Imagine taking a meticulously preplanned romantic tandem bike ride and Mercury, that little rascal, decides to abscond with the bicycle's map and toss it into the wind. That's Mercury in Libra square your composite Saturn in Cancer for you.

With Mercury, the eternal trickster, winking from harmonious Libra, communication in your relationship should be a graceful ballet. Instead, it feels like navigating a mall on Black Friday. You notice an undercurrent of frustration when articulating thoughts to each other. Time to blame Mercury. Or alternatively, consider the bigger, growth-prompting picture.

Your Saturn in Cancer wants nothing more than emotional stability. You yearn for each other to be a reliable sanctuary; alas, Mercury wants to spill the secret that nobody is an island. Neither of you should be the other's entire, 24/7 emotional lighthouse, especially during those stormy 'Feeling Sorry for Myself' evenings. You are each wonderful as you are, not as eternal mood life-savers.

This transit might feel like being lost in translation meets déjà vu all over again. That's because Saturn is the cosmic tutor, testing your emotional communication skills during this period. But why not RSVP 'Maybe Next Time' to these cosmic pop quizzes?

Let's practice this mental shift: instead of feeling exasperated, picture Mercury slyly grinning each time he makes you fumble your words, adding an invisible comedic scoring. Like a blooper reel for the documentary of your relationship. Remember, a perfect relationship would be like a rom-com with a predictable plot. Boring, huh?

A little advice? Deep breaths. Patience. Practice articulating thoughts privately before communicating them to your partner. Misunderstandings are just scrambled pieces of a conversation that got tossed in the air by Mercury and fell on the floor.

Squaring with Mercury in the sign of balanced Libra could bring some hilariously failed attempts at diplomacy. Serious diplomacy tip: speak, pause, listen, rinse, repeat. The key point? Remember to laugh. Even when Mercury decides to throw emotional curveballs via Saturn. After all, with Mercury's prankster spirit, it's meant to be a comedy, not a tragedy.

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