Mercury in Uttara Bhadrapada ~ Have a serious think

Mercury, the planet of thought and communication, is in Uttara Bhadrapada from March 1st to April 3rd, 2025, the nakshatra wholly inside the zodiacal sign of Pisces.

This transit includes Mercury’s retrograde phase from March 15th and gives an extended experience within this asterism, which gives you added powers of speech and eloquence. Analytical Mercury is not at home in dreamy Pisces, but if you allow your imagination to take over, Uttara gives you the ability to think intuitively and creatively. You can approach an idea, book, or source of information from a different angle, and potentially find an original idea or new solution. Uttara is also known for compassion and brings an intelligent and curious mentality with a focus on the higher things in life.

This transit includes many other planets also in the sign of Pisces and this nakshatra, which gives a complex and often contradictory quality to your thinking. Mercury in particular comes together with karmic Saturn after March 29th and gives you a disciplined and serious approach to knowledge, with the ability to study and research in depth. Your thinking has great focus and it pays to take on an ambitious plan that stretches your mental energy to the fullest. Keep your thoughts positive and don’t give way to an overly defensive or sceptical attitude.

Your technical understanding may be tested, or you may have to explain yourself to an authority, but this experience also enhances your own knowledge. Uttara’s Shakti, or unique gift, for ‘Bringing Rain’, shows fertility and abundance, and a link to charity and benevolence, where you are providing for people closest to you. You will earn any benefit that comes but are also rewarded for your efforts.