Mercury enters Capricorn

Mercury crosses into Capricorn on 1 January 2026 at 21:02 UTC.

An ingress is simply a body passing 0° of a sign, but it marks a genuine change of register: Mercury in Capricorn operates through earth means and at a cardinal tempo. Mercury moves quickly and changes how conversation, negotiation and thinking are conducted.

Capricorn is ruled by Saturn, so for as long as Mercury is here its behaviour is coloured by that planet as well as by its own nature.