Mercury in Aries sextiles Pluto in Aquarius
Mercury in Aries sextiling Pluto in Aquarius, creates an aspect that encourages us to light a match and burn down our mental blockages. Mercury in Aries is over having us face obstacles meant to inspire growth and instead wants us to start growing now - before we enter retrograde. This alignment with Pluto highlights and brings an intense focus down onto our perception and motivations.
Mercury enters Aries
On March 9th at 11:03 p.m. EST, Mercury, the planet of thoughts and communication, will charge head-first into the fiery cardinal sign of Aries, pushing us closer to our boldest, most instinctual and masculine, decisive side. Mercury in Aries increases our desire to take initiative as we’ll now be able to apply action to our already forward-thinking minds.
Mercury goes direct in Sagittarius
Mercury is finally direct again, this time still in Sagittarius. As a reminder, Mercury in Sagittarius urges us to find joy in taking spontaneous action, which can sometimes lead to speaking impulsively without thinking and coming across as both blunt and dramatic.