🌑 Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio — Collective Themes When Mercury retrogrades in Scorpio, the collective is pushed into a period of psychic excavation. Scorpio rules: • the unconscious • secrets • shadow work • transformation • shared resources • power dynamics • sexuality • emotional intensity Mercury retrograde in this sign activates a collective cycle of: 🔹 1. Revealed truths Hidden motivations, old lies, secrecy, and buried emotions come to the surface. People speak or act from deeper layers than usual. 🔹 2. Emotional purging Old attachments, obsessions, resentments, or karmic bonds rise up to be cleared. This can feel cathartic or destabilizing depending on one’s readiness. 🔹 3. Shadow communication People may project, withdraw, or become hyper-vigilant. Conversations become intense or confrontational — not superficial. 🔹 4. Deep psychological introspection Almost everyone re-evaluates what they want, what they fear, and what they cling to. 🔹 5. Transformation of relationships and contracts Power imbalances become visible. Things that were “hidden under the rug” can no longer stay buried. 🔹 6. Financial and resource-related revisions Scorpio rules shared money, debts, taxes, inheritances, investments. Collectively, this retrograde triggers revisions or exposure in these sectors. 🔹 7. Regeneration After the intensity — renewal. But Scorpio requires you to walk through the fire first.