Mercury Retrograde: Human Design Healing Medicine (Nov, 25)

Mercury Retrograde themes for November, 2025! This talk uses Human Design, which has origins in astrology, to dive deep into the emotional, energetic and health focuses that could present when Mercury is retrograde. Using the Human Design gates (based on astrological degrees), we discover the potential for a nervous system reset that supports the vagus nerve and gut-nerve axis. This means aligning with Mercury Retrograde could help to heal your nervous system and soothe your stress response.

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Mercury Retrograde is dancing with us again in November 2025 and what we're going to do today is we're going to look at the details of this Mercury Retrograde,

Look at its themes from a human design perspective and we're also going to use human design for health to understand how this Mercury Retrograde journey could impact our health and our well-being and our healing journey.

So let's begin by looking at the basics.

Mercury Retrograde will be with us from the 10th until the 29th of November this year.

It will be moving through four human design gates,

Three of them will be sacral,

One of them will be the asana.

Now the overall theme which I'm break down into greater detail for you,

The overall Mercury Retrograde theme,

Is about creating a new future that aligns with your passions,

That feels safe and that you trust is genuinely possible.

You really feel this change,

You're like oh yes this is so exciting,

Bring it on,

I can totally do this.

Now if you can do this,

This is what's possible in your body along your healing journey.

It can impact your health by helping to regulate your nervous system,

It can help nourish your vagus nerve and don't so many of us need that right now,

And it can also nurture your gut nerve axis.

So what we're going to do now is we're going to move through those four human design gates and understand in detail what this Mercury Retrograde wants to teach us.

Okay so the first gate that this Mercury Retrograde will be moving through is gate nine,

Which is the gate of focus.

This will be happening from November 10 to 13,

This is Sagittarius energy,

So the Mercury Retrograde is beginning in Sagittarius and it's in the sacral down here,

Energy center.

Now in your body,

Gate nine connects to your spinal cord and your sacral plexus,

Which is a bunch of nerves which runs around through your hip area,

Down through your leg,

Down through your knee,

Down to your foot pretty much.

Okay so we're talking about the nerves in the pelvic area and below.

Now your mission with the Mercury Retrograde from November 10 to 13,

And by the way these dates could vary by a day or so depending upon where you are on the planet,

Your mission during this Mercury Retrograde at this time is to review the details that are helping you create a new future.

So over the last few months you have been gathering all this information and you've been pondering,

I really feel like I want to create something new,

I've got to make a change in my life so I can be more happy,

And you've been collecting little details along the way.

And now is the time when you look at all that information you've collected and you consider,

What have I actually learned from this information?

How can this help me?

Let's look at it again and I want you to notice as you're doing that,

If you feel any depression or melancholy coming in as you're reviewing the details of this information that you've been collecting for months,

I want you to notice it but not judge it.

I know it can be hard but I'll tell you why when we move to the next gate,

Okay,

Just notice it for now,

Just sit with it and go,

Oh okay I'm feeling a bit down or this makes me feel a bit sad looking at this information and maybe because you're not there where you want to be yet,

For whatever reason doesn't matter,

Just notice it,

Okay.

And I want you to remember that powerful change happens one step at a time.

The gate nine,

The gate of focus,

It doesn't want to jump in there and do really fast change,

It wants to do the change by focusing on the details,

Doing one step at a time going through the journey,

Okay.

So it's important to remember that as we move through this energy and you review the details remembering it's okay,

I'm not where I want to be yet because change doesn't all happen at once,

It just doesn't.

So during this time the question to ask yourself is what details do you still need?

So you're reviewing all the details that you've already collected and pay attention if you notice,

Oh oh but I don't know this step or haven't got information on this thing yet,

That's the purpose of this mercury retrograde cycle at this point of time with these dates,

Okay.

So if you can do that you'll be sending love to your spinal cord and your sacral plexus and I'll tell you why in more detail that is important a little bit later on.

Okay the next part of this mercury retrograde journey brings us to gate 34,

The gate of power.

This happens from November 14 to 18 depending upon where you are on the on the planet and again this is Sagittarius energy that lives in the sacral energy center.

Now this is the specific gate in human design that relates to your vagus nerve that so many of us need to want to calm down and bring more tone to.

So this mercury retrograde is very important for sending love to your vagus nerve and your mission,

This is how you do it.

It's about ensuring that you're creating change using your inner strength and not your force.

So I want you to think about all those details you've been collecting that we just spoke about.

Now you've probably been starting to make a little bit of change or taking a few steps that would help to implement them.

Think about how you've been doing that.

Have you been using your inner strength,

Trusting your intuition,

Trusting when it feels like time to take the next step,

Trusting your strategy and your authority or have you been pushing,

Have you been coming so much from the masculine energy,

I've got to get this done now,

I'm so not in the mood to do this,

Oh all I want to do is relax right now but oh I've got to really create this change and I guess I'll just push through the exhaustion and make it happen.

If you're working that way that is not what mercury retrograde wants,

That is not what your vagus nerve wants,

That is not what this gate wants.

It is about trusting that in divine timing you're going to have the inspiration to work on the thing and to create the change,

You don't have to push through it.

So now is the time to think if you've been doing that or not.

This is also when the depression and the melancholy comes back like I said it would.

If that depression and melancholy are still hanging around these are signs from your higher self through your emotional body that the new future you are creating in some way is not aligned with who you authentically are,

There's something that's not quite correct about it yet.

So the depression and the melancholy if it comes in it's serving you.

I want you to consider what doesn't genuinely feel correct about this new future and this change you're creating and also to consider if you are actually creating the change using the force and not your strength.

Maybe that's why you've got the depression because you're forcing it to happen and you're not just letting it happen in its own time.

That might be for you,

It might not be the reason for you.

Something to ponder when this gate is active in mercury retrograde.

Recognize that the insights that you've been receiving and will continue to receive to create this new future,

They're coming through your body's intelligence.

And they're coming through in the now.

This goes back to that trust in the inner strength and not the force.

So there may have been messages that were coming through because this is mercury retrograde previously that you missed.

They may have come through in the moment and you still pay attention.

It's very possible.

They may come back now and your mission is to be in the moment,

To recognize through your gut instinct or through your sacral if you're a generator or a manifesting generator.

Oh there's a message for me here right now and this message could help me create that change and that new future that I really,

Really want.

So in the now,

In the moment.

Being in the now,

Listening to that body's intelligence,

I tell you that's going to support your vagus nerve as well.

A great question to ask yourself during this time is,

Is your new future rooted in the common good for everyone,

Including yourself?

Or is it coming from your ego because this gate,

34 of power,

It wants you to be strong in yourself,

But it also wants the best for everyone.

Not just something that's going to serve you and maybe be to the detriment of everyone else.

So that is something to ponder.

And if it is maybe just to your ego's benefit and detriment to someone else,

Maybe that is why the depression or the melancholy are coming in.

Human Design Gate 14 is next in Mercury Retrograde's focus.

It will be with us from November 19 to 22,

Depending where you are in the world.

Now this is the gate of power skills.

This is where we jump into Scorpio energy.

So what that means is this Mercury Retrograde moves through Sagittarius,

Then into Scorpio.

Still though,

We are in the sacral energy center.

So a lot of focus on that sacral energy center.

And specifically at this point in time,

It's to do with your small intestine.

So this is where we start talking with quite focus on how to support your digestion,

Particularly the absorption of your nutrients,

Which happens in your small intestine.

Your mission is to check if you're passionate about the new future that you're creating,

Because Gate 14 wants you to feel the passion and love what you're doing.

So review that.

Does this excite me?

If it does,

Great.

If it does not,

Well,

It's time to slow down and review if your plan is correct for you.

Check if your new future will make you feel successful or abundant.

Does it make you feel good?

If it doesn't,

It's time to review the details and make a change in that plan.

You may feel melancholy or a lack of abundance if you're not responding to the opportunities that the universe is presenting to you,

Is sending to you.

So now is the time to,

Again,

Consider,

Has the universe actually been sending me these opportunities?

Have I been given these chances from a friend or a family or just someone in the outer world?

And I said,

No,

Maybe I should have said yes.

Maybe I should have taken them.

Maybe there's something that I've missed.

So maybe an opportunity that you missed before,

It might come back around.

Your mission is to notice it and follow it through and accept it if it feels correct for you.

Ask yourself this.

First,

Imagine your new future.

Visualize it.

Take a moment now.

Can you see it?

I hope you got a glimpse.

Does it make you feel powerful?

Does it make you feel strong?

Does it make you feel happy?

If it does not,

It's time for a change.

Change that plan.

Review your plan,

Mercury Retrograde.

If it does,

Great.

Keep powering forward.

Use all the power that's coming through on this Mercury Retrograde to make that thing happen,

Probably early 2026.

And finally,

We have Gate 43.

This is the final human design gate that Mercury will be retrograding through in this November cycle.

Now,

This will be from November 23 to 29,

Thereabouts.

And interestingly,

This is Ajna energy.

So what we've done in the last three gates,

Sacral gates,

We've stabilized,

We've helped to ground the energy.

Our nervous system by now has gone,

Ah,

It's relaxed a bit,

Hopefully.

It has allowed the energy to come up from the sacral,

Which now feels stabilized and express itself through the Ajna energy,

Which is what we want to do now.

Okay?

So Scorpio energy,

Ajna energy,

This relates to the inner ear.

Okay?

It's important because your mission this time is to trust your voice and your vision.

I'm going to say your inner vision,

No matter what.

Even if you feel like a freak,

Maybe you feel like a genius.

All you have to do right now is find a way to trust that that new feature you're creating is for you,

Dammit.

Okay?

Review,

Have you been trusting it so far?

Maybe not.

Now is the time to step into that trust.

Okay?

And acknowledge why you're thinking about that.

Do any fears come up?

Maybe a fear of rejection.

It's possible with this gate.

Are you worried someone's going to reject you if you step into this new feature?

If you become that freak with a new,

Great,

Amazing idea,

Who are you worried is going to reject you?

Why is that so important?

Is that stopping you from moving forward?

You may also get anxiety from assimilating so many new ideas.

It's like,

Oh my gosh,

I can see my future.

I'm so excited about this future that I'm creating.

And the problem is that I just don't know how I'm going to do it all because there's so much information and it feels so new and it feels so different.

And maybe it feels hard and,

Oh,

All this overthinking is making me feel anxious.

That is possible with this gate.

Notice that at this time,

It's a time to review,

Recognize the anxiety as well as the fear if they come in and it's okay if they do.

And it's possible because the ideas for this new future you're creating,

They just might feel ahead of their time.

It's totally new.

It's not something,

This probably isn't a future that you've experienced before.

This is like something really new that you're building that kind of feels a bit scary,

But also exciting at the same time.

And that can absolutely create some fears and some anxiety.

And that's okay.

That's normal.

Now is the time to assess how you can decrease that fear,

Decrease that anxiety,

Because that's going to help you move forward.

So the question for yourself is,

Are you listening to your intuition and trusting your clairs?

This is Ayushna energy,

Not just trusting me because my name is Claire,

But trusting your clairvoyance,

Your clairaudience.

Hello,

The inner ear,

Trusting what you're hearing from psychically,

Trusting that claircognizance of,

Oh,

Just that inner knowing.

That's my strongest clair.

It's just a sudden like,

Oh,

Well,

Yeah.

It's like a strong awareness of a download of information that just came into your brain that you just know is true.

So everyone receives that differently.

Trust how your information comes in,

Because it's going to help you get through the anxiety and the fears at the moment and help you create that new future.

During the activation of gate 43 in Mercury,

It will also be conjunct Venus,

Which means Mercury retrograde and Venus will both be in gate 43 from November 24,

25,

And 26.

So what that means is an insight that makes you feel,

Oh,

Wow,

Amazing about this new future that you might have missed before,

Maybe a few months ago.

It might come back around and you have the opportunity to be more mindful.

Notice,

Wow,

That's such a great insight,

Piece of information.

Wow,

Where did that wisdom come from?

Thank you,

Universe.

Thank you,

Higher self.

Wow,

That's really going to help me.

That helps that new thing land.

Thank you.

So pay attention between 24,

25,

26 or thereabouts of November because something might come around that helps you click with a new piece of information that you've been missing.

Maybe it's the extra detail that you needed in the beginning when we started moving through gate nine.

Now let's recap this Mercury retrograde.

The healing medicine is all about settling your body's stress response,

Anchoring deeply into your gut instincts,

Trusting the clarity of your inner voice and your clairs because if you do this,

You will be building a new future that feels safe in your nervous system because that's what you need to feel safe in your nervous system that you are passionate about.

Oh my God,

I'm so looking forward to this thing.

It just lights you up and is powerfully aligned with your truth because it's not going to stick if it's not aligned.

You'll either get bored,

You'll get over it or it just won't work,

It'll collapse.

So it's important that it is powerfully aligned with who you are and it's correct for you.

You do all this,

This will happen and your body will love it because this will regulate your nervous system.

It will nourish your vagus nerve and it will nurture your gut nerve axis,

Which is great for your digestion and your mood.

Now I'm going to take it one step further and say if you have something like dysautonomia,

Which is dysfunction in the nervous system specifically,

The autonomic nervous system,

This Mercury Retrograde aligning with it could help because it could regulate that nervous system to a degree.

So I really do genuinely hope that this Mercury Retrograde information is helpful for you.

I wish you the very best of everything during this Mercury Retrograde cycle.

And in the meantime,

I'm grateful for all of your loves,

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And I look forward to seeing you next time.