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rograde shadow period, which began on October 21, 2025, and it will officially turn retrograde on November 9, 2025, at 6°51′ Sagittarius. The retrograde will end when it stations direct on November 29, 2025, in Scorpio, and will end its post-shadow period on December 16, 2025. This period is associated with potential issues in communication, travel, and technology.
October 2025
October 21: Mercury enters its pre-retrograde shadow period, which is when the effects of the upcoming retrograde may start to be felt.
November 2025
November 9: Mercury officially stations retrograde at 6°51′ Sagittarius.
November 18: Mercury begins its retrograde motion back into Scorpio.
November 29: Mercury stations direct at 20°42′ Scorpio.
December 2025
December 16: Mercury finishes its post-retrograde shadow period, and its influence returns to normal.
What to expect during Mercury Retrograde.
Communication issues: Expect potential misunderstandings or a need to rephrase things clearly.
Technology problems: There may be a higher chance of glitches, malfunctions, or data loss.
Travel delays: Delays or changes to travel plans are common during this period, so it's wise to allow extra time for journeys.
Revisiting the past: You might find yourself encountering people from your past, such as old friends or ex-partners.
Focus on review and re-evaluation: Astrologers suggest this is a good time to review and revise, rather than starting new projects.
Mercury in Sagittarius
Entering Sagittarius on October 29, 2025, is the planet Mercury. As it travels through the Jupiter-ruled sign, we are invited into an expansion of the mind, a deepening of faith, trust, and personal beliefs, and a space to reorient to perspectives that benefit us. Mercury is the mind. It is the way we see and think, process and perceive. Sagittarius, in its own way, is also the mind, although it is less about everyday processing and more about the belief systems that shape our existence. Sagittarius invites us to widen our existence through exploring more of life. It is the way the mind expands when we are exposed to new belief systems, cultures, and philosophies. It is the big picture pondering as we question the meaning we ascribe to our living and the purpose of it all. Play with your mind. Expand your perspectives. Invite yourself to see in new ways, question the beliefs that have been guiding you, and explore the connection between thinking and feeling.
Mercury in Sagittarius Opposite Uranus Retrograde in Gemini
As Mercury crosses into Sagittarius on October 29, 2025, it instantly comes into opposition with Uranus retrograde in Gemini. The zodiac is literally a circle of constellations in our cosmos. When two planets form an opposition, they sit directly across from one another, anchoring opposite ends of this cosmic circle along an axis.
Oppositions are never exclusively this or that. They ask us to hold both ends of the spectrum and expand ourselves so that both experiences can co-exist within us. Mercury, Uranus, Sagittarius, and Gemini are each highly intellectually stimulating, expansive, and quick. On this day, there is a profound stretching happening in a sort of mental liberation—a breaking down of rigid ways of seeing, speaking about, and understanding the world. This opposition asks us to stretch ourselves and let more of life communicate with us. To let it show us more. We are exploring both intuition and logic, belief and fact, expansion and detail. We are both Mercury in Sagittarius and Uranus in Gemini. Meaning, as these two planets come into an opposition, we are being stretched across the entire zodiac—particularly our minds.
Venus in Libra Opposite Chiron Retrograde in Aries
Another opposition, another opportunity to integrate into wholeness. This week also brings Venus in Libra opposite Chiron retrograde in Aries on November 1, 2025.
Aries and Libra are the axis of self and other—just as the self cannot exist without the other, the other cannot exist without the self. Our life is built on relating, connecting, and collaborating, yet it is also built on personal direction, truth, individuality, and preferences. Venus remembers this. She is a planet desiring partnership, love, balance, and harmony. Chiron, however, is different. It is focused more on the self as our deepest hurts and, at the same time, a doorway into our deepest wisdom. Continuing the themes that arose under the recent new Moon in Libra, this opposition is an opportunity for healing relational dynamics. In particular, our ability to show up in the truth of who we are and claim our space, desires, and individuality while moving within a world of relating. It touches on themes of individuality, selfhood, and courage—especially the fears, patterns, and stories that arise when we desire to bring that authentic self into the realm of relationship, whether acquaintance, friend, lover, or something else.
https://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/astrology/weekly-horoscope-october-26-november-1-2025/.
