If 2026 were a song, it would be “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” by Billy Joel or the most recent cover by Fall Out Boy. Both versions thump away to a fast beat as the singers rattle off a long list of interesting people and consequential happenings. The song leaves us feeling validated. We’re not crazy; the world is, and has been, “on fire” for centuries. We should expect 2026 to deliver more than enough activity to refresh this song's lyrics once again.

When we look back at the last four times Mercury retrograded in Cancer, a specific theme emerges: hidden things surface. Whether on a global stage or at your kitchen table, the question is: What has been tucked away instead of processed out in the open?

Uranus in Gemini is the most significant information-technology transit of the century so far, and that it will reshape how humans relate to knowledge, language, intelligence, and each other in ways we are only beginning to perceive.