76. Mercury Retrograde Beyond the Basics: The Other Areas of Your Chart to Watch

Grab your Theme of the Year + Mini Big 3 Reading here: https://stan.store/chartedbysarahmichelle/p/mini-big-three-reading Mercury retrograde doesn't just affect the area of your chart where it's happening. It can also bring up themes from other parts of your life, which is why a retrograde can sometimes feel like it's stirring up several things at once. Understanding how Mercury rules your chart gives you another layer of context for what's coming up and what might need a second look. In this episode, Sarah and Kenzie are exploring the other areas of your life impacted by Mercury retrograde. They explain how Mercury's rulership of Gemini and Virgo connects the retrograde to two additional houses in your birth chart, creating a bigger story than the house where Mercury is actually moving backward. Tune in this week to learn which two houses Mercury rules in your chart based on your rising sign, how those areas of life might show up during every Mercury retrograde, and why the pre-shadow and post-shadow periods matter. Sarah and Kenzie walk through all 12 rising signs, sharing examples of how Mercury retrograde can bring up everything from work routines and family conversations to relationships, finances, creative projects, and career plans. What You'll Discover: Why Mercury retrograde can affect more than the house where the retrograde takes place. How Mercury's rulership of Gemini and Virgo connects two additional houses to each retrograde. How to identify your Mercury-ruled houses using your rising sign. What the pre-shadow, retrograde, and post-shadow periods mean. Why Mercury retrograde may feel more prominent for mutable rising signs and people in Mercury-ruled years. How Mercury retrograde can bring opportunities to revisit work, relationships, finances, home life, creative projects, and more. How to connect the different houses involved to understand the bigger story of a Mercury retrograde. Why retrogrades can be an opportunity to reconsider, review, and rework parts of your life rather than simply something to get through. Featured on the Show: Grab your Mercury and Venus Retrograde Guidebook: https://stan.store/chartedbysarahmichelle/p/venus--mercury-retrograde-guidebook-octdec-2026 Visit for more information: https://cosmicgroupchat.com/ Come join the chat @CosmicGroupChatPod! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cosmicgroupchatpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cosmicgroupchatpod Mentioned in this episode: Join my newsletter: Cosmic Capacity Every week, I send out Cosmic Capacity: my astrology newsletter that gives you rising sign horoscopes, breaks down the key transits, and offers simple tips for you to stay grounded and intentional, no matter what life throws your way. You can sign up by clicking here: https://stan.store/chartedbysarahmichelle