Mercury in Punarvasu ~ Find new mental drive and desire

Mercury, planet of communication, is in Punarvasu, across the signs of Gemini and Cancer, from July 3rd to 9th 2023.

Punarvasu’s symbol of a Quiver of Arrows is associated with a long-distance vision, and Mercury now sends your thought-arrows towards their target. The Quiver is also symbolic of replenishment and home, so your mental focus is on providing security and peace, where you rest up and prepare for the future.

This may bring out your writing, communicating and gift for sharing knowledge, all with a long-term ambition, as you prepare to teach and perhaps become a guru figure in your own right. Mercury moves closely alongside the all-powerful Sun at the start of this transit, and you may have to speak up to make your opinion noticed.

Though you are curious for knowledge and have smart media skills, a strong personality may hold all the influence and you are anxious to say the right thing. Keep your focus through this whole transit, as a tricky decision may arrive on July 9th, as a proposal you thought was over the line runs into an unexpected obstacle.

Punarvasu is ruled by Aditi, the boundless Vedic sky goddess, so as well as your search for business deals and abundance you look within for security and self-sufficiency.

The Shakti, or special power, of this nakshatra, ‘To Acquire Wealth’, also plays to Mercury’s commercial skills, where you make contacts and show generosity, with the promise of an excellent return.

You can either use this transit to chase a distant horizon, or else be satisfied with very little and remain amiable and open. There’s a philosophical quality to your thinking, where seeing the big picture gives you extra energy and new enthusiasm.