Mercury Retrograde: November 9 – 29, 2025: Rewriting Your Story Beneath The Surface
The Messenger Turns Backward
Once again, Mercury—the planet of communication, travel, and thought—slows its wings and begins to drift backward through the night sky. From November 9 to November 29, 2025, we enter the final Mercury Retrograde of the year, a cycle of reflection, revision, and rediscovery.
Mercury’s pre-shadow begins around October 21, when we start feeling those familiar ripples: misplaced emails, schedule hiccups, words said too soon or not soon enough. But the true retrograde starts on November 9, when Mercury stations in Sagittarius, before gliding back into Scorpio—where it will station directly on November 29. The post-shadow phase lingers until about December 16, allowing the story to slowly resolve.
Sagittarius To Scorpio: The Shift Of Story And Shadow
This particular retrograde carries dual energy. In Sagittarius, Mercury invites us to re-examine what we believe—our philosophies, our sense of direction, our long-held “truths.” It's time to ask: Do my beliefs still match who I’ve become?
As Mercury slips back into Scorpio, the tone deepens. Secrets rise. Conversations turn intimate and revealing. We’re called to explore hidden emotions, unfinished healing, and the things left unsaid. Scorpio doesn’t fear the dark—it transforms through it. This transition reminds us that growth often comes through the willingness to rewrite what we thought was already finished.
What It Means For Creatives And Dreamers
For writers, artists, and cozy-mystical makers alike, Mercury Retrograde isn’t a curse—it’s an invitation.
This season, take it as permission to:
- Revisit unfinished projects and breathe new magic into them.
- Refine your brand story, blog drafts, and creative offerings.
- Review your website, shop listings, and shipping systems before the holiday rush.
- Reflect on your message—what truth are you really speaking to your readers and followers?
Mercury Retrograde is the cosmic editor, urging you to polish, pause, and perfect rather than push something prematurely into the world.
Practical Witchcraft For A Smooth Retrograde
A few mindful rituals and practical steps can help you glide through this cosmic rewind with grace:
- Double-check communications. Re-read important emails, contracts, and captions before sending.
- Build extra time into travel, appointments, and shipping. The unexpected will flow more easily when you plan for it.
- Back up your work. Words and ideas are Mercury’s domain—keep your writings, digital art, and documents safe.
- Revisit the past. Old journals, poems, or projects may hold keys for your current creative direction.
- Do your shadow work. Scorpio’s influence asks: What truth have you been avoiding? What story deserves closure?
- Speak slowly, listen deeply. Mercury governs the voice—when the current turns inward, reflection replaces reaction.
A Cozy Witch’s Reflection
Picture yourself in your reading nook: tea steaming beside you, candles flickering against a storm-gray window. The air hums with the whisper of fallen leaves and unseen change.
As Mercury retraces its steps, so too do we—back through our words, our relationships, our creative choices. It’s not regression; its refinement. The universe hands us an editing pen and says, “Try again. Say it clearer this time.”
As Mercury begins its backwards walk, ask yourself:
"What story of mine needs a second draft?”
Let the pages of your past whisper what still wants to be voiced. Rewrite the narrative from a place of wisdom rather than wound. There is power in the pause, and transformation in the return.
Closing Reflections
Mercury Retrograde in November 2025 invites a deep alchemy—moving from Sagittarius’s search for truth into Scorpio’s journey through shadow. It’s a dance between light and dark, between knowing and becoming.
This is not the time to fear miscommunication or lost files—it’s the time to realign your message. To step back, breathe, and remember that reflection is also forward motion.
Brew your favorite tea, gather your thoughts like scattered autumn leaves, and let this retrograde help you rewrite your story—one mindful word at a time.
By Candlelight,
HN Staples
“Mercury slows—the pen hovers, words return like ghosts asking to be spoken differently. The moon listens as we rewrite our truths, not to erase them, but to remember with gentler hands. We are not lost—only finding the paragraph where our souls paused.” -HN Staples
