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March 21 – April 19
As this March-May cycle occurs at the same time as one or more other Second House cycles, this is when most of the financial negotiations, business correspondence or property transactions will occur. Even if you don’t get to the signatures or handshakes stage, though, there will still be plenty of question-and-answer sessions, and a reasonable amount of research, either at work or home. The only thing you really need to watch out for now, is neglecting your need for freedom and space, in favour of what makes economic sense. This is an important point! If you concentrate solely on the money, the house, the flat, the possessions or the business rewards, you may be selling your need for independence short. A break with the past is imminent.
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April 20 – May 20
Uranus enters your Second House in April and it’s hinted at now.
The Second House is about your value system, as much as anything else – it’s about what you will, and won’t, sell out for. This is a good time of year to become more aware of that, and to try and balance your feelings about freedom, with your head. What is the point of making a clever property decision, in market terms, if you love your independence from the bank? What price can a ‘clever’ business strategy extract, in terms of your values, if other human beings are shackled or you are? These are crucial times for fact-finding missions and networking, and you can cover a lot of ground very quickly. Just don’t forget that April-June is very likely to upset the applecart so don’t put your apples in the oven yet.
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May 21 – June 20
This is a good time to watch optimistically, wait hopefully and take considered notes on your next purchase, sale or transaction. It’s not a good time to assume the past is still the past, with contracts, or other kinds of paperwork. You could do so much better with Jupiter in Cancer. Expand and grow until June 30th for a start. Your Second House of cashflow, shopping, banking, profits, losses, debts and credits looks big, potentially. Maybe you already gained from the acorns you planted in 2025. There are more acorns to plant and today you will see them or fertile soil. Mighty oaks can and do grow far into the future from this kind of tactic.
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June 21 – July 22
The chances are high that your best-laid plans abroad or with foreigners may soon go backwards. I know very few astrologers who will buy or sell anything foreign or export, in this cycle. Even though this will be a busy time for that place or nationality, it will not be until April that Mercury Retrograde is truly over. Once all the fast-talking and enthusiastic trading is over, you may be left with question marks instead of certainties (or worse, left with a result you can’t change.) People are confused, flaky, unreliable, late, unfathomable and uncertain when Mercury goes retrograde. If you work in global retail, or trade overseas on eBay, you will be astonished at how people change their minds – or how easy it is for you to change yours! For this reason, astrologers traditionally advise their clients to avoid signing important foreign paperwork when Mercury is going backwards in the Ninth House in March.
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July 23 – August 22
Because the general local and global atmosphere now is so chaotic, there can be a trickle-down effect on your financial affairs, which means the ATM seizes your card, or the online banking system crashes, or the rock-solid deal you thought you had on buying your first home, falls through. Always read the fine print now. Better still, postpone expensive decisions. If you must go ahead in March read the fine print and have Plan B and C. Mercury Retrograde in your Eighth is about a March rehearsal and likely reversal, and an April relaunch. This is likely about a partner or relative. Knowing that years of guesswork is over, though, is comforting. That 2011 to early 2026 cycle was so frequently confused but it really has gone. This is transition.
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August 23 – September 22
This is a good time to sort things out with your partner of any kind. You’ll be better informed now, and more logical about things. Virgo you should come up with useful results now – no matter if you are organising serious issues or just new boundaries. As with all Mercury in Pisces cycles, though, if you lean too hard on your common sense, at the expense of your heart, and your sixth sense, then you may end up with a situation which makes perfect sense but is ultimately not what you want with this person. Mercury, your ruler, is also retrograde. It will not be until April that you can dot the I’s and cross the t’s regarding your other half. And if you parted company, like the Go-Betweens, it’s a drawn-out duel. The good news is, your other side or the other half is now clear.
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September 23 – October 22
Foreign people and places are calling from April when life shifts.
This also applies to business trips away, and to all forms of transport overseas (cars, bicycles, motorbikes, boats, aeroplanes). What adds up and makes sense from April, must also be emotionally satisfying or intuitively ‘right.’ It must be liberating. The Road Less Travelled with your Asian transportation and European travel (particularly locally, or on short-haul flights.) This is going to be an incredibly different time for you, abroad, or with foreigners at home – as you’ll be touching base with so many quite unexpected sources – electronic, human or otherwise – that you may feel the full zap factor of Uranus. Try to pace yourself and get a sense of rhythm and timing about what you are doing from April. There are clear hints about the future.
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October 23 – November 21
Your heart? Your children? The young? You’ll have access to a vast range of sources, contacts and networks now, but unless you can put the fact-finding in perspective, you could end up without a plan, as Mercury Retrograde suggests flux. Do use your intuition and emotional intelligence as well – otherwise you’ll lack the Plan B and C you need. So many x factors will complicate your dealings with a partner now or offspring, that you may want to wait until this cycle is over, before you start making up your mind. So that’s April. Scorpio, this is a famously flaky and chaotic time, when what is allegedly settled or final, is often subject to change. More reason not to make or accept promises, if they are going to be hard and fast as you’re likely to be re-routed, next.
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November 22 – December 21
Is a Virgo or Gemini in the family or household? Those signs are ruled by Mercury, so when Mercury goes retrograde, their whole lives tend to up-end. You are affected, all March. Of course, in general, March is about flux. Cars, taxis, trucks, boats, aeroplanes, trains and buses can be unreliable now, or you will face transport strikes, traffic jams, accident delays, or schedule changes. This is traditionally a tricky time to buy a new car, get a truck repaired, or to take any kind of holiday. Mercury rules short trips away, so if you have one of those on the agenda, you may want to have Plan B and C until Mercury is direct again. March is also about backwards communication, which covers a broad canvas – computers, telephones, fax machines, mail. Plan D?
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December 22 – January 19
Saturn, Chiron and Neptune are in Aries in a historic shift.
You’ll now spend a few weeks (and sometimes months, depending on any Cancer factors in your birth chart) obtaining quotes on home repairs, renovations, furniture, domestic appliances, gardening equipment – or more ambitiously, you’ll be researching the property market, as a sale, purchase, mortgage or lease will be on your agenda. It’s the perfect time to go on a fact-finding mission, be it a building quote that makes financial sense, or a new lawnmower for the new gardener. It goes beyond that of course. This transit is about home and what home means to you.
The Fourth House also rules your family, and any flatmates or live-in partners who share your home. Expect a lot of pre-planning.
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January 20 – February 18
Oh, those backwards and sideways phone calls, e-mails and debate, probably about issues which are central to your finances, business, charity, possessions, house, flat or garden – or just as likely, the bank itself. Aquarius, just because you are satisfied that a particular course of action makes logical sense, is not necessarily a good reason to press on without Plan B on Mercury Retrograde in March. This is particularly true when Mercurial human feelings are involved, as they invariably will be, if you are talking to them about numbers. Try not to behave too much like a computer processing the facts. A.I. is very likely to stuff up more than usual now. Irrational needs and moods within the A.I. digital brain, must be accommodated too, or you may find your clever property decision was The Flintstones on acid. Plan B?
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February 19 – March 20
Astrologers say, don’t sell your house, flat or land when Mercury is going backwards. Or at least have Plan B. Don’t interview new staff, either. The worst scenario here is a complete u-turn from one of the people involved (it might be you!) The best scenario is a period of chaos: too many people coming and going, too much talking, too many questions and not enough answers. This general picture of Mercury Retrograde also applies to almost anything that’s purely digital or media based, too. In March we are all affected. Prices are reduced, or inflated, with no warning now. People are late for appointments, or don’t turn up at all. Now – do you really want all that stuffing up your world? March is a good month to accept life is a rehearsal. So have that Plan C as well.
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