Transit Neptune Opposite Mercury: Weighing Other People's Words

Transit Neptune opposite Mercury is a period in which the information a person receives, the words they hear and the agreements they make become blurred through others. The opposition brings projection and polarity: as Neptune faces the Mercury from the other side of the chart, the fog often arrives through a partner, adviser, counterpart or the media.

What should one watch for under transit Neptune opposite Mercury?

In this period someone may try to persuade the person of a brilliant idea, investment or belief; the story being told may be incomplete or embellished. In partnerships, assuming both sides understand the same thing leads to error. On the other hand, the person also becomes skilled at sensing what others leave unsaid; empathetic listening, translation, mediation or counselling are the positive face of this aspect.

Timeline and method

Neptune opposite Mercury is felt for one to two years, and over that time the aspect usually perfects three times. On the approach mutual uncertainties accumulate, at the exact hits misunderstandings or emerging truths peak, and on the way out the person knows better whom and what to trust. Where transit Neptune conjunct Mercury is an inner mental fog, here the questions arise mostly from relationships.

Practical suggestions: putting important agreements in writing, getting an independent opinion, and reflecting back with "here is what I understood". Intuitions are valuable but not evidence on their own; when a feeling and a document disagree, it is worth looking at the document a second time. Matters of the houses Mercury rules are also more open to other people's words and interpretations now.