Mercury Retrograde, Scorpio Depths, And The Art Of Letting Go | Energy Update | Magical Michelle Orwick

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The sky is loud, but the message is simple: release what’s finished so you can expand without dragging the past behind you. With Mercury retrograde in Scorpio, Venus highlighting relationships and health, and five planets asking for review, we guide you through a month that favors honesty, boundaries, and body-based calm over hustle. We explore how the 11:11 portal intensifies transformation, why master numbers matter for meaning-making, and how Jupiter retrograde and Uranus in Taurus push a practical audit of worth, money, time, and self-respect.

You’ll hear our take on shadow work that actually helps: somatic tools for the vagus nerve, breath and sound practices to move grief and tension, and a simple framework for staying flexible when plans change. We talk about JOMO as medicine, using a clean no to protect energy, and the way gratitude functions as a magnet for what you’re calling in. If overwhelm shows up—even with good news—you’ll learn how to normalize it, ground the body, and keep your words thoughtful while Mercury plays tricks with timing and tech.

We also share community touchpoints for support, including our in-person Soul Circle gatherings in Orlando and a free 11:11 masterclass for timeline jumping and guided meditation. The throughline is clear: completion makes space for becoming. If you’re ready to shed an old identity and meet the version of you who already holds the life you asked for, this conversation offers perspective, practices, and encouragement to move with the current, not against it.

Subscribe, share this with someone navigating change, and leave a review telling us one thing you’re releasing this month—what’s the skin you’re ready to shed?

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Episode Transcript

Magical Michelle Orwick (00:20):
Hello, I'm Magical Michelle, your host,
and this week's LivingMagically, I really have a lot
to talk about because thisweek's astrology and energy um
packs a punch and sometimes notalways the most pleasant.

(00:42):
With and I find it reallyinteresting for those of you who
follow numerology, on 11.9, wehave have the Mercury retrograde
starting, and I I'm alwaysinterested in numbers, and so I
find it very interesting that itstarts on the 9th and ends on

(01:07):
the 29th.
Mercury retrograde always beingabout three weeks.
But why I see this sosignificant is because this week
is the Mercury retrograde forthe last time this year, the
last time of the year of thesnake, the last time of the nine

(01:31):
year.
So nines are all aboutcompletion and finishing and
ending and shedding and snakes.
Mercury retrograde is also allabout that shedding and
releasing and letting go.
And we're doing it in Scorpioseason, and we're having this

(01:55):
retrograde in Scorpio at thesame time as we have Venus in
Scorpio.
So I don't know how many peoplehave cried their eyes out this
week.
I know I have, I know myclients have, I know my friends
have.
There was a day this week I letout a primal scream.

(03:28):
Um, as these energies leave mybody, so does the karma, so does
the old energy.
And we were talking yesterdayabout resonance and vagus nerve.
I was talking with a friend andclient about the vagus nerve.
It is a great week to resetyour vagus nerve by using sound,

(03:52):
by using the ah, and breathwork.
Breath work is an incrediblething to do.
Um, qi gong, tai chi, anythingthat's somatic in healing, yoga.
In fact, I was supposed to beat the yoga festival today.
Um, I'm even dressed in my freet-shirt, my free hugs t-shirt.

(04:13):
And one of the things thathappens in Mercury retrograde is
you can get all dressed forsomething and life will have a
different direction for you.
And because it is Scorpio, myinvitation to you is to flow
where you're taken, be flexiblethis month.

(04:35):
Plan, especially if you'retraveling for Thanksgiving or
during this month, plan and thenbe okay with whatever it is
that comes through and comesforward.
Um go really be with the flow,really be with um change is

(04:56):
working for you instead ofagainst you.
You know, when I was alsodressed for a Ren fair this
weekend and didn't end up thereeither.
Um, but what is meant for youwill work.
And and this is this is whatI'm trying, this is what I'm
gonna say now that I've set allof that up this month.

(05:19):
The astrology is so potent andso powerful.
We have five, five planets inretrograde at the very end of a
nine year.
And we have the Scorpio season,which is good for shadow work,
it's good for looking inward,it's good for karmic release and

(05:41):
understanding who you are.
That's Joy.
She's helping with the camera.
Um, hi Joy.
And for those of you who are umstruggling right now, I promise
a light at the end of thetunnel that really is coming.
Whatever you're strugglingwith, turn it over to your

(06:06):
higher power, turn it over tosource, turn it over to whatever
you can you work with, whetherthat's God, goddess, all that it
is, creator.
You are a vessel for miracles.
And I'm inviting you to restand renew and restore and

(06:27):
recalibrate and review.
I am looking at this week asone of the most beautiful
opportunities to change forexpansion.
We have Jupiter, the planet ofexpansion, going retrograde in
Cancer, yet another water sign.

(06:50):
Um, and that is happening onthe 1111 portal.
So we have Uranus last weekmoved into Taurus for its last
turnaround, um which lasts untilApril.
The review on on it on thislasts until April.
So this is going to bereviewing how you're valued,

(07:14):
reviewing your finances and whatyou value, how you are valued.
So a lot of people might umlook at what you're spending on
your what you're spending yourmoney on, what you're spending
your time on, how you'reallowing yourself to be treated,
what what relationships youwant to be in.

(07:37):
And this is also happening withthat energy of um Mercury in
Scorpio being in retrograde aswell.
So there's a lot of bigenergies, big energies right
now, and if I had to highlightone area, it would be

(07:57):
relationships and health, likethings ruled by Venus right now,
and things ruled by Scorpio,and Scorpio is is death and
rebirth, and literally the nineis death and rebirth.
So here we are in a season withthe 1111 this week.

(08:18):
There's a portal, we're in theportal now of transformation.
This is the big shed, this isthe ultimate shedding of the
energy of the skin, the snake,the old.
What are you releasing?

(08:41):
What are you accepting so youcan move forward with your
rebirth?
So you can expand.
Jupiter retrograde is going tohave you review what's holding
you back so that you can expand.
And I know that all of you havesomething you want to grow and

(09:03):
expand in.
That's what this year of thesnake has been all about.
Letting go.
And when you think you'vesurrendered, surrender some
more.
When you think you've let go,see what you're still holding on
to.
When you think you've acceptedthe things that are are coming

(09:24):
up for you right now, show youwhat you still have not
accepted.
And and I feel like that's thisfinal review of Uranus and
Taurus is asking us to go deepon our value, what we value, who
we value, and how we valueourselves and our time.
And with this, how are we goingto be in that becoming for next

(09:49):
year?
This is that that 11.9, uh,which is Sunday, is the
beginning of this Mercuryretrograde, but it ends on 1129.
So again, lots of 9 and 11energy right now.
Lots of 1111 portal, and 11 isthe master teacher.

(10:10):
1111 is the power of puretransformation through learning
your lesson, learning yourkarma, so that you can use the
law of grace to move forward.
And so I hope to um spend sometime with you this month.

(10:31):
I have um we've restarted SoulCircle, which was absolutely
beautiful and profound lastMonday.
Um, so the invitation is ifyou're available, um Monday the
10th or Monday the 17th, and youlive in Orlando, Florida, or
the surrounding areas, I wouldlove to have you come and play

(10:53):
with us.
It's at 7 o'clock at the UrbanOshroom.
It's pay what you can.
Suggested donation is $20, butanything is is welcome, your
smile, or even a free hug.
So please come down to theUrban Oshroom for Soul Circle,
our new new old in-personoffering.

(11:13):
Because we did it for yearsuntil the pandemic, and we've
started up live, and it was awonderful hit.
We'll do oils and andmeditation and healing and
community work.
And I have a special guestcoming on the 17th.
I'll tell you more about thatin a post.

(11:34):
But watch if you're looking tocome the 17th of November would
be a fantastic time for you tocome down to your first soul
circle.
Or if you've been coming in thepast and it's time to come
down, I I invite you.
Um, it's now going to be Mondaynights unless it's a holiday
week.
Um, and we have a lot of thosecoming up.

(11:55):
We we won't be doing um theMonday before or after
Thanksgiving or the Monday, um,some of the Mondays around the
and around the holidays inDecember, but three three big
days in December and three herein November.
And all of that being said,because 1111 is something so

(12:19):
profound to me.
I don't know if all of you knowthis, but I am actually a
numerology number 11.
And 11 repeats over and overand over in my life.
In fact, that make a wish on1111, I remember getting my
first digital clock.
Yes, I'm old.
I'm in my 50s, and I got myfirst digital clock, and my

(12:42):
mother and I sharing wishes at1111 every time we saw it.
And so, in a way, I've beendoing 1111 since the uh
beginning of digital clocks.
In that same form, I feel theenergy of transformation.
It's a fairy holiday that a lotof people don't even realize.

(13:05):
It's a portal day, and it isalso, of course, Veterans Day.
So thank you to all thosewho've served our country.
Um, but in the meantime, theidea of connecting to our
transformation, it's one of thebiggest best days to do a
timeline jump.

(13:25):
I don't know if you've everdone a timeline jump.
Um, if you want some help withthat, I have a free offering, a
masterclass.
All you have to do is sign up,put your email in, and we will
be going live at 10:30 onTuesday.
And it'll be on Zoom.

(13:45):
It'll be free.
If you can't be there becauseyou're working or something is
conflicting, we will send youout a recording and it'll be a
guided meditation.
There'll be some teaching and aguided meditation to do some
quantum jumping, some timelineleaping, because 11-11 is that
day with all those retrogrades,with all this power, with all

(14:07):
this Scorpio energy and the andthe energy of completion, it's
the perfect day, a portal day toum energize and connect to the
version of you that already is,that already has, that has
claimed its um sovereignty, itspower, its wholeness, because

(14:30):
thine is the number of whole andcomplete.
You are whole and complete, youare a vessel of receiving.
And this is a perfect time tounderstand and activate the
light of giving and receiving,activating your value and your
worth, activating your power ofyour yourself within, and your

(14:55):
love and your sovereignty andyour expression of joy.
And so I would love it if youcould be there.
And if you can't be there,we'll send you a recording.
All you have to do is sign up.
Um we've been really clear thatthis is a week, um, a month of

(15:15):
Thanksgiving.
And so, yes, we've been tryingto do as many of these events um
for free or donation just toserve the community and also to
be in gratitude.
And of course, that is anotherthing that November brings in is
to be in gratitude.

(15:35):
And gratitude is one of thekeys to manifesting.
In form, when you start tellingthe algorithm thank you for
something that maybe you can'tsee yet, releasing doubt,
releasing lack, you are startingto be the vibration that pulls

(15:57):
that which you are calling indirectly to you.
You are the magnet when you'rein gratitude.
Gratitude is one of my mainpillars, my main keys for
manifesting.
Um, and so we'll talk moreabout that in the 1111
masterclass.

(16:18):
And last but not least, Iwanted to just talk about the
energy of November.
In all of the part where I wastalking earlier about your worth
and your value, it is okay tosay no and to not socialize this

(16:38):
month.
It is a serious energy ofturning inward and reclamation
of self.
And so, even though it might besomething you want to do, I
call this joy of missing out,you might need to be managing
your time, your energy,yourself.
And no is a beautiful word.

(17:01):
And so practice your no.
And if it's not a hell yes, ifit's not a I really want this,
or it isn't something that youfeel that you're in um good
giving and and receiving for, ifit's not going to fill your
cup, no is a complete sentence,and it's very powerful.

(17:24):
So practice your no, practiceyour rest, practice your
discernment, and also beprepared for surprises and to
not get upset, because I thinkthere's an e it's easy to get
frustrated, it's and and I amnot perfect.

(17:46):
This is I'm telling myself asmuch as I'm telling you all of
these things, because one of thereasons I know all of this
that's going on is because ithas been a per a particularly
intense month for me already.
With I've had a death, um, uhI've been in the emergency room

(18:08):
with someone, but I've also gota birth and a marriage, and so
but good things can be intensetoo.
So just remember that if goodthings are coming and you still
feel overwhelmed, that's okay.
You can feel overwhelmed andhave it not be bad.
It just means that you need totake really good care of

(18:32):
yourself.
I was super proud.
One of my clients sent me amessage and she said, after our
session, after our talk, um, itwas really a talk, right?
And she said, I took a bathtoday and a shower, and I
changed my sheets and I sprayedmy stuff all over my sheets, and
and I was just really proudthat she was basically doing the

(18:58):
deepest level of self-care shepossibly could.
And so this is what I'm talkingabout, the deepest level of
self-care you possibly can.
And if shadow work or gettinggetting to the bottom of of what

(19:19):
it is that you've um you'vebeen working on for many years
or many months, or even just aday or a week, and you need a
little bit of help with that, Ihave one slot left for the
Living Magically coachingprogram, um, the Living
Magically method.
So reach out to me if you arelike, I think it's time to be

(19:41):
ready for this new year, and Ineed a little bit of help.
So, with all of that, I'm gonnasum up five planets in
retrograde.
Just be careful with how yousay things, follow follow the
flow instead of being rigid onit has to be this way.

(20:02):
Don't be surprised atsurprises, but go with them.
Remind yourself that everythingis working out for you.
Remind yourself that self-careis not self-ish, but what you
need to be full enough to giveother people.
No is a full sentence inNovember and always, but

(20:26):
sometimes we have to have thejoy of missing out or Jomo to
reset and restore and shed whatisn't serving you.
Let go, and then there will bethe energy of expansion.
You are whole and you arecomplete and you are full, and

(20:47):
you are love and you are light,and you are a vessel for the
indwelling spirit that lightsyou up inside.
So be that, be the indwellingspirit and know that change is
inevitable because you cannot besomeone you are asking for.

(21:08):
If you've asked for all thesethings, you have to let go of
the old identity.
And I really do believe thatthis November and even December
is all about the final stages ofletting go of the old identity
to step fully, fully into thisversion of you that you are
becoming, that you have beenworking toward.

(21:32):
And this is the last stages ofthat shedding of the year of the
snake.
With all of that, remember tolive magically, to live
intentionally, and I love you.