The Herald’s Crown: Mercury moves Direct in Leo.

On August 11th 2025, Mercury ends its retrograde and turns direct in Leo. The air shifts, thoughts begin to find their rhythm again, and words land with more ease. In Leo, Mercury takes on the tone of a storyteller, a poet, and a herald. This is speech that carries itself like a royal procession, each phrase dressed in light, each thought aware of its own strength. Until September 2nd 2025, Mercury will walk this golden road, inviting us to speak with pride, to write with courage, and to listen with the kind of attention that honors the speaker as much as the words.

This day does not stand alone. On the very same day, Venus and Jupiter meet in the fertile waters of Cancer. The great benevolent join in a moment of shared abundance, a dance that blends love with wisdom, beauty with generosity. This softens Mercury’s air and speed. It gives a warmth that draws others near. Under this influence, the messages we send out into the world can carry the brightness of the mind and the tenderness of the heart in equal measure.

Is the golden light of dawn and Mercury soars with grace. While Jupiter, Venus, and Pluto stand awestruck in wonder. In forward motion bold he goes, as planets gaze, a timeless tale retold.

Only two days before, on the 9th of August, the Full Moon in Aquarius rose opposite the Sun in Leo, holding Pluto close. That Moon may have revealed something about the tension between self and community, about the weight of truth and the need for transformation. It may have illuminated places where old patterns no longer fit, where something deeper called to be acknowledged.

Now, with Mercury moving forward, Venus and Jupiter embracing, and the echo of that Full Moon still in the air, there is an invitation to weave it all together. To speak what you know without losing kindness. To share ideas that inspire, yet leave room for others to bring their own brilliance. To let your truth be both steady and gracious.

This is a sky that asks for courage in expression, not as a performance, but as a way of meeting the world fully. The herald wears the crown not to stand above, but to stand within, to carry messages that honor both the sovereignty of the self and the shared hearth we all tend together.

Much love to all, Valentina.