Astro Iris Mercury, our mental support system here on Earth, is gearing up to transit the “know-it-all” sign, Sagittarius, starting October 29. I hope you catch the sarcasm 😂—but there’s a kernel of truth in that “know-it-all” vibe.
This is a long Mercury transit because it includes its final retrograde of the year.
Well, on the evening of November 9, just days after the Full Moon on the 5th in Taurus ♉️, Mercury pours gasoline on the fire 🔥. It kicks off its retrograde. We’ll have exactly 20 days of RE… anything tied to Sagittarius, plus some Scorpion flavor.
As a clue, focus sharply on events you encountered between October 21 and November 9. Still, my recommendation is to zoom in on the entire Mercury in Scorpio ♏️ period (October 7–29) and its time in Sagittarius ♐️ (October 29, 2025 – January 1, 2026, including the retrograde), plus the houses in your natal chart ruled by these signs. Not to mention their rulers 😂.
If during these periods (outside the retrograde) you made plans about travel, studies, learning and communication, sales and purchases, negotiations, trips and transportation, physical and spiritual healing—including the resources needed to make them happen—but without a super-clear shape, Mercury Retrograde will poke those plans and redirect us: we correct, finalize the form, and launch them into “life.”
This retrograde especially activates the fire ♥️ & water 🩵 signs + the mutable cross. Together, if they team up instead of canceling each other out, they nourish (metaphorically and literally). Passion & action (fire) and love & patience (water) create the most complex source of life (whatever that means to you). Make the most of it!
Mercury has a retrograde buddy: Jupiter! The one that brings a ton… of whatever it finds along its path.
Example: Finds good stuff, amplifies the good. Finds nerves 😬, amps up the nerves 😂. So, watch out for carelessness 😂.
Jupiter has been in Cancer ♋️ since June 9, 2025, stirring up stability in themes of family, roots, homeland, authority, care and protection, affection and emotions toward all that.
On November 11, it starts its retrograde phase through Cancer, on the 25–15 degree segment ♋️ 😬. That’s 51 days in 2025 and 69 (oops, such a number 😂🙃) in 2026. 120 days of Jupiter Rx total, November 11, 2025 – March 11, 2026. Side note: that 11 can’t be a coincidence, right?! Side note closed.
Jupiter’s retrograde revisits the period from November 10, 2025, back to August 16, 2025. A lot happened in that window—and more will—and it touches both family and social spheres, ties to origins, decisions with group or societal impact. Events that unfolded superficially with too much hype will get reviewed piece by piece. Especially since Jupiter in Cancer is in its sign of exaltation and loves expansion a bit too much.
In retrograde, that expansive energy turns inward instead of outward. So we won’t focus as much on amplification or progress; instead, we’ll want to assess the status from June until now. Anything that bugged us but went unsaid or unfelt will erupt like a volcano that’s been simmering quietly for months. We’ll activate self-protection. Situations may test our compassion, empathy, and authentic boundary-setting.
Jupiter Rx prompts us to reevaluate family dynamics and home (including the home of your being), how we use intuition and compassion, how much we rely on our own heart’s love, how much peace ☮️ we gift ourselves—and by extension, those we interact with.
Be careful what you wish for—you’ve got every chance of it happening if it hasn’t already.
Again, we see activation on the water signs, the mutable cross (amped by Sagittarius ♐️ and Pisces ♓️—both Jupiter-ruled), lots of feeling and experiencing. Also some activation on the cardinal signs, though to a lesser degree.
This feels like a perfect moment to integrate the value and joy of everything we have right now, right here. That joy will fuel whatever’s coming in a future “now and here.”
Finally, I feel compelled to remind you: love life!
