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Mercury in Aquarius, 2030
Mercury enters Aquarius on Friday 8 February 2030, 14:03 UTC, which is in your time zone. It leaves for Pisces on Wednesday 27 February 2030, 09:00 UTC, after 19 days.
From 8 February 2030 at 14:03 UTC, Mercury travels through Aquarius, having come over from Capricorn. The visit is brief, 19 days with no retrograde, and ends on 27 February 2030 at 09:00 UTC when Mercury moves into Pisces. Aquarius is a fixed air sign ruled by Uranus.
Mercury is the planet of thought, speech and exchange, and the tradition reads it in Aquarius as curious, independent and drawn to the bigger picture. Astrologers link this placement with new ideas, group conversations, technology and a willingness to question habits of thinking. It is also said to favor detachment, which can make ideas clear but the tone a little cool. A simple suggestion for these weeks: write down unconventional ideas when they arrive, then return later to test which ones hold up.
By sign
The house it occupies for you
| Sun sign | House | Mercury in Aquarius falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Taurus | tenth | career and public role | |
| Gemini | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Cancer | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Leo | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Virgo | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
| Libra | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
| Scorpio | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Sagittarius | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
| Capricorn | second | money, possessions, values | |
| Aquarius | first | self, body, how you come across | |
| Pisces | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
Whole-sign houses counted from the Sun sign, the convention behind every Sun-sign horoscope. Your rising sign gives a more personal count: draw your chart.