Going Within: March 2026

We begin this month as Mercury - God of mind and communication - is retrograde (walking backwards in the sky from our perspective here on Earth). There's always a lot of noise about Mercury retrograde. We're warned that things within Mercury's domain: communication - movement and transportation - thought - perception - observation - our words - will be negatively affected. Things that would normally be coherent and clear, will be muddled and incomprehensible. Thoughts scattered. Communication confused. Short journeys we take will be thwarted by unforeseen complexity. Technology we rely on to learn and communicate will break. And this may be the case. We may find that we are facing problems that mean our day to day ability to navigate our world is more difficult while Mercury is walking backwards. But this is just the surface experience of a God in retrograde - and the real opportunity lies in being able to see beyond what's happening on the surface and understand what it's happening for - what's the true purpose of the experience and what it's trying to teach us?

Mercury retrograde began on the 26th of February and continues until the 20th of March when Mercury stations and turns to walk forward once again. Mercury is in Pisces - Jupiter's sign - and already compromised through being uncomfortable in a domain more concerned with flow, with submersion in the expanded perspective. Mercury likes details - the individual grains on the shore - and Pisces is the ocean. We may find that getting clear on things is much more difficult over the next few weeks. So where does the opportunity lie?

Retrograde periods can be helpfully described as times of revision. We look back, and look within, in order to resolve some areas of our lives that require a second look. Something needs to be remembered. We need to be reminded.

And this retrograde in particular asks something deeper of us because Mercury is moving through Pisces. The final sign of the zodiac where the cycle completes itself before Aries begins everything again.

Pisces sits opposite Virgo - the analyst. Virgo is where the human mind is at its most grounded. Practical, real, measurable. Scientific. Mercury is both at home and in exaltation (think best self) in Virgo. But in Pisces, Mercury must work very differently. The usual tools don't work. Things don't always have a clear answer. Communication may arrive in ways that can't be explained by the rational mind. And that can be hard to wrap the logical, rational head around!

This is where we go within. Where we begin to understand that not all communication can be fully grasped by the rational mind. There are things that arrive not through analysis but through feeling. Through dreams. Through a quiet knowing that doesn't come with evidence you can lay on a table. Something greater is at work. And there is an opportunity to tap into that. To accommodate a higher wisdom into our understanding of the everyday.

We are rational and spiritual. We live in both worlds. And right now, the sky is asking us to remember that. How we think this month is changed - softened, deepened, turned inward. And this isn't a problem to solve or a battle to overcome - it's an invitation.

Pisces is where we realise ourselves. Where the accumulated weight of experience - everything lived, everything learned - begins to settle into something like understanding. When Aries arrives, we begin again. But we begin from a truer place. A cleaner foundation.

What does this mean to work with it? How can we tap into our inner wisdom to face the challenges we are faced with during this time? And is that the point??

Practically, this might look like pausing before you fire back a response to a difficult message. Sleeping on a decision instead of forcing it. Paying attention to what keeps coming back to you - the thought that surfaces again and again, the feeling that won't quite let you go. Writing things down. Giving yourself permission to not have it all worked out yet.

The rational mind wants an answer. Pisces isn't offering one - at least not in the usual way. What it offers instead is a different kind of knowing. The fog, the lack of clarity, the confusion, has a purpose. And maybe that is the point.

So this is the undertone of the month. Before we look at what the other Gods are doing we need to be aware that this is the undercurrent we are working with. Go back. Look within. Accept that there is learning in the complexities we face, and that we're being encouraged to grow through it and not just grit our teeth and curse the confusion. It's not another painful period we must survive but rather one that we need in order to be more fully who we are and live our best life.

At the same time we approaching our second eclipse of the season - a Lunar eclipse in Virgo. Hosted by a backward facing Mercury - opposite, with The Sun, in Pisces.

Okay, disclaimer: This is as far as I got when I had time and energy to start this blog post. I am going to post it now and work on it again when I have the time and headspace to continue. For now, the day job beckons and I need to give my energy to what's paying my bills and keeping a roof over my head (for which I'm very grateful!). Check back in later for more.

We're now through the Lunar Eclipse and out of the intensity of this eclipse season. Themes that are highlighted now will continue for the next 6 months at least. Pay attention. This is showing us what we need to let go of in order to move forward with fresh and new. Lunar Eclipses are culmination energy and in Virgo this is about our daily habits. Our attention to details. If you've been martyring yourself at the expense of what you need then now is the time to change that. You are the main character in your life story. Start treating yourself as if you are. Everything outside of us is born from what's within us.

Go within to change what's without.