Your 7th House is the part of your chart that’s connected to your most important personal relationships – past, present or potential. A word of warning, though: it’s also the part of your chart related to your open enemies. When Mercury ‘goes backwards’ here you can expect to be rethinking and reconsidering your love life – and there could well be confusion in one of these areas. For some, the most obvious manifestation of this cycle will be the reappearance of an ex. Yes, it might be a chance to get back together, but it can also provide you with another opportunity – the chance to better understand why you split before you move on.
New couples should take care now not to let minor misunderstandings get in the way of a blossoming romance. All couples should remember that missed connections, confused conversations and lost emails and text messages are more likely, and act accordingly.
This is the House where you find the Descendant (or ‘love line’). It’s about the ‘other’ – the important other people in your life. That could be your beloved, your ex or even people who are more like foes than friends but who loom large in your life. It can also be best friends, business partners and bosses – anyone who is a VIP in your life. So, of course, Mercury retrograde here throws a bit of mayhem and confusion on relationships of all kinds. It also tends to bring exes out of the woodwork.
In business, this is a good time to find new customers because they will buy from you again and are more likely to refer others to you.
If you need to reconnect with an old partner, reconcile with an enemy or recommit to something, this is an excellent time to do so.
If you split up from someone a while ago (especially if it was under a previous Mercury retrograde cycle) this can be a good time to get back in touch, be it for reconciliation or closure. You may find they simply ‘turn up’ in your life.
You may need to renegotiate the terms of your closest relationship. There are often unspoken agreements that have developed over time and simply been accepted. But now it’s time to address these unspoken agreements and decide whether they’re really what you want.
Alternatively, old issues that you thought were done and dusted might arise again and you might have to bite your tongue. Sometimes it can be good to air differences of opinion and it can deepen your understanding of each other. As communication problems are likely, beware of misunderstandings.
A new relationship that starts when Mercury is retrograde in your 7th House might turn out to be a bit confusing or on-again/off-again.
Traditionally this isn’t an ideal time to sign any sort of contract, including a marriage contract, mainly because of potential SNAFUs. See an astrologer if you’re worried. Mercury retrograde unions can and do last! If you really have to sign a contract, make sure you check the small print first.
Top three affirmations: These affirmations are designed to help you make the most of Mercury retrograde in your 7th House. Choose one and repeat it all day, then choose another and repeat that, then choose the third and go with that. Repeat often.
The loves of my past create my love
life today – where to next?
I love myself enough to talk any
upsets through with anyone.
I will always connect with the people
I love, and they with me.
Essential oil: Jasmine
Goddess: Lakshmi, goddess of love, wealth and beauty
Archangel: Jophiel, the angel of beauty
Mercury going forwards again could impact your love life, since Mercury has been retrograde in your 7th House of relationships, aka your ‘love zone’. If you’ve been feeling like your love life is going slightly crazy – for example, if you and your partner have been missing each other’s calls and are having one misunderstanding after another or you just haven’t been able to connect – you now know the cause is Mercury retrograde. As Mercury changes direction, there could be a tad more strangeness and then your love life will start to make more sense. You can expect a lot less confusion and romantic madness.
