The last Mercury retrograde of 2025 on November 9 will make you question everything you know

In astrological parlance, Mercury retrograde is one of the most notorious celestial events as Mercury is considered a troublemaker, a provocateur, a no-gooder. So when the planet enters the last retrograde of 2025 from November 9 to November 29, the question inevitably arises: Are we in for good or bad?

Jetteke van Lexmond, co-founder of the Moonsisters and their lunar calendar, gives the all-clear. “November is a month of deceleration: a sacred in-between space where time itself seems to breathe. It’s as if the universe is gently pressing the pause button before we enter winter,” she says.

Mercury retrograde shakes up old beliefs

When Mercury goes retrograde on November 9, it does so “first in the fiery, yearning sign of Sagittarius (until November 19) and then in mysterious, transformative Scorpio (from November 19 to 29),” van Lexmond says. This retrograde reminds us that the truth no longer reveals itself outside of us, but wants to be heard from within. “What we thought we knew is being revised. What we feel is refined,” the moon expert adds. “Old beliefs may be shaken—not to confuse us, but to make room for deeper knowledge.”

During the last retrograde of the year, Mercury slows down the rhythm of thought and language. Van Lexmond reveals, “We are invited to turn inwards, to the silent source from which words arise. Here, in the stillness of the mind, we can feel what we really want to say. Not to speak in order to answer, but to make a connection. Not to listen to understand, but to feel what remains unspoken.”

During Mercury retrograde, you are confronted with the unspoken

The weeks following the start and end of Mercury retrograde will revolve around “visions, truth and inner light, but also about rethinking the essentials behind our words and reconnecting with them,” says the moon expert. “It is the silence of the soul that now speaks louder than the voice of the world,” she adds.

Mercury retrograde in the sign of Sagittarius is now prompting us to question our previous convictions. Or as van Lexmond puts it: “Where do we speak out of fear and where out of trust?” Under the influence of Scorpio, this energy dives even deeper in the second half of Mercury retrograde. “We are confronted with the hidden levels of communication—the unspoken emotions, the words that have never been said but can still be felt between the lines.” It is a time of purification through language, of rediscovering the magic that lies in honest expression. If we really listen, we can finally hear what has always been there: the voice of the soul whispering: ‘The truth is here’.”

This article first appeared on Vogue.de

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