Art by Ithell Colquhoun, 1946
Mercury’s final retrograde adventure of this year is the deepest, married to the extended Venusian version of the journey that will end in shared release from different signs. Tandem underworlds that will not let heart nor head escape their cosmic influence and its occulted designs on life. Most of our shadow boxing is borne of resistance and denial, baring little resemblance to the true nature of the ghosts that haunt our solitude and the darkest recesses of our minds. Merc is coming for all of that and more as he calls as the ghosts to the yard.
Every retrograde has a distinct choreography and Merc’s is always a batshit crazy tale told in three weeks. This first stretch is deliberate scramble and the kind of exigenic chaos that taunts you into jumping at shadows instead of tending them. The tech snafu most likely could take down governments, markets, worlds as we know them and will unleash an AI army of forks into the machine.
Don’t baulk, Merc in Scorp needs you inscrutable. Don’t panic, Merc in Scorp needs your eyes in. Pace yourself, Merc in Scorp needs your stamina too. The psychopomp may well lead us astray but it’s only the long way underground…
From the October Star Calendar // Mercury retrograde until November 14, turning direct on the same day as Venus.
Art by Ithell Colquhoun, our October (Libran) surrealist whose work is featured throughout this month’s calendar, lest we forget the vast depth of human genius and artistic endeavour.
Words c. Kerrie Basha 2026 ⚔️Bohomofo remains an AI Free Zone