Mercury passes into Cancer on 9 June 2025 at 00° of the sign and shall remain so until 26 June, when it enters Leo. For this time, the mind goes down to the stomach. Words take on emotion, communication becomes charged with instinct and subjectivity, and decisions are made on the basis of "feel" rather than "logically must".
What does Mercury in Cancer in the natal horoscope mean?
Mercury in Cancer shows a person with a strong emotional intelligence, strong memory and ability to listen behind the words. Thought and logic are linked to the past, to personal experiences, to the need for protection. These individuals express themselves with tenderness, care through speech, but find it difficult when they have to be objective or distance themselves.
What does it mean collectively?
During Mercury's transit through Cancer, the way we communicate on a collective level is affected. Dialogues become more emotional, the agenda turns to issues of security, home, family, emotional protection and country. Words gain weight when they touch emotions. However, subjectivity and lack of composure can lead to misunderstandings or victimisation.
Mercury aspects in Cancer in 2025
June 9 - Mercury in Cancer at 00°
Mercury's entry into the sign of the zodiac activates a new beginning in communication. It changes the collective way of thinking.
June 9 - Mercury square Saturn at 00°59' Cancer - Aries
A day with emotional weight, restrictions on expression and strictness in words. Responsibilities weigh on thoughts, and communication is cold or guilt-ridden. Affected Cancers, Capricorns, Aries and Libras in the first ten days. A good day for serious decisions, but not for romantic beginnings.
June 10 - Mercury square Neptune at 02° Cancer - Aries
Confusion is at its peak. It is prevailing ambiguity, illusions, delusions or lies, especially in relationships that have emotional depth or family issues. You need clarity and clear intentions. Particularly affected are impulsive signs of the first signs of the zodiac.
June 11 - Mercury sextile Venus at 05° Cancer - Taurus
The first breath after the difficult blocks. Contact with tenderness, beauty, reconciliation and romance. A good day for flirting, agreements, invitations or relationship discussions with courtesy and care. Favors Cancers, Taurus, Capricorns and Scorpios of the first days.
June 21 - Mercury trine North Node at 22° Cancer - Pisces
Karmic discussions, directional realizations, important meetings with people who have something to teach you. An ideal day for psychic journeys and therapeutic discourse. Benefit Cancers, Pisces, Capricorns and Virgo of the third decanate.
June 26 - Mercury sextile Uranus at 29° Cancer - Taurus
The last aspect before Mercury leaves Cancer. A renewal of ideas, unexpected solutions, sudden contacts or new ideas that change emotional circumstances. Good time to combine the old with the newemotion with intelligence. Beneficiaries Cancers, Taurus, Scorpios and Capricorns of the last days.
June 26 - Mercury in Leo
Mercury leaves Cancer and moves into a more expressive, dramatic and creative mood.
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Aries
Mercury in Cancer brings you closer to issues home, family and security, since it illuminates the area of your past and your inner foundations. Your thoughts return to childhood experiences or family issues that need resolution, while discussions with parents or relatives take on weight. You may seek solutions around travel related to residence, graphical housing cases or even buying and selling or renting real estate.
In the professional field, those engaged in the household goods trade are favoured, furniture, decorative, construction or technical work on houses. It's a time when you think more about your personal stability, you express yourself emotionally and become more receptive to family dialogues, either to reunite or to clear up outstanding issues. Thinking becomes emotional and the mind turns to what makes you feel protected.
Taurus
Mercury entering Cancer activates your communications, the immediate environment, the short distance travel, the conversations with siblings or neighbours, as well as the education, writing or commerce. It is a period that favours you to speak with sweetness and intimacy, to settle small daily issues and to sort out information that has an emotional charge.
If you work in areas such as publishing, transport, teaching, trading or advertising, you can see progress through human relationships. Conversations with siblings or relatives become important as they bring you closer or reveal deeper issues. Your speech has depth and emotion, and this is a good time to write, negotiate or send a message that expresses your heart.
Gemini
With Mercury in Cancer, your interest turns to issues money, resources, savings and income management. It is a time to think more emotionally and instinctively about your values - not only financial but also moral values. You may be in the process of organizing your finances better, seeking solutions to household expenses, or talk to partners about salary and practical matters.
At the same time, Claim what you feel you deserve, whether it's money or an emotional response. It's a good time for those who work in banking, insurance, accounting, real estate or trade in food and essentials. Communication becomes more attentive, thinking turns to what makes you feel adequate, and news may come in that is related to practical safety ή property matters.
Cancer
Mercury in your sign gives you eloquence, sensitivity, persuasion and an inner need to talk about what you've been keeping quiet. Your thinking is quick but not superficial - it touches emotions, synthesizes memories and brings up words that carry weight. It is an ideal time for personal confessions, to write or speak in a public or private context, but also to psychic introspection through writing or expression.
Professionally, you are favoured in consultancy services, therapies, artistic or emotional writing, education, saleswhile your presence convinces without shouting. You think about yourself, your identity, your path. Others listen to you more carefully and you have the power to speak truthfully. Your inner monologue, however, is just as powerful - and can bring changes to your self-image.
Leo
Mercury in Cancer activates the subconscious thoughts, the fears, the behind-the-scenes, the inner voice. It's a time when you don't want to talk so much as to process what hasn't been said. Your memory is getting stronger, but you may be burdened by memories that need to be taken care of, cleared or discharged. The secret contacts or the backstage discussions are also possible scenarios.
A good time for psychoanalysis, writing, artistic work with emotional material, or simply for inner detoxification. If you're active in areas nursing, welfare, psychological support, spiritual guidance, you will have insight and empathy. It is also a time to let go of old ways of thinking and make peace with yourself.
Virgo
The transit of Mercury through Cancer opens social doors, invites new acquaintances or brings reconnection with friends who have drifted apart. You communicate with people who belong to the same psychic circle and feel more accepted. Your ideas for the future become more inspiring but also more emotionally charged. Your goals are no longer so technical - they have faces, names, emotional weight.
Suitable period for collective initiatives, group participation, networking, partnerships, and more generally to share ideas that can help others. If you are active in group projects, social networks, humanitarian actions or even marketing, you have opportunities to express yourself with empathy. Your thinking works not only for you, but also for the common good.
Libra
As Mercury passes into Cancer, your thoughts turn strongly towards the your career, your social image and your responsibilities. The way you express yourself in a professional environment becomes more emotional, and your decisions are now influenced by the need to feel that you have substance and meaning in what you do. This is a good time for professional presentations, public speaking, strategic communications or applications related to evolution.
The conversations with superiors, employers or parental figures gain emotional depth, and you may feel the need to prove your worth, not only with results, but also with your heart. If you are active in areas education, management, culture or careyou can gain appreciation. It's a time to show your depth without being afraid of your emotional side.
Scorpio
Your mind opens up, travels, seeks meaning and perspective. With Mercury in Cancer, your desire for knowledge, travel, study, contact with foreign cultures or spiritual guidance. You may want to explore new ideas, plan a trip or write about something that has emotional significance for you. This is not the time for "dry" facts - you want words that inspire and open the soul.
Η faith, philosophy, vision and your inner truth play a leading role. If you work in studies, writing, religion, legal or cultural works, your speech becomes more inspiring and receptive. You may have contacts with people from afar or seek guidance from mentors and people with life experience. This is a time when you are forming a more emotional worldview.
Sagittarius
Mercury's entry into Cancer pushes you to think in depth and not in breadth. You are not so much interested in light conversation as you are in conversations that have depth, truth and a strong emotional charge. Themes are activated financial obligations, common funds, hereditary or psychic reserves, while you are in the process of better understanding your needs in terms of commitment, trust and emotional exchange.
The discussions about money, investments or psychological burdens are possible, as is the tendency to revisit what is left open from the past - an old relationship, a wound, an unfinished business. If you are working with tax, contracts, financing, psychological support or therapeutic professionsyour insight sets you apart. It's not an easy time, but it gives you the tools to go deeper into yourself and others.
Capricorn
With Mercury opposite you, the emphasis is on relationships, partnerships, negotiations and dialogues that determine your balance. It is a period when communication with important people - partner, partners, friends or rivals - acquires emotional depth. You may need to revisit together issues that have been left open or to express needs that you have been holding inside.
Your speech becomes more convincing when it is associated with care, understanding and respect. You are especially favoured if you are active in legal procedures, mediation, coaching or public relations, as you have the ability to manage conflicts with diplomacy. At the same time, it's a good place to start new relationships with an emotional perspective or reinforce existing ones through dialogue.
Aquarius
Mercury in Cancer brings you closer to the your daily tasks, work, health and routinesbut giving emotional colour to what you might have previously treated mechanically. Your thoughts turn to how you can improve your daily life in practical but caring ways. If you work with service, care, accounting or technical professions, is a period of much information and negotiation.
You may need to emphasize your physical and mental balance, and adopt healthier or alternative options to support your nervous system. Your travel is increasing, so are your commitments, but there is potential for organization. Favourable and discussions about pets, routine issues or cooperation at practical levels.
Pisces
For you, Mercury in Cancer is like soft music that pushes you to express yourself with imagination, inspiration and heart. Issues are activated creativity, love, children, flirting and joy, with a strong need for authentic expression and emotional exchange. You want to talk about what you love, what inspires you, what makes you smile - but in a way that has soul.
If you work in artistic, educational, therapeutic or pedagogical environments, you can stand out, as your communication touches others in depth. It is also a time when love is born through words, looks, writing or songs, and there may be dialogue about children or a pregnancy. Express yourself without filters - others want to hear what you hide in your heart.
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