Undoing the Lie: A Mercury Retrograde Reckoning
Secrets, Scandals, and the Fall of the Spotlight Kings. The stars align for an Epstein showdown.
On July 18, 2025, Mercury - the cosmic messenger - turns retrograde, beginning a three-week rewind that stretches until August 11.
Mercury retrograde happens a few times each year,
but this one will be decidedly different,
because this is Mercury retrograde in Leo -
the most theatrical, dramatic, ego-laced sign in the zodiac.
And Mercury only retrogrades in Leo every five or six years.
The last time it happened was July 7, 2019.
Just two days after Jeffrey Epstein was arrested.
A month later, he died in prison.
Now here we are again,
Mercury walking backward.
Epstein rising from the media grave.
Mercury doesn’t do coincidences.
It does callbacks.
This is a reckoning loop.
A karmic reprise.
And Leo governs the spotlight, the script, and the fall of kings.
This retrograde isn’t a glitch in the cosmic program.
It’s the rewrite.
Over the next three weeks, expect the gap between truth and image to rupture.
What was said will be questioned.
What was silenced will stir.
And those who built their power on performance?
They’ll find the stage floor cracking beneath their feet.
Because when Mercury goes retrograde in Leo,
the mask doesn’t just slip…..it shatters.
This Isn’t Your Usual “Lose Your Keys” Retrograde
We’ve all heard the Mercury retrograde clichés:
Lost emails. Mixed signals. Double bookings.
Technology glitches. Travel delays.
The printer jams just as you hit “print”.
Sure, that stuff still happens…..but that’s just surface static.
This time, Mercury isn’t just messing with your calendar.
He’s messing with the narrative.
Because when Mercury reverses in Leo, it doesn’t just tangle wires.
It tears the mask off the character.
This retrograde isn’t a random glitch.
It’s a cosmic callback.
The story is unfinished.
The script is being redrafted.
The silence is cracking.
So forget the Mercury retrograde memes. This one’s about:
False narratives unraveling
Old voices resurfacing with new receipts
Leaders losing the plot under pressure
Institutional spin coming undone
Big egos taking hard, public falls
And at the heart of it all, one blazing Leo truth:
What was hidden in plain sight is about to be said,
loudly, publicly, and with teeth.
This isn’t about your broken GPS.
This is about the collapsing illusion of power.
This is about the undoing of the lie.
Key Dates to Watch
On July 18, Mercury stations retrograde at 15° Leo, and the drama begins. Ego meets review.
Then on July 25, the Sun opposes Pluto, which ignites major power struggles, narrative implosions, institutional collapse.
A few days later on July 31, Mercury is conjunct with the Sun, which is likely when clarity arrives, confessions land and the spotlights shift.
By August 11, Mercury stations direct again and the new script gets locked in.
Who’s in the Hot Seat
Globally, watch:
Politicians backtrack and contradict themselves
Celebrity scandals resurface
Social movements reignite
Legal statements get amended
Media outlets caught in misreporting
And on the personal level, anyone who’s been pretending, performing, or placating is likely to get called out, especially in leadership roles, creative fields, or relationships built on projection.
Mercury Retrograde in Leo: The Archetype
Leo is the sign of royalty, recognition, and reputation. It rules the spotlight, the stage, and the stories we tell to feel worthy of love.
When Mercury - the planet of language, memory, and message - turns retrograde in Leo, we’re no longer just revisiting miscommunications. We’re revisiting performances.
This is the archetype of the falling king, the cracked mask, the unscripted confession. It forces us to reckon with identity built on illusion, leadership built on charisma, and voices that have been curated instead of lived.
In Leo, Mercury doesn’t just whisper secrets - it projects them.
So what comes back during a retrograde like this isn’t just old emails or exes.
What comes back is the part of ourselves (and our leaders) that has been performing for too long.
This is the myth of greatness unraveling.
The roar of truth from a silenced heart.
The quiet collapse of everything done for applause.
And if you're paying attention, this is the moment the real story finally starts to speak.
The Epstein/Trump of it all
The last time Mercury retrograded in Leo, Jeffrey Epstein had just been arrested.
A man who built a false empire on manipulation, illusion, and silence.
Two days later, Mercury began its backwards dance through the sign of performance, legacy, and public downfall.
A month later, Epstein died in custody under suspicious circumstances, spawning global conspiracy theories, unsealed indictments, and a thousand pixelated “client list” memes.
It was the beginning of the end.
But not the end.
Back in 2019, Mercury retrograde in Leo lit up the charts of all the major players in Epstein’s orbit. Epstein’s chart was on fire, of course, but so were the charts of Ghislaine Maxwell, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Bill Barr, Lex Wexner, Leon Black, Ehud Barak, Prince Andrew, and Alan Dershowitz. Even the charts for the CIA, FBI, DOJ, and Mossad were activated.
Now, six years later, with Mercury retrograde in Leo once again, Epstein’s name is back in the headlines, and every single one of those charts is being activated again.
I kid you not.
We are living through the sequel.
The long-awaited finale.
The retrograde is the same, but the sky is not.
This sky is weaponized.
Pluto is in Aquarius now - the structures are cracking from the outside.
Saturn’s in Aries - there are no more referees, only consequences.
Uranus is in Gemini - truth is viral, secrets are code, and the whistleblowers are online.
This will not be a normal retrograde.
It will be a reckoning.
Leo retrogrades always bring revision. They ask:
What performance is no longer working?
Who’s clinging to a spotlight built on illusion?
What story are we finally ready to tell out loud?
For Donald Trump, Mercury’s reversal hits hard - directly on his natal Mars and Ascendant in Leo. The persona is cracking. The performance is unraveling. The mask doesn’t fit anymore.
There’s no hiding behind the stage lights when the projector breaks and the audience starts shouting for a refund.
For Ghislaine Maxwell (Epstein’s now-jailed partner) this retrograde hits close to the bone. Expect headlines, emotional volatility, legal memory tests, and behind-the-scenes pressure. She’s at risk of slipping, cracking, or revealing just enough to reignite global interest.
This isn’t a safe retrograde for Maxwell.
This is the reckoning chapter.
As for the rest of the characters tangled in Epstein’s web - I’ve written about each of them and their charts at length in the Inner Circle post below:
As for the United States itself - this retrograde lands right on the U.S. North Node in Leo, demanding a confrontation with performative patriotism, power idolatry, and a century of unresolved karmic contracts with truth and deception.
These next three weeks will be seismic - for Trump, for Maxwell, for the American myth machine, and for anyone still clinging to the lie.
For You, Dear Reader…..Undoing Your Lie
This retrograde is not your usual “oops-I-sent-it-to-the-wrong-person” Mercury moment. This is deeper. This is personal theater. And Leo doesn’t whisper - it projects.
So, you can expect:
Old roles to feel ridiculous
Stories you've told about yourself to feel off and outdated
Parts you’ve played for love, survival, or approval to suddenly itch like a bad costume
This Mercury retrograde invites you to rewrite your script.
Not the polished one you show the world.
The real one - still scribbled in pencil, still raw, still unfinished.
Ask yourself:
Who am I when I’m not trying to win applause?
What truth have I edited out of my story to make others comfortable?
What would it mean to speak, act, or create from pure, unfiltered presence?
This retrograde may surface past words,
old lovers, former versions of yourself.
Let them come.
Let them speak.
But don’t let them steer.
They’re not here to reclaim the stage.
They’re here to remind you of the plot.
A Note for the Truth-Tellers
If you’ve been silenced, sidelined, or scapegoated,
this retrograde could start to turn the tide.
You might not get your justice this week.
But make no mistake, the cosmic court is convening.
Your story is no longer trapped in the shadows.
And the louder they lie, the more the field begins to bend toward exposure.
If your life blew up because someone lied.….
If you were erased while others spun their headlines.….
If you lost everything because the world preferred a prettier story.….
Mercury in Leo is back to say:
The curtain is lifting.
The field is tilting.
The spotlight is swinging your way.
This retrograde is for you.
Speak carefully.
Live loudly.
Write like the truth will echo forever.
Let others chase the stage lights.
You stay tethered to truth.
Speak when it strengthens.
Pause when it protects.
And remember….
what falls apart now was never built to last.
Want to go deeper?
There’s more to reveal about which major players will fell the heat most in this coming retrograde. [Step into the Inner Circle →]
My intention in my writing is to lessen the climate of fear around world events by offering clarity and cosmic context for what’s unfolding; to bring context to the chaos. I believe our highest calling right now is to anchor in the vibration of love & truth and call in a more beautiful world, and to do that, we must lean out of fear. I hope you read this with an open, uplifted heart.
❤️🙏Oh boy! So good I gotta restack🍿💫TY wiz👍😉
Fascinating! The Cosmos is the great teacher and we have a lot to learn.