The first Mercury retrograde of 2025 is here, and this one is going down — or slowing down, in the insolent, fire-breathing sign of Aries and the idealistic, hallucinogenic tidal pools of Pisces.

As Mercury is your ruling planet, Gemini, when Aries sets a match to it — you feel the flames most acutely. Mercury in Aries highlights your 11th house of community and causes.