Are you ready for Mercury retrograde? Incoming, along with a powerful eclipse and historic moves for big outer planets that are setting up entirely new eras, the astrology of February 2026 is presenting some of the most dramatic experiences of the year — and perhaps some of the most intense, emotional moments that you’ve had in years.
One of the main events this month is a Mercury retrograde in empathic, psychic, sensitive, and deeply feeling mutable water sign Pisces. This first backspin of the year for the planet of communication will set in motion a wave of confusion and blurriness, but also opportunities to recharge and go back to the drawing board to rethink, reflect, and revise game plans that require adjustment before you plow ahead into a year that’s bound to fuel your fire, passion, and drive. Read on to discover the astrology of Mercury retrograde in Pisces as well as the horoscopes for each zodiac sign.
In 2026, Mercury will go retrograde in Pisces on Wednesday, February 25, at 10:48 pm PT/Thursday, February 26, at 1:48 a.m. ET to Friday, March 20 at 12:32 p.m. PT/3:32 p.m. ET
The Spiritual Meaning of This Mercury Retrograde in Pisces
As Mercury goes retrograde in the mutable water sign, and the twelfth sign of the zodiac, we’ll all be nudged to face themes of healing ourselves and others, exploring deep-rooted emotions to bolster spiritual growth, empathy, imagination, idealism, escapism, and striving (that’s the key word) to better understand reality from fiction. It’ll be tough to pinpoint concrete facts and data because even when it’s moving directly in Neptune-ruled Pisces, Mercury is considered to be in its fall, which means it struggles and has to work even harder to express itself and do its work, which is to fuel communication, transportation, and technology. So when it is moving backward, you can bet on a whole lot of rockiness in those areas of life.
A silver lining of this transit, however, is that it encourages necessary self-reflection and the chance to take stock of how you’ve been tending to your emotional and mental health.
The signs that will feel Mercury retrograde in Pisces the most include Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces.
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What Mercury Retrograde in Pisces Will Bring Up for Your Sign
Read on for Mercury retrograde insight for your zodiac sign. Be sure to read your Rising sign, as well as your moon sign.
With this retrograde falling in your twelfth house of spirituality, this retrograde asks you to slow down even more than it will other signs. That’s especially difficult for you as such an action-oriented go-getter, so think of this is a period in which you’ll do well to reflect on emotional wounds and dreams from the past. Challenge yourself to prioritize meditation, introspection, caring for your inner world, and allowing your imagination to run wild. It’ll be helpful in allowing you to step even more fully into a fiery year that’s wired for your self-transformation.
Taurus
As Mercury moves back through your eleventh house of long-term wishes and groups, you could be inundated with run-ins with friends or colleagues you haven’t crossed paths with in some time. Whether you’re being invited to work with a team you haven’t collaborated with in months or you’re reuniting with a group of college classmates, you’ll be happy to take walks down memory lane. An especially productive way to make the most of this Mercury retrograde: Think about how you can finesse your approach to long-term aspirations and how the people you surround yourself with might be instrumental in your success.
Mercury, your ruling planet, backspins through your tenth house of career and public image, so steel yourself for slowdowns and shifts tied to how you’re making your mark and pursuing your professional goals. You could find that it’s not the most productive or smooth sailing moment for talking through your big picture aspirations with a higher-up — but, on the flipside, it’s possible that you’ll revisit a conversation that was previously put on hold. In general, you’ll do well to reflect on how you’ve been defining success and reassess your approach and perspective going forward in order to set the stage for the greatest wins.
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Cancer
This retrograde affects your ninth house of adventure and higher learning, urging you to reflect on your philosophies, perspectives, and ways in which you’ve been pursuing personal growth. You could be inspired to dive back into planning a trip that was previously put on hold or to revisit a beloved destination that always proves rejuvenating. This is also a period of time that was made for honing skills you once backburnered or working with a mentor from the past. Though much of the work you’ll be doing is rework or retracing your footsteps, you could come away from this period feeling revitalized.
Mercury moves back through your eighth house of joint resources and emotional bonds — the same sector that taskmaster Saturn is now moving out of after making life feel heavier and harder since 2023. You’ve had to get clear on what it’s going to take to make shared dreams with a partner a reality or face limitations alongside a significant other, and now, Mercury’s retrograde could bring some of those same wounds to the surface. The good news is if you’ve done the work Saturn required of you, you’re more than ready to revise budgets, rework your approach to shared income, and maybe even think about different ways to bolster intimacy. With Saturn and Neptune moving into your ninth house of adventure this year — and for years to come, you can think of this retrograde as an emotional cleansing period you need to fully embrace the thrilling unknown ahead.
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Virgo
Mercury, your ruling planet, will move backward through your seventh house of partnership now, requiring you to go back to the drawing board on game plans you share with a significant other, dear friend, loved one, or colleague. Whether you’re rethinking your strategy for hitting professional goals together or mediating a conflict from the past that wasn’t ever fully put to rest, this could be an emotional transit that’s meant to clear the air and a path for you to move even more confidently ahead as part of a pair. With the lunar eclipse in your sign falling on March 3, you may be nudged to release narratives, bonds, and experiences that are firmly rooted in the past and that are no longer serving you.
Mercury moves back through your sixth house of wellness and daily routine, so you’ll do well to build in extra time for accomplishing anything that’s a part of your everyday hustle. Although you could be tempted to go harder with your workouts and approach to fitness, a more restorative approach might actually be in your best interest, as will adding in more rest. By taking a step back from pushing ahead, you’ll have a chance to think about whether or not all of these to-dos on your list are actually worthy of your time, energy, and attention. Rework aspects of your schedule so that they’re more balanced and in tune with your big picture aspirations and boosting your vitality versus draining you.
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Scorpio
With Mercury’s backspin occurring in your fifth house of romance and self-expression, this can actually be a truly magical moment if you’re able to lean into a bit more flexibility and spontaneity despite being one to prefer to stick to tried-and-true game plans. This part of your chart is all about owning your voice, tapping into your artistic impulses, playing, embracing joy, getting in tune with your inner kiddo, and inviting in more lightheartedness, especially when spending time with your nearest and dearest. As Mercury spurs confusion, haziness, dreaminess, and illusion, let your imagination take the reins and see where each moment leads. Recreating date nights from the past or picking up a creative project you previously put on the shelf could be especially fulfilling.
Mercury will be retrograde in your fourth house of home life, which is a super-sensitive part of your chart, overseeing your inner emotional world, sense of security, and relationships with loved ones, as well as your physical home itself. That said, trying to push forward on projects related to any of these details in your life might be especially challenging, but you can do meaningful inner work around old emotional hurts or review and revise plans from the past. This could also be a wonderful moment for reuniting with loved ones who you haven’t spent quality time with in a while, working on that family tree you started some time ago, or immersing yourself in a cozy tradition (like baking a favorite winter treat or planning a heartfelt weekend getaway) with relatives.
Capricorn
As Mercury moves back through your third house of communication, you might be buried in emails, texts, snail mail, and conversations that are either loose ends from the past that you’re being asked to tie up now or that really have no concrete purpose at all, because Mercury also happens to be the trickster planet. This is sure to drive you a little nutty, because you’re so pragmatic, logical, and grounded. You might find that giving yourself permission to slow down, streamline, and focus on old business versus feeling pressured to give into all the chaos and chatter and pressure to push ahead despite feeling like you’re attempting to swim against the tide. Your signature down-to-earth point of view will be especially appreciated whilst confusion reins supreme.
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With Mercury moving back through your second house of income, your financial life is up for review. This could look like reassessing your approach to bringing in cash, reconnecting with a client or job from the past that could benefit your bottom line, revising your budget, or even doing some deep inner work that bolsters your self-worth and, in turn, makes you a magnet for more abundance and blessings. As one of the fixed signs, you’re a fan of familiar experiences or routines — even if you appreciate being unconventional in other ways — but because you’re also moving through a stunning change-bringing season that begins with a solar eclipse in your first house of self, you’ll do best to expect the unexpected. What you think you need could end up being very different from what you’re destined for now.
Pisces
Mercury moves back through your sign and first house of self now, urging you to think about how you can reshape how you’re showing up in the world. Whether you want to overhaul your social media or website, flirt with a makeover of some kind, or do some meaningful soul searching and emotional healing work, this spiritually charged period was made for tuning into and following your heart, your imagination, and your soul. It might be challenging to do anything super-concrete and technical, but give yourself plenty of time and space to daydream, meditate, and muse about your creative impulses, and you’ll better understand, intuitively, which direction to move in. With the lunar eclipse on March 3 occurring in your seventh house of partnership, your one-on-one bonds will also be integral to your growth.
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