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Beginning June 18th soaring till July 12th, Mercury begins its second retrograde of the year. Each zodiac signs differ when it comes to focusing on various factors when making these transitions. Ordinarily, Mercury retrograde is a time to anticipate the complete interruption of communication, self-expression, and travel. This course around, we can suspect some pretty revolutionary outcomes. In astrology, the word “retrograde” means that something appears to be traveling backward in the sky. When Mercury goes retrograde, it looks like it’s moving from east to west vs. its usual west to east. Overall, this retrograde will not be as intense as usual, heeds Narayana Montúfar, a senior astrologer at Astrology.com and Horoscope.com, she recently tells Refinery29. The retrograde transpires in the sign of Cancer, which, as a cardinal sign, is associated with leadership. mercury is in retrograde “We’ll see the current leadership issues we’ve been going through exacerbate even more due to the cardinal quality of Cancer,” Montúfar explains. “This could be especially true around the time Mercury forms a tense square with Mars on July 8, just days after the intense lunar eclipse that happens exactly on the fourth of July weekend.” Though this Mercury retrograde will be more simple on us than those in the past. It doesn’t indicate we’re having an easy go of it right now by any means. Despite what the planetary aspects say, to suggest that anything right now will be easier than usual would be misleading, given the political circumstances we’re currently living under. Many of us are trying to not only navigate surviving a pandemic and an economic collapse but are also protesting police brutality and supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. Use the family-focused strength of Cancer to strengthen the communities you align with. And have healthy discussions with any associates or relations who still have a lot of work to do. Have them now, because the next Mercury retrograde likely won’t be so generous.
