The Third Mercury Retrograde of 2025

It’s important to know these dates for Mercury Retrograde in 2025. Vedic Astrology views and uses the knowledge of Mercury retrograde as a way to counter the instability, miscommunication and changes that may take place during Mercury Retrograde.

What to do during Mercury Retrograde:

Double-check appointments and meetings

Expect changes to location, dates and times to meetings and events

Expect changes during travel especially

Look for communication devices like phones and computers to be on sale or travel deals. Compare the deals during the retrograde (buy when Mercury goes direct if you can).

Mercury Retrograde Dates:

Mercury will be retrograde from November 26 to December 16, 2025.

Nov 10, 2025 Mercury begins retrograding.

Nov 29, 2025 Mercury goes direct or finishes retrograding

You can bring stability to your life when you know when Mercury is retrograding.

In 2025, Mercury is retrograding in water signs.

Mercury retrogrades continue to occur in water signs in 2025. Expect a leaning toward intuitive insights, healing discussions, and deep emotional processing during these times. Mercury retrograde in water signs often asks us to pause, listen more deeply, and address matters from the heart.
Stay mindful of communication patterns and use this retrograde as a time for gentle, compassionate problem-solving.

Communication shows up in our lives in at least 4 ways:

• How your nervous system operates – You might notice more nervousness, anxiety, or needing to self-soothe more during this Mercury retrograde. The brain to body connection needs support.
• How you think, speak, and write about yourself and to yourself.
• How you think, speak and write TO others
• How what you say, write or gesture is RECEIVED by others
  and then what message is received then trickles down into the receiver.
  Communication is an incredible process. How do we know that what we think, then speak or write and its meaning is actually being received as you meant it?

Mercury Retrogrades challenge the entire concept of communication. And it’s a perfect time to just OBSERVE where things break down, and then improve yourself AFTER Mercury goes direct.

Each Mercury Retrograde is unique but a theme over 13 months prevails.

Mercury Retrogrades bring bigger lessons over a year

Mercury Retrogrades both slow Mercury’s effects down in our lives so we can listen and integrate the lesson and also gives our nervous systems a chance to ‘catch up’.  When a student or observer of Vedic Astrology begins to observe these longer patterns – like Mercury Retrograding in one element at a time – you can allow yourself to drop into relaxation and ride the wave of bigger messages that are coming to you.

Secret Teaching about Mercury Retrogrades and Vedic Astrology

Here’s a big lesson for you, especially if you are a student of Vedic Astrology. Mercury Retrogrades in one ELEMENT every 13 months.
For instance, Mercury will retrograde in WATER SIGNS for all of 2025.

This allows a student of Vedic Astrology to find a theme or draw a thread of stability for an entire year. Especially if someone is running a Maha Dasha cycle of Mercury.
Mercury changes constellations almost every 3 weeks, unless it is retrograding in a sign or constellation.

Learn about the 4th Phase of Mercury Retrograde and why it’s important