The final Mercury retrograde of 2025 arrives November 9&ndash;29, moving from Sagittarius into Scorpio and pushing us to rethink not just what we say, but why we say it.

Ah, yes, it's that time again we all seem to dread: <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop-culture/the-ultimate-guide-to-all-the-retrogrades-in-2025-mercury-retrograde-dates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mercury retrograde</a>. The last Mercury retrograde of the year hits from November 9 to November 29, 2025, and it&rsquo;s a two-part story that begins in fire and ends in water. Mercury kicks off its backward spin in Sagittarius before sliding into the darker territory of Scorpio. In short, we&rsquo;re ending 2025 on a transit that doesn&rsquo;t just ask you what you think, but asks you why.
<a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop-culture/how-zodiac-signs-handle-mercury-retrograde-libra-fall-2021-october-new-moon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mercury retrograde</a> is always the time we blame when texts don&rsquo;t send, emails glitch, or the Wi-Fi crashes during something important. But there&rsquo;s a bigger message here than the usual &ldquo;miscommunication.&rdquo; Mercury rules mental processing, speaking, writing, ideas, and how we make sense of the world. When it retrogrades, it slows all that down&mdash;not to punish us, but to force clarity. It wants us to pause long enough to see what hasn&rsquo;t been fully honest, aligned, or emotionally integrated.
In Sagittarius, the retrograde highlights belief systems, your personal philosophy, and the assumptions you&rsquo;ve been running on autopilot. Here&rsquo;s where people speak before thinking, or realize they&rsquo;ve been talking around a truth they&rsquo;ve been avoiding. But when Mercury backs up into Scorpio, the tone shifts, and the stakes get higher. This is where things get intimate. Deep motivations surface. Emotional truth becomes non-negotiable.
As we close out this year, this retrograde feels less like chaos and more like editing of sorts. A final review. A forced recalibration between your head and your heart. By the time Mercury stations direct at the end of November, you&rsquo;ll likely have a clearer sense of what you truly mean, what you actually feel, and what you&rsquo;re finally ready to say out loud. So don't try to dread it all too much; it could be a good thing (hopefully).&nbsp;

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