On 24 October 2026 at 07:12 UT, Mercury stations retrograde in Scorpio. The chart cast for London places the Sun and Venus together at 0° Scorpio, tightly conjunct the Ascendant at 5° Scorpio, with the Trans-Neptunian planet Apollon nearby at 7° Scorpio. This stellium squares Pluto at 3° Aquarius. Higher in the sky, Mars and Jupiter meet near the Midheaven while squaring the stationing Mercury and Poseidon in Scorpio.
The symbolism is vivid and timely. Sun–Venus on the Ascendant speaks of a search for new values and a renewed sense of self-worth. Apollon adds the note of expansion and the quest for wider horizons. Square Pluto, the combination becomes transformative: the old value system must undergo a profound healing crisis so that something larger and freer can emerge. It is the alchemy of psychological death and rebirth applied to what we love, what we believe is beautiful, and what we hold as true.
Mars conjunct Jupiter on the Midheaven shows action and expansion meeting in the public eye. This is the signature of purposeful effort that improves circumstances, of advocacy that carries real weight, and of independence that opens new doors. The square to Mercury and Poseidon links that outward drive to the realm of ideas, communication, and the higher, more spiritual or inspirational currents that Poseidon represents. People become unusually receptive to the thoughts of others and to the contents of books. Ideas prove uplifting. Some actions, whether consciously recognised or not, are guided by a higher self. Strong advocacy of principles—intellectual, ethical, or spiritual—becomes a defining feature of the period.
Fixed stars sharpen the picture. Mars at 14° Leo sits with Acubens, a star Nick Fiorenza links to entrapment in inherited dogma and the stubborn resistance that keeps us locked inside limiting life scenarios. Jupiter at 23° Leo meets Subra and Algenubi—the paw and the eye of the Lion. Fiorenza describes this zone as the domain of trail-breaking explorers who refuse to remain on the familiar stage, who must release preconceived pictures so that new vistas can appear. The Mars–Jupiter conjunction therefore carries a double message: the courage to act, and the necessity of letting go of the maps that no longer serve.
Mercury itself, stationing retrograde, is the writer who turns back to reread her own story. Retrograde Mercury in Scorpio invites a deep dive into memory, motive, and the unspoken. It is precisely the planetary condition under which a life can be re-examined, re-valued, and rewritten.
The recent story of author Kit de Waal offers a living illustration. After a turbulent youth marked by poverty, racism, leaving home at sixteen, and a near-breakdown, a casual suggestion from a solicitor led her to a list of novels. Reading, she has said, saved her life. Books opened a world of imagination that eventually became the foundation of her own writing. Her breakthrough novel My Name Is Leon draws directly on the experiences of difference, loss, and kindness that shaped her early years. What looks, in the chart, like Sun–Venus–Apollon square Pluto is the transformative healing that follows the search for new values. What looks like Mars–Jupiter square Mercury–Poseidon is the receptivity to the thoughts of others, the uplifting power of ideas, and the eventual public advocacy of stories that matter. Acubens and the stars of the Lion’s paw and eye speak to the release of inherited limitations so that a new path—literary, personal, and social—could be charted.
During this Mercury retrograde season the invitation is clear. Revisit the books, the conversations, and the quiet inner voices that once offered rescue or revelation. Question the dogmas—personal or collective—that still confine. Allow the higher, more spacious currents of Poseidon to inform action. And trust that the search for new values, when pursued with Scorpio intensity and Jupiterian breadth, can lead not only to personal healing but to stories and ideas capable of lifting others as well.
Mercury has turned. The page is waiting to be reread—and rewritten.
Reference
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmd7qge3qe2eo?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-intl
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