Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius 2026 : Period of deception or Advantage?

Mercury Retrograde Time period - 26th February - 21st March 

Mercury is the planet of intellect and how we perceive reality. As it is now transiting the sign of Aquarius with Rahu, Sun, Venus, and Mars, it is going to push our intellect to the most intense limit possible, thereby creating much stress for many while manifesting new ideas and success through reevaluation of our own contacts through diplomatic communication.

Airy sign retrogrades are all about reassessment of our relationships with people, may it be in marital life, professional, or social. It is about understanding and developing a new way of expressing what you desire from people—sometimes overthinking or redefining the relations that do not need to change, making things worse.

For some, this period is the greatest advantage for planning, researching, and understanding the projects you are in the making of, for which the Mercury retrograde in Aquarius will help give you ideas from your unconscious that were already stored but couldn’t come to the conscious mind. It can be something you saw a long time ago but did not give much importance to based on a relation with a person or some material thing; if reached out for and implemented only after Mercury's direct state, it will help you achieve success in whatever sphere you are in.

It is also a great period for finishing pending work, but mind: do not sign documents, book your travels, buy machinery, or make new business deals. These are only to be planned now to be done later after retrogression is over, or be ready to witness reversal over the above stated.

The retrogression period has phases, where Mercury is occidental and retrograde to the Sun from 26th Feb till 8th March. This is a period of a great halt, being stationary, and one becomes introspective, analyzing everything with great detail and thought but being passive at the same time in implementation. This phase is just for realization of what has been going on.

After the oriental phase begins from 8th March, when Mercury is behind the Sun in degrees, it is the phase of working on the changes that came to our minds. A kind of enlightenment occurs at this phase where the Sun implants clarity to the Mercury that was running at a fast pace before without deep intellectual thought. You will still feel restricted as you can only collect the ideas to implement later, where patience is required.

As this retrograde phase conjuncts Rahu and Mars—being the impulsive planets—your hastiness can make you take bad decisions out of nowhere. You may feel anxious and at will to do something, but all you should do is revise what you have done and how you can improve it.

On 21st March, Mercury goes direct. When it retrograded at 29 degrees of Aquarius, it was a blessing in disguise for what you were trying to do that needed reassessment. When Mercury again returns to 29 degrees of Aquarius on 9th April, you will realize how this period was a blessing for us to take action with a new intellectual thought.

Note: Travelling and business plans take a turn in this period, and so avoid them. Be very careful with signing contracts, as chances of deception will be fully present being conjunct with Rahu. This Mercury retrograde will also be impacted by the lunar eclipse on 3rd March, which is not good for those involved in trading and stocks, which can easily take an unfavourable turn. At the same time, it can create much misunderstanding while developing relations with anyone, and so your expression should be well-calculated and diplomatic.

This period can also bring out airborne diseases and airplane accidents. One should practice chanting of Vishnu Sahasranamam in this period for getting the best out of this phase.

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