Find yours
Mercury is in Scorpio today, and it lands in a different part of life for each sign. Pick yours once; the whole page reads for you.
Know your rising? It is the sharper fit.
Your day in three lines
Tap your sign and your day lands right here: one line for the day, one for love, one thing to try.
- Your day
- Love
- One thing to try
The lead
The reply can wait
Try this today
- Reread one thread before answering.
- Open the letter you keep moving.
- Write the question before you make the call.
You open the thread, type the sharp version, then stare at the blue send button like it owes you rent.
Mercury, the planet of messages and plans, appears to slow down, stop, and move backward from our view on Earth.
Today is good for rereading, renegotiating, and asking what you meant before you answer what they said. The cost of skipping that pause is a clean little mess: a yes you resent, a no you have to soften, a receipt you missed in the pile.
Try the boring version first. Open the insurance letter on the kitchen counter, check the date, then call with notes instead of a mood.
The group chat can wait while you find the actual bill, the actual promise, the actual question. A slower answer may save you from cleaning up a faster one.
Mercury keeps this review open until 13 November. You don't have to solve the whole story by dinner. You just have to stop skimming the small print.
The sky behind it
Mercury stations retrograde at 3:13 a.m. EDT, the hour when the East Coast is half-asleep, the Midwest is checking the last screen, the Mountain states are quiet, and the West Coast may still be awake. The station is 2:13 a.m. CDT, 1:13 a.m. MDT, and 12:13 a.m. PDT, at 20°59′ Scorpio. The shadow, the zodiac path Mercury covers more than once, began at 5°02′ Scorpio on 4 October and ends at 20°59′ Scorpio on 30 November. Mercury turns direct at 5°02′ Scorpio on 13 November. This is Mercury's third retrograde of the year. After the station, five planets are retrograde.
Love & relationships
The soft answer underneath
Try this today
- Ask for the exact care you wanted.
- Delete the speech and keep one sentence.
- Notice who relaxes when you stop guessing.
Someone says, “I’m fine,” and their coat stays on in your hallway. The room knows before either of you does.
Late last night, Venus, the planet of love and worth, met the Sun, which can make a hidden want easier to name. Venus is also moving backward now, so old tastes, old hurt, and old bargains can walk back into the kitchen.
Today is good for the small, honest repair. Skip the speech from your notes app. Keep the one sentence you can say while washing a mug: “I wanted you to ask.”
The cost of pretending you do not care is distance with a clean shirt on.
If the same pattern keeps showing up, do not chase the whole history. Pick one moment, one ask, one boundary. Love does better when it is not asked to read your mind through a closed door.
The sky behind it
The Sun-Venus cazimi, an exact conjunction at the heart of the Sun, was exact at 11:44 p.m. EDT on 23 October at 0°45′ Scorpio. The cazimi window ran from 7:30 p.m. EDT to 3:58 a.m. EDT. At noon, the Sun-Venus conjunction is separating with an orb of 0°49′. Venus is retrograde at 0°26′ Scorpio. Venus is also separating from a square to Pluto; that square has an orb of 2°39′ and was exact on 20 October.
Work & money
Don't rush the invoice
Try this today
- Check the name, rate, and attachment.
- Move one vague task into a clear sentence.
- Save the file once before you send.
The invoice is open, the file name is ugly, and the email starts with “Just circling back.” You can feel your thumb wanting to make the problem disappear.
Mercury, the planet of messages and plans, turns backward today, so slow the send down. A fast send can create another thread.
Do the review instead. Check the rate, the name, the attachment, the promise you made when you were trying to be easy to hire.
Leave the grand fix for another pass. If you rush, the cost may be a meeting about the thing the email should have handled.
One backup is smart; panic-saving every folder is just another way to avoid the sentence you need to write. Make the invoice clean. Then send the plain note.
The sky behind it
Mercury stations retrograde at 3:13 a.m. EDT at 20°59′ Scorpio. At noon, Mercury is separating from a square to Jupiter with an orb of 2°24′. That fits overreach, inflated promises, and large numbers that need another look. Mercury turns direct at 10:54 a.m. EST on 13 November. A work-relevant follow-up comes when Mercury squares Mars on 30 October at 1:20 p.m. EDT.
Body & mood
Start slow, move later
Try this today
- Eat before the first hard task.
- Take one walk without your phone in hand.
- Do one physical chore after dinner.
Morning may feel like a hand on the brake. The sink is full, the hoodie is on the chair, and your body wants proof before it moves.
The Moon, your daily mood marker, is in Aries, a sign that likes action but hates being blocked. Early on, the block can be useful: eat something real, answer less, choose the shoes that do not hurt.
Afternoon is better for simple motion. Take the gym bag by the door, walk around the block, or do the errand that has a clear finish.
By evening, the day has more push. Use it for one physical task, not a full life reset.
If you ignore the pace, you may spend the morning fighting your body and the night trying to outrun it. Start small. Move when the room gives you an opening.
The sky behind it
The Moon is in Aries and waxing gibbous. Illumination grows from 96% in the morning to 98% in the evening. The order is Moon sextile Uranus at 12:38 a.m. EDT, Moon conjunct Saturn at 9:06 a.m. EDT, then Moon trine Mars at 6:05 p.m. EDT. The next major Moon marker is the full moon at 12:12 a.m. EDT on 26 October at 2°46′ Taurus.
Also today
Two shorter reads. Each opens in place.
Sign spotlight
Scorpio, fix the front door
Your face is talking. Give it better notes.
Scorpio (and Scorpio rising): people are reading your face before you finish the sentence. That can be useful, unless your face is still carrying last week’s argument.
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Your busiest story is the one between your body and your home. The haircut, the coat, the way you walk into a room; the mattress, the family text, the front door that sticks when you are tired.
This is a good day to make the outside match the truth you can live with. Put away the shirt you keep wearing out of duty.
Tighten the screw on the door handle. Tell the relative you will answer tomorrow.
If you ignore it, you may let everyone else decide what your silence means. A small fix at home can change how you enter the rest of the week.
Try this today
- Fix one small thing where you sleep.
- Wear the clothes that tell the truth.
- Delay the family reply until it is clean.
Find your rising signScorpio today
The sky behind it
For Scorpio rising, house one holds the Sun at 1°16′ Scorpio, Mercury at 20°58′ Scorpio, and Venus at 0°26′ Scorpio. House four holds Pluto at 3°05′ Aquarius. House six holds the Moon at 11°27′ Aries, Saturn at 9°47′ Aries, and Neptune at 2°15′ Aries. House eight holds Uranus at 4°56′ Gemini. House ten holds Mars at 14°51′ Leo and Jupiter at 23°22′ Leo. Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are retrograde.
| House from Scorpio | Sign | Planets there today |
|---|---|---|
| 1st: self, body, how you come across | Scorpio | Sun 1°16′, Mercury 20°58′ (stationary), Venus 0°26′ (Rx) |
| 4th: home, family | Aquarius | Pluto 3°05′ |
| 6th: daily work, health | Aries | Moon 11°27′, Saturn 9°47′ (Rx), Neptune 2°15′ (Rx) |
| 8th: shared money, what stays private | Gemini | Uranus 4°56′ (Rx) |
| 10th: career, public standing | Leo | Mars 14°51′, Jupiter 23°22′ |
Learn from today
The plan that stops short
The almost-agreement has something to teach you.
You are at the counter with a return. The cashier starts reaching for the scanner, then the manager calls them away before the receipt is checked.
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Refranation means a planet is moving toward a meeting, then stops and turns before the meeting is finished. In plain life, it is the almost-agreement: the draft contract, the almost apology, the plan that pauses at the door.
Today is a clean example. Mercury, the planet of messages and plans, stops short before a hard meeting with Jupiter, the planet of big promises and larger asks.
The common mistake is treating the stall as the whole answer. A stall can be a pause rather than a verdict.
If a deal, message, or plan slows today, study where it stopped. That is the lesson.
Try this today
- Name the plan that stopped short.
- Mark what was missing before agreement.
- Ask one follow-up instead of forcing yes.
Lesson: Refranation: the aspect that doesn't finish
The sky behind it
Mercury stations retrograde at 20°59′ Scorpio while short of its square to Jupiter. The refranation gap is 2°21′, with Jupiter at 23°19′ Leo. At noon, the Mercury-Jupiter square is separating with an orb of 2°24′. Mercury later completes the square to Jupiter at 26°54′ Scorpio on 4 December at 2:03 a.m. EST.
| Pair | Orb | State | Nearest exact (ET date) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun conjunction Venus | 0°49′ | separating | 23 October 2026 |
| Neptune sextile Pluto | 0°50′ | separating | 15 September 2026 |
| Sun square Pluto | 1°50′ | applying | 26 October 2026 |
| Uranus trine Pluto | 1°51′ | applying | 29 November 2026 |
| Mercury square Jupiter | 2°24′ | separating | — |
| Venus square Pluto | 2°39′ | separating | 20 October 2026 |
| Uranus sextile Neptune | 2°41′ | applying | 15 January 2027 |
Tonight's sky
Take the long way out
The planet is the steady dot, not the twinkle.
After dinner, take the trash out without your phone. Let your eyes adjust before you decide the sky is empty.
Stand still for a minute and face east-southeast. Use the Moon as your anchor, then look nearby for Saturn, a steady pale dot.
Stars twinkle. Planets usually hold a calmer light, like a pin left in dark cloth.
Neptune sits near Saturn on a chart, but your eyes will not pick it out. Mercury, today's headline planet, is also hidden in the Sun's glare.
If you are awake before dawn, look high for Mars and Jupiter. Give yourself one quiet minute before the kettle or the inbox starts.
Tonight, look for
The Moon first, in the east-southeast. Then Saturn: the steady dot in the southeast.
After dark
- Moon98% lit, 43° up, east-southeast
- Saturn39° up, southeast
Before dawn
- Mars59° up before dawn
- Jupiter52° up before dawn
Times in your city
- Fully dark
- 7:34 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 4:59 p.m.
- Sunset
- 6:03 p.m.
More times
- Saturn rises
- 5:15 p.m.
- Mars rises
- 12:47 a.m.
- Jupiter rises
- 1:32 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:40 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:18 a.m.
Moonset and rises after midnight fall on the next morning.
Local time in each city. “Fully dark” is the end of astronomical twilight.
Try this today
- Step outside after full dark.
- Face east-southeast and find the Moon first.
- Before dawn, look high for two steady lights.
The sky behind it
At 9:00 p.m. EDT, the Moon and Saturn are about 9° apart. The Moon is 43° up toward east-southeast, and Saturn is 39° up toward southeast. Saturn rises at 5:15 p.m. in New York. The Saturn-Neptune pairing is about 8°, but Neptune is not a naked-eye target. Mercury sets at 6:40 p.m. in New York and is not visible. Before dawn, Mars and Jupiter are visible; Mars is 59° up, and Jupiter is 52° up.
Computed from NASA JPL DE442 and the Yale Bright Star Catalogue by Shymea. Moon inset: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio (visualisation, public domain).
Before you go
Save your card.
Your sign’s line for today, set as a square for a story or a DM. Each sign gets its own card.
Send this to the friend who edits texts after sending. Pick their sign.
Everyone else today One line for each sign, for the friend you send this to.
- AriesOpen the debt email before it moves into your stomach.
- TaurusAsk the one-on-one person to repeat the part you skipped.
- GeminiPut the chore list where your tired self can see it.
- CancerLet the crush, kid, or canvas be messy first.
- LeoCheck the lease, the locks, and the family story.
- VirgoSay the short thing slowly. The group chat can survive.
- LibraCount the money before you count yourself out.
- ScorpioReread how you introduce yourself. Edit the bio, not your whole personality.
- SagittariusTake the quiet room before the quiet room takes you.
- CapricornMute the chat that keeps borrowing your future.
- AquariusRead the email from the boss like a contract.
- PiscesRecheck the route, the class, and the belief underneath.
Saturday 24 Oct · Mercury turns retrograde
The sharp reply can wait for the second read.
from your
Come back tomorrow at midnight ET.
Next in the sky: Venus enters Libra (retrograde) Sun 25 Oct 5:10 a.m. EDT · Full Moon 2°46′ Taurus (Hunter's Moon) Mon 26 Oct 12:12 a.m. EDT.
Timing
Every exact moment on 24 October
Void-of-course Moon: none today. Next: Sunday 25 October, 6:59 p.m.–7:35 p.m. EDT.
- Moon conjunction Neptune (prior evening)2°16′ Aries
- Moon sextile Pluto (prior evening)3°05′ Aries / Aquarius
- Sun conjunct Venus (prior evening)0°45′ Scorpio
- Moon sextile Uranus4°57′ Aries / Gemini
- Mercury stations retrograde20°59′ Scorpio
- Moon conjunction Saturn9°47′ Aries
- Moon trine Mars14°59′ Aries / Leo
See the day as a timeline
Quick answers
When does Mercury retrograde start in 2026?
Mercury turns retrograde on Saturday 24 October 2026 at 3:13 a.m. EDT (12:13 a.m. PDT; 07:13 UTC), at 20°59′ Scorpio.
When does Mercury retrograde end in 2026?
Mercury turns direct on Friday 13 November 2026 at 10:54 a.m. EST (7:54 a.m. PST; 15:54 UTC), at 5°02′ Scorpio, about 20 days after it turned retrograde.
When does the Mercury retrograde shadow end?
Mercury gets back to 20°59′ Scorpio, the degree where the retrograde began, on Monday 30 November 2026 at 1:16 a.m. EST. That ends the post-retrograde shadow.
Mercury retrograde 2026 and 2027 dates, with shadow periods · Astrology calendar 2026: retrogrades, moons and ingresses