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Mercury Retrograde Is Underway Through Nov. 29, Shifting From Sagittarius to Scorpio

Astrologers urge a slowdown with careful reviews, casting the period as better for reflection than for launches.

Overview

  • The cycle runs first in Sagittarius through Nov. 19 with questions around beliefs and goals, then in Scorpio from Nov. 19–29 with deeper emotional reviews and a push for honest communication.
  • Coverage links the transit to miscommunications, travel delays, tech glitches, scheduling mix-ups, and the return of unresolved conversations or contacts.
  • Advice repeated across columns urges postponing big purchases and important trips, avoiding new launches, and not signing contracts without meticulous checks.
  • Astronomer-astrologer commentary frames the moment as a reflective pause, with Jetteke van Lexmond describing it as a “sacred slowdown” that favors listening and careful expression.
  • Writers note Mercury’s backward motion is an optical illusion and that reported effects are interpretive within astrology, with sign-by-sign guidance indicating Gemini and Virgo may feel it more strongly.