The second Mercury retrograde phase of 2025 lasts from July 18 to August 11 in the Sign of Leo.
Mercury retrograde often causes problems with thinking and communication, and negatively impacts relationships and travel. The astrology of this July 2025 Mercury retrograde phase is more harmonious and less problematic than usual. It promotes love, cooperation, intuition and creative inspiration.
Mercury Retrograde Meaning
Mercury retrograde is generally challenging, affecting your thinking and communication. The most common effects include confusion, anxiety, disagreement, technology breakdowns, bad news, travel delays and lost items.
Business negotiations may be in flux. Some crucial details may not be available yet, and others may be unreliable or inaccurate.
However, you may experience déjà vu, reminisce about happy times, unexpectedly meet up with an old friend or lover, or recover suppressed memories or skills from your childhood or past lives.
The most critical point in the Mercury retrograde cycle is when Mercury stations retrograde. The few days around the exact retrograde and direct stations are the riskiest for decision-making, negotiations, communication, and transport. For more information, see Mercury Retrograde Natal and Transit.
Mercury Retrograde July 2025
Mercury stations retrograde on July 18, 2025, at 15°34′ Leo. It makes the harmonious sextile aspect to Venus. The only other aspect it makes during the retrograde phase is a Sun conjunct Mercury at 09°00′ Leo on July 31. Mercury stations direct on August 11, 2025, at 04°14′ Leo, in sextile to Mars. [see chart]
Mercury Retrograde July 2025
Mercury sextile Venus is a friendly and harmonious influence that helps you relax and socialize. It significantly reduces the risk of challenging retrograde symptoms, such as anxiety, confusion, bad news, and disagreements. Enhanced communication skills, social tact, diplomacy, and charm enable you to negotiate, cooperate, and compromise to resolve conflicts, bring people together, and break down barriers to progress.
You can express love and affection more easily. Current relationship problems can be discussed with understanding and forgiveness as you recall what brought you together. You may encounter a former partner or romantic interest from a past life.
The positive influence of Venus reduces the risk of doing business during Mercury Retrograde in July 2025. It is also ideal for creative work, such as writing, drawing, painting, and reading, as well as composing music, playing musical instruments, writing poetry, and singing. You can remember and further develop childhood or past life creative talents.
Fixed Star Dubhe
Mercury Retrograde July 2025
Mercury retrograde at 15♌34 aligns with fixed star Dubhe at 15♌32. It’s Mars-Venus nature gives strong passions, artistic feelings, friendship, romance, and honor and preferment in martial affairs.
With a well-aspected Mercury, it gives confidence, ambition, determination, a sense of adventure, organizing ability, patience, idealism, preferment in legal and writing matters, and gain through intuition or psychic ability.
Mercury Retrograde 2025 Summary
Positive influences from the Venus aspect and the Mars-Venus star make this July 2025 Mercury retrograde phase more harmonious and less challenging than usual. It is ideal for finding love, reinvigorating current relationships and resolving disagreements and conflicts. It is especially good for rediscovering your intuitive gifts and unleashing your creative potential.
Mercury Retrograde March 2025 Times
- Los Angeles – March 15, 2:46 am
- New York – March 15, 2:46 am
- London – March 15, 2:46 am
- Delhi – March 15, 2:46 am
- Sydney – March 15, 2:46 am
