Spring Cleaning Your Spirit: Working with 2025’s First Mercury Retrograde

Alright, deep breath—Mercury Retrograde is back, but before you brace yourself for tech glitches and communication mix-ups, let’s reframe this.

This isn’t about chaos—it’s about clarity. This retrograde is an invitation to slow down, reassess, and realign with what actually feels good in your life. And with the Sun moving through Gates 21, 17, 36, and 25, the theme is clear: Mastering self-generosity and releasing trauma patterns.

Think of it as spiritual spring cleaning—what outdated fears, limiting beliefs, or survival mechanisms are you finally ready to clear out?

This retrograde isn’t here to trip you up—it’s here to help you trust more, control less, and soften into self-love. Let’s dive into the energies shaping this cosmic reset.

Gate 25: The Gate of Innocence

Gate 25 is all about radical trust—trusting life, trusting yourself, trusting that you are deeply held even when everything feels uncertain. This energy isn’t about naivety; it’s about choosing love over fear even after life has tried to convince you otherwise.

During this retrograde, old wounds around self-acceptance, faith, and surrender might come up. If you’ve been resisting the flow of life, you’ll feel exactly where that resistance still lingers.

💡 Your lesson: Release expectations. Let love move through you. The more you try to control, the further you drift from your truth.

✨ Reflection prompts:

• How can I find joy in simply being?
• What would it look like to act from a place of unconditional love?

📝 Journal it out:

• Do I trust Source (the Universe, God, my higher self)?
• What’s my practice for reconnecting to that trust?
• Am I truly living in alignment with my purpose? If not, what’s the block?

Gate 21: The Gate of the Huntress

This is the energy of control, mastery, and personal power—but during Mercury Retrograde, the usual ways we seek control might backfire.

If you’ve been gripping too tightly to a relationship, finances, business, or even your self-image, this retrograde will shine a light on where you need to loosen your hold and lean into trust.

Because true power? It doesn’t come from forcing outcomes. It comes from knowing when to act and when to surrender.

💡 Your lesson: Mastery isn’t about control—it’s about trust. Trusting yourself. Trusting your value. Trusting that what’s meant for you is already finding its way to you.

✨ Reflection prompts:

• Where am I gripping too tightly?
• Where do I actually need more authority and boundaries?
• What’s one small way I can trust the Universe more?

📝 Journal it out:

• Where in my life am I afraid to let go?
• Do I truly believe I am valuable?
• What can I do to create an environment of self-generosity?

Gate 17: The Gate of Opinions

This is the energy of logic and structured thinking—how we form opinions and filter reality. And guess what? This retrograde might challenge everything you thought you knew about yourself, your beliefs, and the world around you.

If you’re feeling defensive about certain perspectives or struggling with uncertainty, this transit is nudging you to expand your lens.

💡 Your lesson: Growth isn’t about being right—it’s about staying curious. The moment you think you have it all figured out, life will show you another layer.

✨ Reflection prompts:

• Where am I clinging to an outdated perspective?
• How can I soften my certainty and welcome new insights?
• What belief about myself feels outdated?

📝 Journal it out:

• What’s one perspective shift that could unlock new possibilities for me?
• Where in my life am I resisting another way of seeing things?
• How can I lean into curiosity instead of certainty?

Gate 36: The Gate of Crisis

This is the energy of emotional depth, turbulence, and transformation. It’s the deep, messy, beautiful work of becoming.

Expect this retrograde to stir up old emotional wounds, past disappointments, or fears of change. But here’s the thing: What if this isn’t chaos, but an initiation?

💡 Your lesson: Discomfort is not your enemy—it’s your teacher. Your emotions are guiding you to deeper healing, but only if you stop running from them.

✨ Reflection prompts:

• What emotions am I resisting?
• How has discomfort shaped me into who I am today?
• What if my current challenge is actually a breakthrough in disguise?

📝 Journal it out:

• How do I respond to emotional intensity?
• What’s my relationship with uncertainty?
• Where have past struggles gifted me the most wisdom?

Embracing the Energy of the Moment

This Mercury Retrograde isn’t just a shift in the cosmos—it’s a shift in you.

✨ Gate 25 asks you to surrender into love.
✨ Gate 21 reminds you that true power is found in trust.
✨ Gate 36 shows you that discomfort is your portal to transformation.
✨ Gate 17 pushes you to challenge old perspectives and expand your mind.

What’s shifting for you? What’s ready to be released?

This is your moment to let go of what no longer serves, to trust in the unknown, and to step into a deeper level of self-alignment.

Until next time, trust, surrender, and step into your power. 💫✨