Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius & Scorpio, Nov 2025 | Scorpio Rising Horoscope

What Mercury Retrograde Means for Scorpio Rising

For you, Scorpio rising, on the 9th of November Mercury will go retrograde in your sign in your 2nd (but retrograde back into your 1st house and go direct in your first house): it makes you review how you earn and communicate your value.

It doesn’t usually bring new income during the retrograde; it makes you re-evaluate the systems that generate income when Mercury goes direct. 

How Mars Conjunct Mercury Influences Your Finances (Sagittarius)

When Mercury turns retrograde in your 2nd house — and does so beside fiery Mars — the coming weeks bring a reawakening of your relationship with value: what you own, what you earn, and what you believe you deserve.

Tension may rise where effort meets expectation — quick sales stall, delayed payments surface, or energy feels scattered between earning, saving, and spending. Yet this pause is not punishment; it is recalibration.

Mars’s presence adds heat to what Mercury is reviewing. Words around money, worth, and fairness can become charged. A conversation meant to clarify may instead spark emotion — but each misunderstanding points toward a deeper truth: where your energy has been leaking and what no longer aligns with your priorities.

This is a time to refine rather than rush. Creating financial cushioning — through mindful saving, simplifying, or reorganizing what you already have — builds steadiness for the future.

Selling unused possessions or renegotiating costs can be wise, but do so from reflection, not reaction. Mercury’s rewind favors restructuring systems, not chasing instant results.

Peak Mercury Retrograde in the 2nd House behaviour — confusion around money flow, payments, and digital transactions, especially involving refunds or errors.

• Mercury = communication, transactions, data.
• 2nd house = income, value, possessions.
• Retrograde = review, reversal, redo.

You’re literally seeing a retrograde pattern: taken → returned → repeated → confusion about what’s yours.

So: pause, clarify, review — don’t act impulsively (like spending the money). It’ll all sort itself out once Mercury goes direct 

When Mercury stations direct, the knots begin to untangle.

The clarity that returns will reveal which habits or hustles truly support you and which only drain your reserves. The patience you practice now will restore confidence in both your earning power and your ability to make thoughtful choices.

Less urgency, more alignment — that’s the new foundation forming beneath you.

• Finances: You may need to chase up payments or refunds or handle errors in accounts. Be bold but patient when asserting your worth in negotiations.
• Possessions & resources: Be careful with impulsive purchases; Mars can push rash financial decisions that Mercury later reveals as errors.
• Product recalls, revisiting old revenue streams, reclaiming your sense of financial independence.

How this may play out for you

Direct debits, subscriptions, and cash flow need review — this is the textbook manifestation of Mercury retrograde in the 2nd house:

• Pre-retrograde (now): things start slipping through the cracks; payments don’t align with income; you notice what’s unsustainable.

• Retrograde proper (9–29 Nov): you renegotiate, pause, or cancel recurring charges; refunds or adjustments appear; you may have to call companies more than once to fix things.

• Post-retrograde (29 Nov–16 Dec): your finances stabilise and you can set up a clearer system — new budget, updated payment methods, realistic subscriptions.

What to Expect as Mercury Goes Direct (Mercury Stationary Direct) From the 2nd House Back to the 1st (Scorpio)

As Mercury stations direct, clarity begins to surface — not only around finances and material stability, but also around you.

What began as a review of your income, spending habits, and sense of worth now turns inward, revealing how your self-image shapes every decision you make. The fog that once blurred money matters lifts, showing that the true value you were meant to reclaim was confidence in your own voice.

What once felt like financial tension or external pressure now looks more like a mirror — reflecting your evolving sense of independence and self-definition.

The pauses and recalibrations of the past weeks weren’t blockages, but subtle realignments of identity and priority. As Mercury and Mars move together, energy returns to the body. Motivation steadies.

You may feel ready to relaunch something — a project, a brand, or even a personal goal — but now with sharper awareness of what fuels your drive and what drains it.

This is the time to integrate what you’ve learned: to act, speak, and earn from a place of renewed authenticity. Your next steps don’t need to be rushed — only real.

Clarity returns through:

• Reclaiming your voice and confidence — learning to speak with conviction, not defensiveness.
• Reassessing your self-image — is your outer persona aligned with your inner truth?
• Refining your goals and communication style — especially in business or creative pursuits.
• Reconnecting with your body’s signals — rest, energy, and assertiveness come back into sync.

So, your window looks like this:

• Review/Reassess (Preretrograde) period: 21 Oct – 9 Nov

• Retrograde proper (revisions + possible delays): 9 – 29 Nov

• Integration/Clean-up (Post-Retrograde) period: 29 Nov – 16 Dec

What to do with this phase

1. List every recurring payment (subscriptions, memberships, insurances, apps, etc.).

2. Mark which are essential (food, phone, workspace) and which can be paused or cancelled.

3. Use the retrograde window to clear, renegotiate, or simplify.

4. After Mercury goes direct (from 29 Nov onwards), start rebuilding: reactivate only what genuinely supports your next stage.

You may also want to read Mercury in the 1st house here