Mercury Retrograde in Pisces: Foot in Mouth Syndrome🦶

Mercury retrograde in pisces... Yep, it's that time of the year when mercury goes retrograde and of all signs, it chose Pisces 🥴. I know, I know. It's a lot. No hate to mercury in Pisces but, mercury is already in fall in this sign so we will definitely see our fair share of social flubs, incoordination, and forgetfulness with it retrograde. In this post, we will talk about the mercury retrograde in Pisces transit and what that means and what to prepare for and expect.

Please read my previous post on Mercury Retrograde Explained and you'll get an overview on mercury retrogrades in general (what it is, what mercury represents, what to expect, and what to do, and avoid) and how to survive one. Mercury retrogrades all share a general theme, but each sign adds a specific twist and flavor to the level of chaos mercury brings. When you think of the 12 signs, Pisces is at the end of the line and, in my opinion, is all the signs rolled into one. It's everything but the kitchen sink, basically. Pisces is cooking and, in pure pisces fashion, it literally put its foot into it with this retrograde 👩🏽‍🍳. So now that is established, let's get into what pisces represents, and what that means for mercury retrograde!

Mercury in Pisces

• Pisces themes (not exhaustive): Religion, spirituality, martyrs, refuges, conservatories, art and art mediums, globalization, long distance travel, multiculturalism, make-up, film, photography, creativity, dreams, music, altruism/charities, displacement, chronic illness (suffering), hospitals, asylums, prisons, escapism, drugs/illicit substances, crime/illegal activity, mental health, morality, duplicity, scammers (fishy, slimy, slippery, spineless behavior), secrets, privacy, symbolism, subterfuge, spies, hidden meanings, supernatural, otherworldly, fantasy, movies/cinema, celebrities, the disenfranchised, victimhood, aquatics, the ocean/water reservoirs

• Mercury in Pisces Retrograde

  • Foot in mouth syndrome

    • Watch what you say and be a bit more conservative with your jokes/speech

    • Some of us may unintentionally cross boundaries and/or misunderstand situations

    • Don't be too presumptuous or assume things

  • Flubbing your words

  • High distraction rate, need for silence, meditation, and grounding

  • Return to spiritual routines you've left by the wayside

  • Postage delays for overseas/foreign mail- storms, tariffs, seizures, counterfeits/fakes, expired products

    • Get tracking every time

  • Keep receipts on all purchases

  • Opt-in for insurance

  • False promises/non-binding contracts, get everything in writing

  • Follow-up on important dealings/communications

  • Confirm dates/times a few days before

  • Celebrity revelations/scandals

  • Mistaken identities

  • Weather advisories, rapidly changing weather conditions (snow, ice, rain, sleet, hail, fog)

  • Forgetfulness

  • Misplacing items

  • Anonymity reveals

  • Watch your children especially around water

    • Use floatation devices whenever possible

  • Mercury is in fall and with retrograde in addition we may literally be more accident prone

    • Slips, falls, incoordination is possible

  • Injuries/hospital stays especially with kids may be increased due to coordination issues/equipment failure

    • If you can help it, wear protective gear during sports, motorcycles, follow work protocols and wear protective work equipment (i.e. goggles in labs, steel-toed shoes in construction, aprons/gloves in food preparation, etc).

  • Great time to reinforce stranger danger talks and especially watch your kids around strangers closely

  • Be mindful of suspicious activity in your neighborhood

  • Check your alarm systems

  • Scheduling changes with schools and weather forecasts

  • Great time to forgive people or bury hatchets

  • Set more reminders

  • Write down dreams for dream recall

  • Great time to go back to childhood hobbies (ice skating, painting, music, writing, etc)

  • Insomnia heightened so refresh your sleep routine

  • Sensitivity to medications or opportunity to make health revisions

  • Confirm mystery diagnoses

    • Some of you may learn of learning disabilities or receive a diagnosis you put off

    • This helps you on your healing journey

  • Seek 2nd opinions in all things

  • Have back up alarms

  • Up your health hygiene to prevent colds, illnesses

  • There may be some medication errors, be aware of your medications, pharmacies, health charts and dates

  • Social media refresh/review/clean up

  • There will probably be some rescheduling with appointments/dates, so stay flexible

  • Secrets are more easily spilled and spread during Mercury retrograde

    • If there's something you don't want public knowledge, DO NOT SHARE WITH A SOUL

    • Retrogrades reveal and something you're hiding may come to light

    • Same goes for others who may try to hide things

  • Higher likelihood of scapegoating or framing to occur

    • Not a time to be too self-sacrificial

    • Document, document, document

    • Don't take the fall for others, can impact you more greatly

    • Define your boundaries more

  • Dreams reveal secret intel/info so take heed!

Well that's all I got! This is not an exhaustive list but at least it gives you a heads up on what to expect, what is in the ethers and the themes of this transit. I hope it helps! Let me know what you're dealing with this mercury retrograde in Pisces so far. I've been especially sleepy and having some vivid, visceral dreams, so that's fun 😅. Anyways, I'd love to hear from you all!