On January 29, 07:44 AM —
On February 6, 2026, at 5:48 PM EST, Mercury leaves Aquarius and enters Pisces. The Messenger is going to spend more time than usual in the sign of the Fish due to its upcoming retrograde, happening from February 26 to March 20. Mercury in Pisces invites us to speak the language of our Soul, listen more carefully to our inner guidance system, and discover what happens when we allow our intuition to be more present in our daily decision-making.
Mercury’s ingress into Pisces is particularly significant for people born with personal placements in Mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces). They will feel heightened sensitivity to their environment and have access to a stronger awareness of energetic and emotional undercurrents they don’t normally notice. Their dreams will be more vivid and filled with meaningful information, and they will have the opportunity to explore new ways to build bridges between logic and intuition.
Mercury from Aquarius to Pisces: Bringing More Magic into our Days
Ruling both Gemini and Virgo, Mercury in Astrology is associated with how we think, communicate, make sense of our experiences, and interface with our habitual surroundings. Mercury’s transits give us information about how we, collectively, feel drawn to learn, solve problems, organize our routines, speak, think, and perceive reality. Governing over commerce, short-term travel, and transportation, Mercury has a lot to do with how we relate to our everyday commitments, issues, tasks, and movements.
During its recent transit through Aquarius, Mercury invited us to open our minds to new perspectives and ways of seeing life. This transit asked us to develop more objectivity, challenged us to look at any issues we may be dealing with from a radically new perspective, and inspired us to bring forth innovation in one or more areas of our lives.
As the Messenger enters Pisces, the invitation for us is to bring more magic and spirituality into our routines and allow our intuition to lead us, rather than relying solely on the rational mind. While Mercury moves through the last sign of the Zodiac, our mental processes become more fluid and non-linear.
During the upcoming weeks, we will be more aware of repeating symbolism and synchronicities, and our dream life takes on a more prominent role: more messages and information are likely to come through while we sleep, and our dreams will be filled with opportunities to learn and gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of our daily experiences.
Mercury in Pisces: the Language of Soul
In the Mutable Water sign of Pisces, all boundaries are erased, linear time doesn’t exist, and logical rules don’t apply. The last sign of the Zodiac is connected with the dissolution of the separate sense of self we formed in the previous eleven stages: it reminds us of our unity with everything in existence, of the fact that separation is, ultimately, an illusion.
Planets that travel through Pisces are invited to surrender their habitual modes of operation and adapt to a realm governed by intuition, symbolism, and feeling, where logic is absent. In this sign, clarity is not found through analysis: Mercury here can feel challenged, since it is a very logical planet. Hence, the Messenger is traditionally considered to be debilitated in Pisces: this means its energy cannot be expressed in the ways we would expect, and we need to adapt and get creative with it.
While Mercury is in Pisces, it can be difficult to feel comfortable with the need to stick to strict plans, commitments, and expectations placed on us by the environment, culture, and society. Here, the planet of communication and rational thinking needs to express itself in non-linear ways. This transit is an opportunity to strengthen our trust in our intuition and rely on it more in our daily decision-making: Mercury in Pisces is an invitation to discover what happens when we allow the rational, thinking mind to be in the backseat.
Communication and language during this time can feel more poetic than precise: we will feel drawn to speak from our heart and Soul rather than the intellect. While it will be easier to empathize with others and connect on an emotional level, misunderstandings can be more common during this transit and especially while Mercury is retrograde.
Mercury conjunct the North Node and trine Jupiter
Before the start of its retrograde on February 26, Mercury is going to cross the North Node of the Moon in Pisces and form a trine with retrograde Jupiter in Cancer. The Mercury-North Node conjunction, exact on February 12, can coincide with conversations, moments of understanding, or everyday encounters that feel fated, timely, and are particularly significant for our personal evolution. New information or realizations can redirect our path in unexpected ways around this time: the invitation for us is to attune to subtle signals and synchronicities and become more receptive to the language of the Universe.
The Mercury-Jupiter trine will be exact three times: on February 16, when Mercury is direct and Jupiter is retrograde, on March 9, when both Mercury and Jupiter are retrograde, and on April 3, when they are both direct again. This series of trines supports a gradual expansion of our understanding of reality and fuels a shift in our beliefs, opinions, ideas, and worldview. During this time, the invitation for us is to broaden our intellectual and spiritual horizons and integrate theoretical knowledge with lived experience.
Mercury in Pisces 2026: Releasing Attachment to our Plans
Mercury in Pisces invites us to loosen our grip on certainty, release our attachment to our plans, and allow the organic unfolding of life according to Divine timing. This transit can intensify tendencies toward lack of discernment, self-deception, and excessive daydreaming: it reminds us of the importance of dreaming with our feet on the earth and making sure we can tell fact from fiction.
While practical details will require extra attention, especially while Mercury is retrograde, this transit enhances our capacity for empathy, creativity, poetic expression, emotional intelligence, and spiritual understanding. It supports all spiritual practices and artistic endeavors, and sharpens our ability to perceive the emotional and energetic undercurrents of everyday situations we normally don’t notice.
Ultimately, Mercury in Pisces reminds us that not everything needs to be explained or rationally understood. Some truths are felt and don’t need to be articulated; some answers emerge only when we stop searching for them and accept that we will never know the whole story.
Your 2026 horoscope is a soul-guided offering, created to illuminate your path with insight, harmony, and wonder. It invites you into deeper alignment with your purpose, revealing the hidden magic and wisdom unfolding within your year.
