The third Mercury retrograde of the year has arrived, in the mutable earth sign of Virgo. Following his retrogrades in Capricorn and Taurus, Mercury is finally at home in Virgo, where he finds his rulership and exaltation—the only planet to accomplish such a feat. Virgo is the virgin. In the ancient...

The second Mercury retrograde of the year has arrived, in the fixed earth sign of Taurus. And it offers an opportunity to dig into the fertile soil of the deep mind to unearth the irrational dreamworld hidden beneath conscious thought. Mercury’s retrograde cycle has firmly planted itself...