Friday 13 November 2026. Mercury goes forward again.

Mercury turns forward again. Plans and messages you held back can go out, after one more read. Where it lands depends on your chart: the same degree is someone’s 10th house and someone else’s 4th.

In the sky on this date

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What today means for your work

The math is real. The meaning is reflective.

  1. 01 · In the sky

    Mercury turns direct

    On 13 November Mercury pauses at 5° Scorpio and starts to move forward again. It's been retrograde since 24 October, when it stood at 20° Scorpio. Venus turns direct the next day. The dates and the degrees are calculated.

  2. 02 · At work

    Send what you've reread

    Mercury is about messages, plans and paperwork. Now it moves forward again, it's a prompt to send the emails, sign the papers and restart the plans you spent the last weeks checking.

  3. 03 · One move

    Send one thing you paused

    Pick one email, proposal or plan you've held back since 24 October. Check it once more, then send it or close it before the end of November.

Mercury stays in Scorpio

Mercury retrograde 2026 · 24 Oct to 13 Nov · 20 days

  1. 24 Oct · Day 0Mercury goes retrograde at 20° Scorpio
  2. 13 Nov · Day 20Mercury turns direct at 5° Scorpio
Venus is retrograde too, 24 Oct to 13 Nov

  • 24 Oct to 13 Nov · Mercury in Scorpio

    What did you find between the lines?

    Scorpio is about depth, strategy and trust. As Mercury turns direct here, look at what the last weeks showed you: a detail in a contract, a question you didn't ask, a person you can trust with more.

    Scorpio Midheaven: career and best roles

Where 5° Scorpio lands in your chart

Your chart has twelve houses, and 5° Scorpio sits in one of them. For one person that’s the money house. For someone else it’s daily work, or home. Your birth date, time and place decide which.

Each house ties the date to a different part of your work. Houses 2, 6 and 10 are the work houses: income, daily work and your public role.

  • If it’s your 2nd houseWork house

    Income and self-worth

    The invoice or rate conversation you can now restart.

  • If it’s your 6th houseWork house

    Daily work and craft

    Your tools and to-do list, cleaned up and in use.

  • If it’s your 10th houseWork house

    Public leadership and reputation

    What you want your manager or clients to hear next.

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  • If it’s your 1st house

    Identity and personal visibility

    The updated way you'd introduce yourself and your work.

  • If it’s your 3rd house

    Communication and teaching

    The pitch or email that's ready to go.

  • If it’s your 4th house

    Foundations and inner ground

    Home admin you can finally clear.

  • If it’s your 5th house

    Creative risk and authorship

    The draft or idea that's ready to share.

  • If it’s your 7th house

    Clients and partnerships

    The contract or client terms you're ready to sign.

  • If it’s your 8th house

    Shared resources and depth work

    Joint deals and shared budgets you can now settle.

  • If it’s your 9th house

    Publishing and bigger frameworks

    Applications, courses or travel plans to restart.

  • If it’s your 11th house

    Community and networks

    The replies you owe your network.

  • If it’s your 12th house

    Rest and behind-the-scenes work

    The notes you kept private and might now share.

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  • If it’s your 1st house

    Identity and personal visibility

    The updated way you'd introduce yourself and your work.

  • If it’s your 2nd houseWork house

    Income and self-worth

    The invoice or rate conversation you can now restart.

  • If it’s your 3rd house

    Communication and teaching

    The pitch or email that's ready to go.

  • If it’s your 4th house

    Foundations and inner ground

    Home admin you can finally clear.

  • If it’s your 5th house

    Creative risk and authorship

    The draft or idea that's ready to share.

  • If it’s your 6th houseWork house

    Daily work and craft

    Your tools and to-do list, cleaned up and in use.

  • If it’s your 7th house

    Clients and partnerships

    The contract or client terms you're ready to sign.

  • If it’s your 8th house

    Shared resources and depth work

    Joint deals and shared budgets you can now settle.

  • If it’s your 9th house

    Publishing and bigger frameworks

    Applications, courses or travel plans to restart.

  • If it’s your 10th houseWork house

    Public leadership and reputation

    What you want your manager or clients to hear next.

  • If it’s your 11th house

    Community and networks

    The replies you owe your network.

  • If it’s your 12th house

    Rest and behind-the-scenes work

    The notes you kept private and might now share.

Related answer: Does Mercury retrograde affect my job search?

Not a prediction. The chart locates the question. You still make the decision.

Mercury retrograde 2026: quick answers

On 13 November 2026 (London date), at 5° Scorpio. It had been retrograde since 24 October.

Scorpio the whole time. It started at 20° Scorpio on 24 October and turned direct at 5° Scorpio on 13 November.

Mercury is about messages, plans and paperwork. Once it turns direct, it's a prompt to send, sign or restart what you spent the retrograde checking. Not a prediction.

Yes. Venus was retrograde from 3 October and turns direct on 14 November, so both were retrograde from 24 October to 13 November.

Coming up after 13 November

The whole tree

Every date from 1 September to 31 December has a page. Empty days show what is active and what comes next.

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