The Quill that rises from the Underworld: Mercury’s quiet return to Forward Motion in Scorpio.

Today, November 29th 2025, Mercury turns direct in Scorpio, beginning the slow and careful process of emerging from the deep places he has been moving through these past weeks. His

shift into forward motion is subtle, more like a breath released than a sudden awakening, yet

the energy changes shape all the same. The mind begins to clear in its own time, and something that once felt tangled may start to loosen.

Mercury in Scorpio moves with precision and depth, tracing the hidden layers of thought, memory, and intuition. His retrograde here has been a descent, an exploration of what lies beneath the surface of communication and understanding. Now, as he turns direct, the same waters that have asked for reflection begin to offer clarity. Not the kind that arrives all at once, but the kind that rises gently from within, revealing itself as you are ready to meet it.

Mercury rises from the underworld carrying the chest of quiet wisdom he gathered in the dark. Each step into the light reminds us that understanding is a treasure earned through descent and return.

For the next days Mercury will travel through his post retrograde shadow period, a gentle passage where insights settle and shape themselves into meaning. It is a time where themes from earlier in the month may return, not to repeat themselves, but to be understood from a new angle. Scorpio invites honesty, and Mercury moving forward here becomes an invitation to speak,

think, or feel with more presence and less fear of the unseen.

This movement is also a preparation. On December 11th Mercury will leave the waters of Scorpio and step again into Sagittarius, where he will remain until January 1st 2026, opening the new year with a wider horizon and a renewed hunger for exploration before moving to steady and grounded Capricorn. The shift from water to fire, from depth to expansion, from secrecy to the search for meaning, is a gentle widening of breath. Mercury gathers himself now, learning from what has been uncovered so he can carry that truth into the realm of possibility that Sagittarius offers.

There is another layer to this day. Venus in Scorpio forms a trine with Neptune retrograde in Pisces, while holding an opposition to Uranus retrograde in Taurus. Tenderness and surprise move simultaneously through the sky, shaping the emotional tone around Mercury’s shift. These aspects add softness and unpredictability, reminding us that clarity can rise even when

the waters are stirred.

Mercury’s direct motion in Scorpio is a quiet rebirth, a turning of the mind toward understanding after a long period of reflection. It is a moment to trust the slow reorientation that follows any descent, and to allow meaning to reshape itself without force. It brings a kind of inner steadiness, as if the mind begins to move through the dark with more familiarity, no longer startled by what it finds there.

The truths that surfaced during the retrograde can now be integrated rather than questioned, allowing you to carry them with a quieter kind of confidence. Scorpio teaches that insight is not always light filled, sometimes it comes in the form of honesty that has taken time to rise. With Mercury facing forward again, the threads of intuition begin to weave themselves into clarity,

and understanding emerges not through urgency, but through the gentle recognition of what

has been waiting beneath the surface.

May this turning toward the surface guide you gently back to the truths you have uncovered,

and may each step forward feel spacious enough for what is ready to grow within you.

Move through this passage with tenderness, letting clarity return in its own time.

Much love to all, Valentina.