Mercury in Ashwini ~ Speak up and decide

Mercury, the planet of communication and intellect, is in Ashwini from May 6th to 14th 2025, the nakshatra in Aries known for speed and Quick Action.

This transit is a sharp contrast to Mercury’s extended stay in Pisces going back to February 2025, including its whole retrograde phase, and now you get a welcome taste of assertion and decisiveness. Mercury in Ashwini likes to make an instant call, and you can jump in based on your recent research and window shopping. By now you are properly informed and combine knowledge with an intuitive certainty you are right, and use your insight to get ahead of the competition.

This nakshatra’s lordship by the Ashvini Kumaras, the divine physicians, gives this transit an association with medicine and taking care of people, which for Mercury, may involve studying a healing or lifestyle culture. You get a fuller understanding of your techniques and may share ideas with others on your path. Ashwini is known for fine personal qualities as well as fiery speech, and you can be wise and measured, with diplomatic skills to balance all options.

People appreciate your straightforward talk, as long as you keep it civilized – personal charm carries you a long way, and friends like being around your can-do mentality. Mercury hemmed between the sweet influence of Venus and Jupiter through this transit, also gives you support in your thought and speech, and a radical idea gets backing from an unlikely source. Speak up in public and have the right kind of impact, and people will give you a position where you can make yourself heard.