In the wee hours of July 18th, Mercury, our planet of communication and exchange, lip service and slander, poetry and sexting, goes retrograde at 15° of Leo.

The very first and only connection Mercury retrograde will make is on the day of its shift. In the afternoon of July 18, Mercury will make a supporting connection to the love planet, Venus, in frenetic Gemini. So many things can go wrong here in partnerships — from miscommunications to overthinking in partnership to saying the wrong thing entirely.