New Moon on Monday Astrology

28 July 2011

Mercury moves into Virgo at 10:59 am (pacific daylight time). 

Mercury is communication, and Virgo is order.  In Virgo, Mercury will be much more concerned with perfection.  In Virgo, Mercury gets more curious about details, more structured about how it communicates. Virgo is one of the signs that Mercury rules (the other is Gemini).  Planets obviously feel right at home in the sign they rule, and in Virgo, Mercury is the head of the household.  

But here’s the thing.  

Mercury will be turning Retrograde this coming Tuesday night and heading straight back into Leo on August 8.  This next 10 days is a preview of Mercury in Virgo, but it won’t really be that season until mid-September.  

Mercury is already slowing down in preparation to go backwards, so some of that tricky business has already begun.  

Be safe out there this weekend y’all. 

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