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Planet Tattva

Mercury is the planet that rules communication, writing, and intellectual skills. It completes a rotation every 58.65 days and never appears more than 28 degrees from the sun when viewed from Earth. Mercury also exhibits retrograde motion for around 20-24 days every 4 months. When retrograde, people with a strong Mercury influence can experience communication failures. Mercury takes approximately 10 months to transit the entire zodiac and stays in each sign for 25 days.

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Planet Tattva

Mercury is the planet that rules communication, writing, and intellectual skills. It completes a rotation every 58.65 days and never appears more than 28 degrees from the sun when viewed from Earth. Mercury also exhibits retrograde motion for around 20-24 days every 4 months. When retrograde, people with a strong Mercury influence can experience communication failures. Mercury takes approximately 10 months to transit the entire zodiac and stays in each sign for 25 days.

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rotation on its axis in 58.65 days.

When seen from Earth, it never


appears to be more than 28 degrees away from Sun. Mercury also
turns retrograde for a period of about 20 to 24 days roughly, and
retrogression occurs every 4 months. When retrograde, people under
the strong influence of Mercury face communication failures often.
Mercury stays in one sign for around 25 days and takes about 10
months roughly to transit through the whole zodiacal belt.

Essential Details about Mercury

Transit in each sign 25 days


Direction North
Metal Lead
Gem Emerald
Day Wednesday
Color Green
Temperament Mixed
Gender Neutral
Ruling Body Part Nervous System and Skin
Status in Imperial Stars Prince
Friends Sun, Venus
Enemies Moon
Neutral Saturn, Mars
Own Sign Gemini, Virgo
Exalted in Virgo
Debilitated in Pisces
Mool Trikon Virgo
Mahadasha Period 17 Years
Relation Sisters
Writing, literature, communication, media,
consultancy, publishing, accounts,
Professions
insurance, math, astrology, railway,
trading, Mercury and Emerald related.

Signification of Mercury in Indian astrology


Mercury is neither masculine not feminine; it acquires the persona of
the sign it is placed in. Since Mercury gives one the power to
discriminate and rule over language, it’s bad influence affects it to a
deeper level. It also rules over youth, play, leisure, sports, and social
circle. Like Moon, Mercury also represents mind, but it deals with the
analytical side while Moon is concerned with the subconscious.

When Mercury is strongly placed in a horoscope, it makes the person


intellectual, wise, rational with effective speech and curiosity to learn.
Communication is the strong area of such a person. But when
Mercury is too strong, it represses the emotional side of the
personality. Such a person tries to put logic into situation that needs to
be dealt with emotions. Mercury when under influence of malefic
planets, can be both favorable as well as unfavorable for the native.
Native having a strong Mercury may have strong intelligence but they
may use in shrewd ways if under affliction.

A malefic Mercury gives the person an unstable mind, lack of


rationality, speech disorders, poor articulation, learning difficulties,
skin problems, issues related to the nervous system, memory issues,
as well as problem in understanding and gaining in-depth knowledge.
Such a person usually struggles in social situations due to poor
expression and communication blunders.

Mercury is a direct signifier of wisdom coming from the rational thinking of the mind,
communication skills, command over

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