Mercury Enters Aries

Mercury enters a cosmically stacked Aries today, joining Neptune, Mars, Saturn, the Sun, and Chiron. To say that the Aries house in your chart is receiving a serious activation would be an understatement, but you’ve probably already puzzled that out by observing the 'Everything Happening' around you, all the time.

We’re moving fast, and our confidence is either false or real at this point, likely both at intervals - part legitimate grit, part bluster, part fake-it-til-you-make-it. We don’t know quite what we’re doing, but boy are we doing it, and our efforts may now less resemble the bold feats of the athletes and entrepreneurs Aries is known for churning out than a newborn foal: the fact that we can already stand up this early into the new astrological year and cobble together a few short-term objectives is impressive, but some wobbliness is to be expected.

Mercury’s ingress into Aries brings this conviction-cum-wobbliness into the way we communicate. We’re suffusing that fake-it-til-you-make-it energy into what we say, and why not? Our bodies’ have already been doing this experimental dance for a few weeks; our mouths may as well catch up. So, certain conversations can become explosive. You might speak *too* frankly or someone could take offense at your tone. The good news is that most misunderstandings will be resolved as quickly as they are instigated now. One positive thing about Aries Mercury as a transit is that it seldom results in long-term grudges. It’s best utilized for trying out ideas and moving on if they don’t work. Hindsight will transform insensitive discussions into good storytelling fodder, and Mercury’s two-and-a-half-week sprint through the sign of the ram means we’ll be looking back and laughing at others’ audacity, or our own, in no time.