Past
Mercury in Leo, 2025
Mercury enters Leo on Thursday 26 June 2025, 19:09 UTC, which is in your time zone. It leaves for Virgo on Tuesday 2 September 2025, 13:23 UTC, after 68 days. During this stay Mercury turns retrograde from 18 July 2025 to 11 August 2025.
Mercury's stay in Leo this year is unusually long. It enters from Cancer on 26 June 2025 at 19:09 UTC and does not move on to Virgo until 2 September 2025 at 13:23 UTC, 68 days later. The reason is a retrograde period from 18 July 2025 to 11 August 2025, which takes place entirely within Leo. Leo is a fixed fire sign ruled by the Sun.
Astrologers read Mercury in Leo as expressive, warm and confident, with a taste for storytelling and a wish to be heard. The sign is associated with creativity, pride, play and generosity. The tradition treats the retrograde weeks as a time for review rather than launch: revisiting creative work, rereading what was written and clearing up misunderstandings. A modest suggestion: draft freely before mid July, then use the slower weeks to edit and finish.
By sign
The house it occupies for you
| Sun sign | House | Mercury in Leo falls on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aries | fifth | romance, play, children, creative work | |
| Taurus | fourth | home, family, roots | |
| Gemini | third | conversations, siblings, short trips | |
| Cancer | second | money, possessions, values | |
| Leo | first | self, body, how you come across | |
| Virgo | twelfth | rest, privacy, what happens behind the scenes | |
| Libra | eleventh | friends, groups, plans | |
| Scorpio | tenth | career and public role | |
| Sagittarius | ninth | travel, study, beliefs | |
| Capricorn | eighth | shared money, intimacy, endings | |
| Aquarius | seventh | partners and one-to-one relationships | |
| Pisces | sixth | daily work, routines, health | |
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.