Mercury is Messing With You Again. And No, It’s Not in Retrograde.

Welcome to the Mercurian realm of renewal. But what you’re experiencing is not Mercury retrograde. It’s the planet of the mind dancing with the Sun in what’s known as Mercury cazimi. With the cosmos forever dancing far above our heads and our reach, what does this movement mean for us? And perhaps a more interesting question to ask is, what does it bring us? The answer, in short, the immense potency of this conjunction brings renewal to our psyches.

What is Mercury Cazimi?

Derived from the Arabic word kaṣmīmī, cazimi translates to “in the heart.” The term is commonly applied to the moment a planet moves into the heart of the Sun, or more specifically, within a one-degree conjunction with the Sun.

A conjunction, in astrological terms, is the coming together of planets or cosmic bodies in such close proximity that they are effectively one. Their energies intertwine. Their intentions mingle. Their influence and medicine, which were two separate streams, commingle to create a singular frequency of cosmic consciousness that momentarily emanates through our star system and our bodies.

The Sun is the center of consciousness. Situated at the center of our solar system, it is our identity, our vitality, and our life essence. Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, rules the mind, perception, communication, mental processing, inspiration, thought, and learning. Mercury also exists in service to the Sun. But when it meets its cazimi, Mercury receives the essence of the Sun. It becomes infused with potency, consciousness, vitality, and expansion. It essentially starts a new chapter of its becoming.

What Mercury Cazimi Means for You

To explore the meaning and invitations of Mercury cazimi, and anything in astrology, one must first understand certain foundational beliefs. Astrology is built upon the perspective of interconnectedness. There is a belief that we exist in a realm in which we are one with all, including the cosmos.

From this perspective, the rebirth of Mercury isn’t happening only outside of us. It is happening within us. And it is offering us something. That something is inspiration, an expanded perspective, clarity, and a renewal of our thoughts. It is offering new insights, vaster awareness, and heightened intuition.

The timing of this cazimi makes it especially potent as it meets us just days after the lunar eclipse and full Moon in Pisces. It’s an invitation to update our conscious awareness of all that has been moving, shifting, and transforming beneath the surface and within the unseen realms that Pisces represents.

Astrologically speaking, we are held within an intensely transformative season, and this cazimi offers our minds an opportunity to catch up with who we are becoming, how life is changing around us, what new dreams are forming within our hearts, what new inspirations we are becoming an energetic match for, and what new perspectives are ready to be seen.

When is Mercury Cazimi?

Given that Mercury orbits close to the Sun and is a fast-moving planet, this conjunction isn’t unusual and typically occurs several times a year. The upcoming Mercury cazimi takes place on September 13, 2025. Before the end of the year, another cazimi will take place during Mercury retrograde on November 20, 2025.

What Mercury Cazimi Means for You

The upcoming cazimi takes place in the constellation Virgo, which is ruled by Mercury and amplifies the intensity you may feel as well as the measure of medicine that is ready to flow through you. Your Virgo friends, in particular, will benefit from the immense potency of this cazimi.

Move with this day by connecting with whatever allows you to open your mind, connect with vaster ways of seeing, and move within your mental realm. Visioning, journaling, meditating, speaking with your higher self or life itself, playing with aspirational ideas, and reaching into the cosmic realms of inspiration can be helpful. Let yourself be  nurtured and enlivened, enthused and healed. As you do so, you explore where Mercury cazimi wants to take you. Read for your rising sign.

Aries Rising

Mercury cazimi shows you a different way to know yourself and your humanity by reminding you that each action taken is sacred. How can you act as though life is sacred and your body is a temple? When you embody this knowing, what changes in how you live?

Taurus Rising

Your mind, your body, your being, and your existence are all a direct channel through which creation itself wants to move. Open yourself to inspiration and how it wants to move through you. This cazimi asks you to show how playful existence can be.

Gemini Rising

This cazimi brings the kind of perspectives that expand not just the mind but the entire body. It brings the kind of expansion that reverberates into the psyche and shifts both the conscious and unconscious foundations of your existence. As you allow your mind to expand into higher perspectives, bring your inner child with you and show them a new way to see.

Cancer Rising

Your mind is an entire world unto itself. Just as life itself is evolution, the world of your mind is the same. And this cazimi is a day of heightened evolution. A day to clear the older structures of your thinking. A day to welcome in new perspectives, ideas, and thought patterns.

Leo Rising

You are worthy. You can read that, hear that, maybe even say that, but Mercury cazimi wants you to not only know this truth but embody it. It wants you to take the knowledge of your innate value into the way you carry yourself through life in a way that informs your every decision, thought, and perspective.

Virgo Rising

Your old stories gone. Your inner critic evolved into a voice of support. Your outgrown identities released. Your perspectives taken on from others sent back to their origin. This cazimi offers a threshold within your continued evolution. You are changing—and this day offers your awareness an update into that changed and changing self. Let yourself be surprised at who you are now.

Libra Rising

This cazimi invites your intuition closer. Where it can take up more space in your everyday life so it can lead with greater trust. It emphasizes the truth that your are not living only within the realm of our five senses. There is another unseen layer to life that you are also designed to navigate and create with.

Scorpio Rising

Lean into ideas, inspiration, and visions. As if a world you could step into where all ideas and potentials exist. Which excite you? Which feel like your heart? Which belong in your future? It’s a day to expand your mind into the infinite spaciousness of the cosmos, speak with your future self, and dance with inspiration.

Sagittarius Rising

Let your heart speak through your mind. What matters to you? What do you want to share with this world? How do you want to feel in the process? It’s a broad perspective kind of day, one that asks you to widen your perspective of possibility so you can arrive upon your chosen purpose and impact.

Capricorn Rising

Life is always speaking to you through synchronicity, silence, and your experiences. On this day, the speaking becomes louder. Gone are any old perspectives and narratives that keep you from directly communicating with life and discerning a sense of meaning, wisdom, and belonging. It’s now a chapter where your connection to spirituality, truth, and life itself is created from the inside out.

Aquarius Rising

This day isn’t about outward expansion but inward exploration. Consider it a rebirth of your psyche. As you explore your emotional body and the innermost layers that inform each moment of your existence, you’ll find the entire cosmos within you.

Pisces Rising

Let the expansive qualities of Mercury cazimi move through you. Let this readiness move through your mind, updating the stories you hold around love. Let your heart receive and share more love, whether with yourself, another, or life itself. Let the experience of cazimi be about cleansing, reconnecting, and realigning these two parts of you.