Mercury Retrogrades - What's Happening?

In episode 332 we present our annual year ahead astrology forecast for 2022, where we look at the major astrological alignments coming up over the next 12 months and make some predictions, with astrologers Chris Brennan, Austin Coppock, and Leisa Schaim. We spend the first 40 minutes of this episode giving an overview of some of the major transits in 2022, including the ongoing Saturn-Uranus square, Jupiter's transit through Pisces and Aries, the Jupiter-Neptune conjunction, Venus retrograde in Capricorn, Mars retrograde in Gemini, the Pluto return of the United States, and eclipses in Taurus and Scorpio. After that initial overview we then go into a more detailed breakdown of the next twelve months, breaking it up into four quarters, and spending about 40 minutes on each quarter of the year. This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. More About Chris, Austin, and Leisa Find out more about our work and offerings here: ChrisBrennanAstrologer.com AustinCoppock.com LeisaSchaim.com Honeycomb Collective Personal Almanacs and Calendars Our sponsor is the Honeycomb Collective astrological almanacs and calendars: Honeycomb.co These personalized almanacs are available in print or digital format, and include your natal transits, Hellenistic methods, solar returns, lunations, and much more! Astrology Conferences in 2022 There are two major in-person astrology conferences happening in 2022! The Northwest Astrological Conference, near Seattle, May 26-30, 2022: NORWAC.net The International Society for Astrological Research conference, happening near Denver, August 25-29, 2022: ISAR2022.org 2022 Astrology Podcast Calendars Available We recently released our annual astrology calendar posters for 2022! TheAstrologyPodcast.com/merch/ We also have some new mugs, t-shirts, and other swag on our new merch page. Auspicious Election for January The most auspicious astrological date for January is: January 27, 2022, 8:25 AM local time, with early Pisces rising For more dates in January see our subscription electional astrology podcast. For dates later in the year see our 2022 Year Ahead Electional Astrology Report! Timestamps Here are some timestamps for topics covered at different points in the episode: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:00 2022 astrology graphics 00:01:30 Overview of major astrological alignments in 2022 00:02:36 Saturn square Uranus 00:15:15 Money, cryptocurrency, and foreign digital currencies 00:17:35 Vegan alternatives and lab-grown meat 00:20:00 Jupiter in Pisces 00:20:40 Jupiter Neptune conjunction 00:26:30 The last time Jupiter was conjunct Neptune in Pisces 00:28:05 Avatar movie 00:31:59 Dreams and aspirations 00:33:40 More on Jupiter-Neptune 00:41:10 Mars-Saturn conjunction 00:47:20 Phrases for 2022 00:48:41 First quarter of 2022 00:49:40 Venus retrograde in Capricorn conjunct Pluto 01:00:29 Mercury retrograde 01:06:03 Mars in Capricorn 01:07:00 Venus conjunct Mars 01:14:09 Mercury-Pluto conjunction 01:15:55 Pluto return of the USA 01:32:47 Electional chart for January 01:37:20 February and March 01:38:23 Venus enclosed by Mars and Saturn in March 01:44:12 Honeycomb Almanac for 2022 01:47:43 Second quarter of 2022 01:49:07 April 01:50:27 Venus in Pisces 01:55:09 Solar Eclipse in Taurus 01:55:28 Venus-Jupiter conjunction in Pisces 01:55:44 Jupiter in Aries 01:58:24 Mars-Jupiter conjunction in Aries 02:03:22 May 02:03:45 Lunar eclipse in Scorpio 02:11:18 June 02:11:40 Mercury station in Taurus square Saturn 02:14:30 Saturn station in Aquarius 02:15:15 Venus in Taurus square Saturn 02:15:53 Mercury enters Gemini 02:16:59 NORWAC 2022 02:22:02 ISAR 2022 02:25:49 Third quarter of 2022 02:27:10 Mars in Taurus 02:31:14 Mars conjunct Uranus and North Node 02:34:55 The Sun under stress 02:35:41 Second exact Pluto return 02:35:55 Saturn-Uranus square 02:37:45 Saturn return of the internet