From October 24 to November 12, Mercury moves retrograde for the third and final time this year. In 2026, all three Mercury retrograde periods fall in water signs:

• February 26–March 19 — Pisces;
• June 29–July 23 — Cancer;
• October 24–November 12 — Scorpio.

So this year, Mercury keeps turning us back towards our feelings, inviting us to look into the depths of the soul.

The areas brought up for review depend both on the sign Mercury travels through and on the house it crosses in your birth chart. Matters connected with them slow down, asking us to reconsider, make adjustments.

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Mercury Retrograde Phase

During this time, several areas may slow down:

• trade and commerce;
• learning and the search for new information;
• communication — messages may be delayed, misunderstandings may arise;
• paperwork and contracts — opinions change, new circumstances emerge, or we begin to question whether an agreement is needed at all.

Technical faults may also become more frequent. Generally, this is not a favourable time to sign contracts, launch advertising campaigns, begin a new course of study, or buy phones, cars and other means of communication or transport.

Yet these areas need not come to a standstill. This is a good time to put existing matters in order, review them, sort through what has accumulated:

• organise documents and correct errors;
• revisit study notes, sort files, bring information into order;
• reconnect with old friends and relatives for whom there never seemed to be enough time.

This pause in the flow of information and contacts helps us understand what matters most, where to direct our thoughts, plans and communication. As Mercury travels through different signs, it brings different questions to the surface.

Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio

Even when moving direct in Scorpio, Mercury turns our gaze from the outer world towards the inner one. Retrograde motion deepens this tendency. Throughout this period, Mercury will also be travelling through Scorpio alongside the Sun. It is also travelling alongside retrograde Venus — a relatively rare alignment.

More about retrograde Venus this period you can read here:

So what are the main themes of retrograde Mercury in Scorpio? Which areas will ask for a closer look?

• The depths of the psyche, our deepest desires and dramas, inner strenght and magic, esoteric knowledge. We are drawn towards the soul’s secrets, old wounds, past decisions and their causes and consequences. This can be a time of transforming deep wounds and reclaiming inner strength that has remained caught in the past.
• Shared finances, large sums of money, inheritances, loans, business. Questions may return around managing money, especially shared resources or money entrusted to us by others. It is worth considering what we want to carry forward, what belongs in the past, and what needs adjusting in financial matters or business partnerships.
• Extreme situations and crises. How do we behave under pressure? How do we endure it, and how often do we find ourselves drawn into it? What do such situations reveal about us and our values?
• Intimate relationships and sexuality. Do we feel a passion for life? What awakens it, how do we express it? Or has it grown faint?

How Will This Affect Each Zodiac Sign?

Aries. Shared finances, debts and intimacy come up for review. It is worth recognising where commitments bring you together and where they begin to restrict you. A good time to settle old financial matters and look at fears that make it difficult to trust shared arrangements.

Taurus. Mercury turns your attention towards partnership, earlier agreements, words left unspoken. Old conversations with your partner may return to what remains unresolved. Listen to what the other person is really saying, without rushing to judge their intentions.

Gemini. Work, daily duties and habits will ask for review. Where do you waste your energy, what do you do purely out of obligation? A favourable time to correct earlier mistakes, put your working routine in order and listen to the signals your body sends.

Cancer. Love, children and creativity may turn your gaze towards the past. You may reconsider your relationships with your children, loved ones or creativity itself, or rediscover a forgotten interest. What brings you real joy? Where can you create from inner strength and a sense of wholeness, and what has faded, no longer feels true?

Leo. Attention turns towards home, family and ancestral stories. Old conversations, hurts or unresolved household and housing matters may resurface. A good time to organise family documents, make sense of past situations and better understand your roots, your deepest needs.

Virgo. Your ruler Mercury invites you to review communication, learning and relationships with those around you. Return to study notes, unfinished writing, conversations you have put off. Words may touch you more deeply than usual, so take a moment to check that you have understood each other.

Libra. Income, spending and self-worth come up for review. How much are your choices guided by real needs, and how much by the fear of losing security? A favourable time to organise financial records, review purchases and remember abilities you once undervalued.

Scorpio. Mercury travelling through your sign turns you back towards yourself — your thoughts, decisions, their causes and consequences. Old ideas, deep desires and unspoken words may return. It is worth recognising what you want to carry forward and what it is time to leave in the past.

Sagittarius. This is a time for inner review, silence, listening within. Forgotten experiences, dreams and inner dramas may surface — places in the past where some of your strength remains caught. A favourable time to return to spiritual practices, spend time alone and bring closure to what still troubles you.

Capricorn. Mercury turns your attention towards friends, like-minded people and plans for the future. Old connections may be renewed, shared ideas once set aside may return. Consider where there is real trust, which dreams are still yours and which have lost their meaning.

Aquarius. Your career direction, professional agreements, responsibilities and major life goals will ask for review. What are you truly striving for? How much of your ambition comes from a living desire within, and how much from the need to meet other people’s expectations?

Pisces. Mercury invites you to reconsider beliefs, studies, travel and connections abroad. A favourable time to revisit earlier studies, check documents, recall important lessons and review your worldview. Which beliefs help you grow, and which have become outdated, limiting the way you see the world?

Mercury in the Natal Houses

To understand where this deeper review will take place in your own life, find the house or houses containing 6°–21° Scorpio in your birth chart. Mercury will move backwards through this part of the zodiac, from 21° to 6° Scorpio.

You can find it by drawing up your personal birth chart.

The meanings of the houses:

• 1st — personal development;
• 2nd — earnings;
• 3rd — your immediate surroundings, neighbours, relatives, learning;
• 4th — home, family, property;
• 5th — children, love, creativity, leisure;
• 6th — work, duties, health;
• 7th — partnership, exchanges with the world;
• 8th — business, finances, esoteric knowledge, sexuality, extreme situations;
• 9th — foreign countries, higher education, authority, recognition, worldview;
• 10th — career, main goals of life;
• 11th — friends, community activities, dreams;
• 12th — inner work, spiritual practices, mental health, charity, self-sacrifice.

A general forecast is only the first step, though it can already reveal quite a lot. The next is to bring these indications together with the rest of your birth chart (perhaps you have already drawn yours up by now 🙂).