The Imminent Mercury Cazimi (November 20–21, 2025)
The exact moment of the Mercury-Sun cazimi occurs on November 20, 2025, at 23:26 UTC (6:26 PM EST / 3:26 PM PST), only ~16½ hours after the exact New Moon (Nov 20 at 06:47 UTC).
Mercury is at 28°37′ Scorpio, the Sun at 28°38′ Scorpio → separation only 1 arcminute. This is one of the tightest, most perfect cazimis of the entire 21st century.
In traditional astrology, a planet is cazimi (“in the heart of the Sun”) when it is within 17 arcminutes of the Sun’s center (some Hellenistic sources tighten it to 1–3 arcminutes for maximum strength). When cazimi, a planet is said to be:
- Fortified, purified, and enthroned
- Temporarily elevated to royal status
- Able to express its purest, most brilliant form, even if normally debilitated or retrograde
Mercury retrograde cazimi is therefore an astrological paradox that resolves into something extraordinarily powerful.
Why This Particular Cazimi Is So Potent
Triple conjunction + New Moon
The cazimi happens on the exact same degree as the just-consecrated New Moon (28° Scorpio).
→ The “seed” being planted at this New Moon is literally infused with a super-charged Mercury. Whatever intentions, realizations, or resets you set now carry brilliant, clarified Mercurial energy for the entire lunar month (and often far beyond).Mercury is retrograde and combust, yet suddenly “reborn”
For the previous two weeks Mercury has been invisible, weakened, and retrograde — symbolizing confusion, revisiting old conversations, tech breakdowns, stalled contracts, etc.
The cazimi acts like a divine reset button: in one flash, all that retrograde fog is burned away and replaced with crystalline insight. Traditional texts say a retrograde cazimi Mercury gives “a mind that sees through illusions” and “speech that reveals hidden truth.”In Scorpio, at the anaretic 28th degree
Scorpio is the sign of depth psychology, occult knowledge, secrets, investigative research, and surgical precision of thought. The 28th degree is anaretic — urgent, karmic, “time’s up.”
→ Expect sudden, razor-sharp revelations about things that have been hidden (in relationships, finances, power dynamics, your own psyche, or even collective scandals). For example the Epstein documents are being released now potentially.Still within the opposition to Uranus in Taurus (orb <1°)
The cazimi Mercury is the trigger point of the Uranus opposition.
→ The “eureka” moment is likely to be shocking, liberating, and technologically or financially flavored (Uranus in Taurus). Think sudden downloads, whistle-blowing information, cryptocurrency or market insights, revolutionary ideas about the body/earth/money, or nervous-system-level awakenings.
The Core Gifts and Potentials of This Cazimi
Profound mental clarity inside retrograde chaos
While the retrograde continues until November 29, this cazimi gives a 24–48 hour window where your thinking is exceptionally clear, almost oracular. Many people receive life-changing insights, accurate intuitive hits, or lucid dreams during this exact period.Healing and rewriting old stories
Retrograde + Scorpio = revisiting traumas, betrayals, or secrets. The cazimi is the moment those old narratives can be permanently reframed or dissolved. Therapy sessions, journaling, confessions, or forgiveness rituals done within ±12 hours of the exact cazimi are extraordinarily powerful.Magical or ritual use of language
Words spoken, written, or affirmed near the exact cazimi carry unusual potency (traditional electional astrology loves Mercury cazimi for signing important documents, oaths, spells, or publishing revelations — even during retrograde, because the cazimi overrides the usual caution).Scientific, investigative, or occult breakthrough energy
Perfect for researchers, detectives, psychologists, astrologers, hackers (ethical), or anyone digging for truth. Solutions to problems that have eluded you for weeks can appear in a flash.A “second New Moon” effect
Because the New Moon and cazimi are on the same degree only 16 hours apart, this lunation has a double-seeding quality. Intentions set now are not only emotional/subconscious (Moon) but also mental/strategic (Mercury cazimi). This is exceptionally rare and makes this one of the best moments of 2025 for shadow-work-based manifestation.
Practical Advice for Harnessing It (Nov 20–21, 2025)
Best window: Nov 20 12:00 UTC – Nov 21 12:00 UTC (tightest 20:00–02:00 UTC)
- Meditate, do breathwork, or journey at the exact cazimi time if possible.
- Write a letter to yourself revealing a truth you’ve been avoiding — then burn or bury it.
- Ask one focused question before sleep and keep a notebook by the bed.
- Avoid starting brand-new external projects (still retrograde), but DO revise, renegotiate, or internally launch.
- Be gentle with the nervous system — Uranus opposition can feel electrically overstimulating.
In short: this Mercury cazimi on the New Moon is a once-in-a-decade portal of illuminated truth. Whatever shadow you face and whatever insight flashes through you now has the power to permanently alter your mental framework and the trajectory of the coming year.
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