All About The Sun In Sagittarius & Mercury Conjunct Venu

Once again, the tone shifts this week. The Sun has officially entered Sagittarius, and even while Mercury remains retrograde in Scorpio, the emotional atmosphere begins to warm. Sagittarius season brings movement, optimism, and perspective after weeks of shadow work. It pulls us out of the microscope and back into the horizon. But first, we have a story to revisit.

Today, Mercury Retrograde meets Venus in Scorpio at twenty-three degrees, a placement that vibrates with passion, honesty, and memory. Twenty-three in Scorpio connects to deep emotional patterning, where desire and attachment meet reflection and truth. This degree often signals contact from the past, people, projects, or choices that once carried magnetic weight. You may receive a message, a memory, or an invitation from someone who once knew you intimately. It could be romantic, but the same energy applies to friendships, business partners, and creative collaborators.

Mercury Retrograde governs memory and perception, and when it merges with Venus, the planet of connection, the emotional mind can drift toward nostalgia. You may romanticize what was once simply familiar. You may also recognize that something left unfinished now wants proper closure. The key is discernment, as in knowing whether this is revival or review.

Scorpio energy is absolute. When it returns, it wants depth, not small talk. If someone from the past reappears, you are being shown a reflection of your own growth. The question is not “Do I want them back?” It is “Am I still the same person who once wanted this?”

The degree of twenty-three in Scorpio asks for emotional maturity. It’s a checkpoint, a reminder that passion is never the same as purpose. Mercury Retrograde slows time so you can listen to what is really being said. Venus adds the emotional undertone. This is where we learn whether desire is rooted in truth or in habit, but we have to be honest with ourselves about both.

The Sun’s entry into Sagittarius always loosens emotional heaviness, and this week that lightness is medicine. In family dynamics, this means learning to tell the truth without setting fire to the whole table. Mercury retrograde may stir up old patterns of communication, especially around control, money, or emotional responsibility. Try to listen before defending. Scorpio energy can feel like surveillance, but Sagittarius reminds you that not every disagreement is a betrayal. Release the need to be understood perfectly and let empathy carry the conversation forward.

Mercury and Venus conjunct in Scorpio is the cosmic equivalent of someone saying, “I’ve been thinking about you.” It might come through a message, a dream, or an accidental encounter that is too precisely timed to be coincidence. Before responding, pause. The astrology this week is romantic but emotionally charged. Venus rules love and pleasure, but Scorpio demands honesty. Ask yourself if this connection represents growth or repetition. The right relationships can deepen now, while others may show that attraction alone is not enough. 

Money and emotional energy are rarely separate under Scorpio influence. Mercury retrograde in this sign often uncovers what has been unsaid in financial or professional partnerships. Review agreements carefully. Make sure your boundaries match your contributions. Venus softens this process by reminding you of value, not just in physical currency but in fairness, time, and respect. If you have outgrown a deal, a collaboration, or a spending pattern, this week marks the awareness needed to change it.

The most important reunion of this retrograde is the one happening within you. Mercury and Venus in Scorpio open a dialogue between intellect and intuition, mind and emotion. This is the moment to integrate what you have learned about your own patterns. The Sun in Sagittarius encourages forgiveness without regression, curiosity without chaos. You do not need to prove that you have evolved; you simply need to live as though you have. Self-trust returns when you stop negotiating with what no longer fits in your life.

Whether it is a former flame, an old collaborator, or a friend you drifted from, this week can bring contact. Before you decide what to do, move through these questions with honesty but above all patience. Try not to judge yourself as this is not the point, we are simply acknowledging truth.

Journal Prompts Focused On Honesty & Patience:

Does this person or opportunity align with the version of me that exists now, not the one who existed then?

Am I being drawn in by memory or by resonance?

Do I feel calm or anxious when I imagine reconnecting?

Have they shown growth through action, not apology?

What would I be risking to reengage, and is that risk aligned with my current values?

Is this return about closure or continuation?

Does this relationship bring energy back into my life or pull energy out of it?

Am I trying to heal the past or recreate it?

If nothing about them changed, would I still want this connection today?

Can I hold this lightly, or does it already feel heavy?

These reflections apply across all forms of relationship, love, business, friendship, and creative partnerships. Scorpio teaches that energy exchange is sacred. Sagittarius teaches that honesty is liberation. Use both.

Later this week, on Thursday, Saturn will station direct in Pisces. We will explore this more in the next edition, but you may already sense the shift. Saturn direct restores structure where confusion once lived. It brings form to what has been spiritually loose. The dreams that survived this retrograde season will soon require real action.

And before that happens, on Wednesday, Venus in Scorpio forms a trine to Jupiter retrograde in Cancer at twenty-five degrees. This is a softer, more romantic influence, one that balances Scorpio’s intensity with Jupiter’s generosity. It brings emotional sweetness, affection, and ease into relationships that have earned it. For some, this could mark the return of intimacy with a current partner; for others, it may spark a reconnection that feels renewed and not recycled.

If you are gathering with family for the holiday later this week, remember that Mercury is still retrograde until the 29th. Conversations can twist easily. Listen more than you speak and notice how often peace depends on restraint. After the 29th, communication begins to smooth, and you will find that what felt tangled starts to make sense again.

The Sun in Sagittarius lights a wider path after Scorpio’s emotional excavation. You are being shown that freedom does not mean avoidance, it means understanding your own motives well enough to choose with awareness this time. Mercury and Venus together reopen old doors so you can decide which ones deserve to stay open. Not every return is meant to be rejection or renewal; some are simply reminders of how much you have grown. So let that be enough!

Let this week unfold without rushing to define it all. Saturn’s upcoming station will anchor what has been drifting. Venus and Jupiter’s trine will bring warmth back into the heart and relationships. And Mercury, once direct, will help the correct words land again. For now, listen deeply, love openly, and trust that what belongs will not need convincing. So much live to you friend.

Three Mantras for This Week

I honor the past without inviting it to lead.

I listen to what my emotions reveal, not what the pangs of nostalgia suggest.

I allow new truth to reshape old stories.