55. Mercury in the 7th: One with Mercury in the 7th house will enjoy many pleasures, will have a chaste spouse, will not have deep desires, be helpful to others and be modest.
Notes: One with Mercury in the 7th house will enjoy a high degree of happiness concerning his mother. He will obtain a spouse who will be exceedingly learned and a scholar of repute.
His name and fame will spread all-over. He will enjoy conveyances and properties.
His disposition will be like that of a female and will be disposed to be trans-sexual in behaviour.
If Mercury in the 7th is in a benefic’s sign, one will marry in an excellent family.
56. Mercury in the 8th: One with Mercury in the 8th house will be assailable, of friendly disposition, will have phlegmatic and windy deficiencies, be emaciated, pale and will destroy his family.
Notes: One with Mercury in the 8th will become famous after 25th year of his age, be long-lived (provided the 8th lord is not weak), will possess landed properties, will have many children and be addicted to others’ women. His health will pose threat in respect of lungs and nerves. He will run the risk of government actions.
If Mercury is in the 8th with a malefic planet, his wealth will decline due to illicit connections with females.
Mercury in the 8th in debility or in an enemy’s sign and joining a malefic planet will reduce one’s life-span and the native will be ever after quenching sexual lust.
57. Mercury in the 9th: One with Mercury in the 9th house will be truthful, will cause happiness to others, will conquer his senses, be attached to virtuous men, industrious and resolute.
Notes: The person with Mercury as above will be wealthy, well-educated, happy and fortunate. He will have deep interest in Vedas (and related branches), Hatha Yoga, Religion, mathematics, languages and music. He will have many children.
Mercury in the 9th house in a malefic’s sign or in enemy’s sign or in debility along with malefic association will thwart one’s fortunes and will pose untimely danger to father; further, the person will hate ancient scriptures and will dishonour orthodoxy.
58. Mercury in the 10th: One with Mercury in the 10th house will possess a charming physique. He will. be fortunate, virtuous, rich with bed comforts, robes and conveyances, fond of women and justly disposed.
Notes: Mercury in the 10th house will further increase one’s income through various sources. The person will be wealthy by his own exertion, will enjoy happiness on account of his children and be an expert in legal matters. He will have eye problems as well. possibly between 18 and 27 years of age.
Further, the native will achieve a high degree of success in auspicious undertakings, be bold, will acquire superior conveyances, and be highly famous.
If Mercury in the 10th is in a malefic’s sign, an enemy’s sign or in combustion, one’s undertakings will be obstructed and he will be unorthodox.
59. Mercury in the 11th: One with Mercury in the 11th house will be good-looking, fond of poetry, splendorous, free from sickness, showy and skilful in carrying out royal orders.
Notes: The native with Mercury in the 11th will be well educated, wealthy and long-lived. He will manage people of various dispositions and will not incur any kind of difficulties in getting his children married. However, this position may not give a male issue, unless the 5th lord or Jupiter is favourably disposed. There is however an authority to state that such a native will beget a son after his 19th year (or a suitable year in the modern context).
He will enjoy limited carnal pleasures in marital life. This position of Mercury will stall one’s abdominal appetite.
There will be all-round progress in his life. He will gain through hidden wealth.
Further, if Mercury in the 11th joins Venus, there will be abundant conveyances and landed properties.
60. Mercury In the 12th: One With Mercury in the 12th house will be in the grip of acute poverty, interested in deriving material pleasures, subdued by his relatives, ugly and ill-disposed.
Notes: The native with Mercury in the 12th will face difficulties in education but will somehow manage those. He will often incur humiliation, will fail in keeping up his word, will perform sinful jobs, and will fall severely sick during the later part of his life. He will be well-disposed to help public causes.
Our text indicates poverty. In actual experience, one is found to be fairly rich with Mercury in the 12th house. In fact, there is another classical authority which states that the native will acquire immovable properties.
Those are the effects for Mercury.
