So there are some things that we may never know, some things we are not supposed to know, but some things we will know when Mercury turns direct (the 20th). Over the coming week be aware that there will almost certainly be things bubbling under the surface or taking shape behind the scenes.
In traditional astrology Scorpio is one of the “mute” signs and as Derek Appleby wrote in his wonderful book Horary Astrology (the astrology specifically for questions) “Mercury retrograde can indicate that there is more information to come; but also when mute signs are prominent it can show that not all has been revealed. The more (planets) that occupy the mute signs the more likelihood there is of secrecy.”
Mercury loops backwards for three weeks at a time, three times a year. The textbook definition for these times is “problems with transport and communication”, which is basically a huge umbrella for the myriad of things that we do in our day to day lives.
We’re now up to our necks in the sign of Fixed Water. Mutable Pisces is like the babbling brook or the endless ocean, Pisceans are those glimmering fish, graceful, elusive or slippery, but Fixed Scorpio is the pond with life teeming in its unseen depths, it’s the hardness and resilience of ice, it’s the Scorpion with the deadly sting in the tail. There is nothing wishy-washy about this sign.
Scorpio also nearly always carries a tag of secrecy or privacy. So this is not a Mercury that announces its plans to the world or wears its heart on its sleeve. Keep important things under wraps and think twice about what you post on social media. Sensitive issues are about to get even touchier and this is not a time to upset anyone unnecessarily or to make enemies.