Mercury is one of the influential astrological planets. It helps a person to be sharp minded, assorted interests, multi-functional talents and versatile. The people ruled by mercury will have good analytical thinking and logical. It is also called as Vudha.
Intellectual, Ingenious, Convertible, Dualistic, Mutable, and feminine ‘Planet Mercury’ is very near to Sun and one of the four terrestrial & inner planets in the Solar system. Mercury or Budha is the prince in astrology. He represents speech, intelligence, maternal uncles, short journeys, medical profession, trade, computers and the web, astrology and knowledge of the shastras, accounts, mathematics, journalism, printing and publishing. Its metal is bronze, gem is emerald, color is green and direction north.
Mercury takes about a month to travel a rasi. It is always within 27 degree distance from the sun from astrological point of view.
Mercury, or Budha in Sanskrit, is the most prominent planet of speech, communication, and intellect. You must have seen people with excellent oral, written, mental, and logical skills, witty, good with speaking abilities and calculative skills, it is because of Mercury. Such person creates humor in the environment using their oral and mental skills. People who are not good in communication or having problems gathering thoughts is due to weak or afflicted Mercury.
Mercury influenced person tend to study occult sciences also. Afflicted Mercury will make the person clever, cunning and mischievous. Such persons are sometimes good at gambling.
- Authors, teachers, businessmen, media persons, lawyers, accountants, software engineers, astrologers, diplomats are influenced with Mercury. Mercury makes you poet, mathematician, gives you banking or clerical jobs.
Mercury rules the Gemini and Virgo and 3rd and 6th house in the natal chart. It spends 25 days in each sign and takes around 10 months to complete the zodiac cycle. - It is considered as the prince among the planets. It represents sisters, friends and maternal uncles. Mercury is friend with Sun, Venus, Rahu, and enemy with Moon and Ketu. Its vimshottaridasha is 17 years and constellations are Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, and Revati. Mercury is exalted in Virgo at 15 degree and debilitated in Pisces at 15 degree. MooltrikonaRashi of Mercury falls in Virgo 16 to 20 degrees. Its gemstone is Emerald.
- Mercury people are attractive with good physical features. Mercury tells about your childhood and education; places like libraries, post office, parks, airport, cinema halls, media house etc belong to Mercury.
- Since it is primarily related with mind abilities; weak Mercury causes psychic problems, nervous system problem, memory loss etc. Mercury rules the skin and skin related problems; it also rules the tongue, mouth, hands and arms.
- Mercury, when weak, causes vertigo, deafness, asthma, and denotes difficulty in thought and communication. Mercury is also general significator for learning, childhood, logic, maternal uncles, basic and higher education.
This Planet implores us to express ourselves clearly. Mercury represents your capacity to understand the desires of your own will and to translate those desires into action. In other words it is the planet of mind and the power of communication. Through mercury we develop an ability to think, write, speak and observe- to be aware of world around us. When Mercury goes retrograde (the appearance of traveling backward) our communications will be challenged. Mercury rules the zodiacal sign Gemini and Virgo.