’re actu­ally worth professionally
• Mixed mes­sages about pay­ments or finan­cial agreements

The oppor­tu­nity:

• Reassess­ing your rela­tion­ship with money and worth
• Clar­i­fy­ing your core val­ues (what actu­ally mat­ters to you)
• Revis­ing how you charge, save, or spend
• Heal­ing finan­cial shame or scarcity mindset

How to navigate:

• Don’t make major pur­chases or finan­cial com­mit­ments until after March 20
• Review your bud­get and spend­ing habits
• Jour­nal about your actual val­ues vs. inher­ited ones
• Be extra care­ful with finan­cial communications
• Ask for what you’re worth, even if it feels uncomfortable

Mer­cury-Venus con­junc­tion on Feb 28: You might be tempted to spend money to feel loved or wor­thy. Or finan­cial and roman­tic val­ues con­flict (they want to spend, you want to save). Gifts or money in rela­tion­ships gets com­pli­cated. Wait until after March 20 before mak­ing finan­cial deci­sions based on emotions.

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Pisces Rising: Self, Identity, and How You Show Up (1st House)

Where Mer­cury Rx Hap­pens: Your 1st house (self, iden­tity, phys­i­cal body, per­son­al­ity, how you present your­self to the world)

What This Means:

Pisces ris­ing, Mer­cury is ret­ro­grad­ing IN YOUR SIGN for nearly a month. This is the most per­sonal and intense Mer­cury Ret­ro­grade for you.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion themes:

• Dif­fi­culty express­ing who you are or what you want
• Oth­ers mis­un­der­stand­ing you constantly
• Feel­ing foggy, scat­tered, or not like yourself
• Revis­it­ing your entire iden­tity and self-concept
• Phys­i­cal or appear­ance changes you’re reconsidering

What might return:

• Old ver­sions of your­self or past identities
• Peo­ple who knew you in a dif­fer­ent era of your life
• Aware­ness of how much you’ve changed (or haven’t)
• Your authen­tic self under­neath all the personas

The con­fu­sion:

• Not know­ing who you are or how to present yourself
• Feel­ing mis­un­der­stood no mat­ter how clearly you speak
• Uncer­tainty about your direc­tion or path
• Dif­fi­culty mak­ing deci­sions about your life

The oppor­tu­nity:

• Deep self-reflec­tion and iden­tity integration
• Let­ting go of per­sonas that no longer fit
• Recon­nect­ing with your authen­tic essence
• Clar­i­fy­ing how you want to show up in the world going forward

How to navigate:

• Give your­self per­mis­sion to not have all the answers for the entire month
• Jour­nal exten­sively about who you are vs. who you’ve been told to be
• Be patient when oth­ers mis­un­der­stand you
• Don’t make major life changes until clar­ity returns after March 20
• Use this time for deep intro­spec­tion, not exter­nal action

Mer­cury-Venus con­junc­tion on Feb 28: You might not rec­og­nize your­self in the mirror—emotionally or phys­i­cally. Your iden­tity and your capac­ity to love feel blurred. You might attract peo­ple but not know if you want them. This is peak con­fu­sion. Be gen­tle with your­self. Clar­ity is com­ing after March 20.

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The Bottom Line: This Mercury Retrograde Is a Spiritual Initiation

Mer­cury Ret­ro­grade in Pisces (Feb­ru­ary 26 — March 20, 2026) isn’t just about com­mu­ni­ca­tion break­downs and tech­nol­ogy fails.

It’s about:

✦ Dis­tin­guish­ing spir­i­tual truth from com­fort­ing illusion

✦ See­ing your rela­tion­ships clearly for the first time

✦ Recon­nect­ing with your intu­ition under­neath the men­tal chatter

✦ Heal­ing old wounds through dreams, reflec­tion, and compassion

✦ Clar­i­fy­ing what you actu­ally value, believe, and want

Yes, there will be mis­com­mu­ni­ca­tions for nearly a month.

Yes, your ex might text you.

Yes, tech­nol­ogy will be annoying.

But if you work WITH this ret­ro­grade instead of fight­ing it:

You can receive pro­found spir­i­tual downloads.

You can heal rela­tion­ship pat­terns that have been run­ning for years.

You can recon­nect with your authen­tic self under­neath all the noise.

You can clar­ify your path for­ward with more wis­dom than you had before.

The key is:

Feel deeply. Trust your intu­ition. But ver­ify with real­ity before acting.

Mer­cury goes direct on March 20, 2026.

The fog will lift.

The clar­ity will come.

But the insights you receive dur­ing this retrograde?

Those are yours to keep.

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The fog is temporary.

The wis­dom is permanent.

Nav­i­gate this ret­ro­grade consciously.