Energies of November 9–16✨🌀💎

Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius, Jupiter Retrograde in Cancer

This week feels like a pause in the flow of time. A sacred stillness that invites us to look back, not with nostalgia but with wisdom, to review, restore, or reclaim what is necessary.

With Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius and Jupiter stationing to move retrograde in Cancer, both mind and heart turn inward, searching for meaning, roots, and truth. It is a moment that calls us to move inner obstacles, make wiser choices, and align with a higher path.

✨🌀Mercury’s retrograde in Sagittarius, from November 9 to 30, opens a cycle of introspection, revision, and re-evaluation.
This is the last Mercury retrograde of the year, beginning at 6° Sagittarius and travelling back to 20° Scorpio. A passage that symbolizes the journey from the philosophical search for truth (Sagittarius) to emotional purification and inner clarity (Scorpio).

Until November 18, while Mercury moves through Sagittarius, we are asked to review the beliefs that once gave our lives meaning but may now need renewal. The mind is invited to turn away from outer pursuits and listen to the voice within.We may change our minds on many issues, reconnect with ideas or people from the past, and recover what was once misplaced.

Though Mercury retrogrades are often misunderstood, they do not create problems; they reveal them. They are mirrors showing us what needs correction, healing, and reassessment, and if we resist self-reflection, challenges may arise not to punish us, but to guide us back to our center. And when embraced consciously, this period becomes deeply transformative, helping us align thought with heart, knowledge with truth, and action with intention.

The general rule is to avoid launching new projects, commitments, or contracts during Mercury retrograde. Especially under Sagittarius’ influence, it’s wise to avoid long journeys, major plans, or educational and legal agreements.
However if circumstances require action, have backup plans, be attentive to details, and move with foresight.

So instead of hurrying to expand outward, you can now turn inward to gather wisdom, renegotiate your truth, and reassess your path. Look deeply at the perspectives that shaped your story, keep what is authentically yours, and release what no longer resonates. Speak your truth with clarity and compassion, free from rigidity or judgment.In any case, this particular retrograde is a very powerful one, as Mercury is traveling together with Mars.

✨🌀On Tuesday, November 11, Jupiter stations at 25° Cancer to begin its retrograde motion until March 10, 2026, returning to 15°Cancer. While this may feel like a slowdown in progress, Jupiter, the great benefic, in Cancer turns our focus to what truly nurtures and protects us. It asks you: What makes you feel safe, at home, and whole?

Since June 2025, Jupiter, the planet of luck, expansion, opportunity, faith, and hope, has blessed family, home, roots, and emotional nourishment. Now, before retracing its steps, it asks us to examine whether the sense of security we’ve built is authentic and sustainable. Whether our emotional needs are being met, and if there are missed opportunities we can now restore.

During the next four months of Jupiter’s retrograde, themes related to home, family, motherhood, parenting, ancestry and emotional foundations may resurface, for reflection and healing.
Issues related to ethics, higher education, law, international or ideological concerns may also enter a phase of revision.

Jupiter retrograde realigns us with our inner moral compass, restoring faith in the greater Plan. It reminds us that growth is not only external but also internal, that expansion does not always come through forward motion, but sometimes through pausing, reflecting, and feeling. And true evolution unfolds when we clear inner blockages, listen to our intuition, and consciously choose to make wiser use of our talents, resources, and abilities.

Fortunately, Jupiter forms a supportive trine with Saturn through the end of the year, grounding inspiration with wisdom and realism. This harmonious influence helps us translate inner revelations into steady, tangible progress.

✨🌀On Wednesday, November 12, the Moon reaches its  Last Quarter Moon 🌗 at 20°04’ Leo♌, squaring the Sun in Scorpio, a phase of closure and release, especially affecting the Fixed signs.
Leo seeks expression, creativity, and generous love, while Scorpio calls for honesty, depth, and transformation.
This lunation may bring us face-to-face with ego dramas and the need for rebirth. It calls us to release attachments, especially those rooted in the need for validation or the fear of rejection, and to transform emotion into creative power.
It’s time to close this lunar cycle’s pending chapters and prepare for the upcoming New Moon, even if the path toward the light once again leads us through the shadows.

✨🌀On Thursday, November 13, retrograde Mercury forms a conjunction with Mars at 6° Sagittarius.
This alignment energises the mind, boosting initiative, quick thinking, and determination, yet with Mercury retrograde, it can also provoke impulsive words, misunderstandings, or conflicts.
We may feel compelled to defend our ideas passionately, leading to heated discussions. However, if we become dogmatic or rush to conclusions, regret may follow.
The key is to stay grounded, to think before speaking, and to use this drive to clarify convictions, rather than to prove them.

✨🌀On Saturday, November 15, Venus forms a sesquiquadrate with Saturn (10° Scorpio–Pisces).
Venus in Scorpio can immerse us in passion, intensity, and fear of loss, while the aspect to Saturn tests the resilience of relationships and emotional bonds.
This influence may bring moments of disappointment, emotional fatigue, or distance, revealing where our emotional investments need new terms and more realistic expectations. Yet it also offers a chance for maturity and depth.
Saturn reminds us that love is not only desire, it is commitment, respect, and the ability to stay present even when the waters deepen.

✨🌀That same day, the Sun forms a quincunx with Chiron at 23° Scorpio–Aries, followed on Sunday, November 16, by Mars squaring Chiron at 8° Sagittarius–Aries.
Under these aspects, you may feel the urge to defend yourself or take bold action, yet true strength lies in acknowledging your vulnerability.
You may face situations requiring a choice between defense and openness, and the soul knows that the second path leads to healing.

From this week onward, you can begin asking the difficult questions and seeing more clearly what is likely to unfold, allowing you to reposition yourself with awareness.
Scorpio’s truth transforms you when you face it with the heart, not with fear, while the retrograde motions of the planets remind you that life doesn’t move forward only when you move, but also when you pause, understand, forgive, and bring light within.
It’s time to choose again what is worth keeping, and which truth needs to be spoken with integrity, maturity, and love.

Have a blessed week ahead!✨🌀💎🕊☮

With love💓💓💓
Sofia Semeli