Role, importance and Characteristi of Mercury in Astrological Houses

Role and importance of Mercury in Vedic Astrology is always connected to the intellectual development and the intellect of the people. If Venus is the body of the planetary solar system, Mercury is the brain of the solar system, Jupiter is the wisdom of the mind of the solar system. Mars is the fighter of the solar system, Neptune and Uranus is full of esotericism.

Characteristics of Mercury

It is important to note that Mercury would reach its maturity only at the age of 32. It means that Mercury’s entire intellect would reach you at 32, your intellectual rise happens only after 32. He is the chieftain among the knowledgeable people. His image resembles Vishnu, thus he is known as “Vishnu Rupi.”

He is the lord of Gemini and Virgo.
He has an airy nature,
Emerald helps you derive Mercury’s benefits,
His metal is an alloy, a mixture of all forms.
His direction is determined as North.
HIs day is majorly Wednesday.
Mercury’s friends are Rahu (Uranus), Ketu (Neptune), Jupiter, Saturn, Venus.
The auspicious nakshatras for Mercury are AShlesha, Jyestha, Revati, Rohini, Hasta, Shravan nakshatras.
The inauspicious nakshatras are Adra, Swati, Pushya, Anuradha, Chitra and Magha.
It yields best results to natives by the age of 32 to 35 years.
Mercury is gravitationally locked with the SUn and has the slightest tilt of all.

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Importance of Mercury in Astrology

Mercury is known as the planet that guides the intellect of every organism in this planet. He is the messenger of Gods as per Greek and Roman mythology. Mercury is the small voice within our mind- that small voice which is always telling us what we must do and what we mustn’t.

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It helps us reason out, it helps us rationalise, the subconscious thoughts and conscious actions are controlled altogether.

Mercury is responsible for your expressions. What you talk is mainly Mercury’s responsibility. How you would be capable of handling the stress of life. How you would tackle the most unfortunate choices you make. Mercury is mainly concerned with your 4th house that is your friends and relatives. It is also concerned with your 2nd House representing speech and the tenth House that represents our professional skills.

Role of Mercury in Astrological Houses

Mercurial characteristics run in all of us, differing from one another in its placement merely.

The position of Mercury in each of the House	Nature of the Native
Role and importance of Mercury in Vedic Astrology when placed in the first Astrological House	Mercury alone is never good, with the Sun in the first House it is auspicious. Generally friendly, frank, blunt spoken, possessing sharp communication skills, the native adorns a youthful appearance.
Role and importance of Mercury in Vedic Astrology when placed in the second Astrological House	These natives have a high IQ, they are fond of books, their talks are most intellectual and thought provoking. They find a way to earn a living always and are barely ever unemployed.
Role and importance of Mercury in Vedic Astrology when placed in the third Astrological House	Such natives would spend a lot of time socialising mainly to collect information. These people would be very expressive and very talkative by nature. They would have a strong sense of humour and would mostly hate boredom.
Role and importance of Mercury in Vedic Astrology when placed in the fourth Astrological House	The people would be greatly involved in all the family matters. There would be a never ending chain of thoughts in the native’s mind and thus, he would end up talking more than studying. They would have a peaceful life at home.
Role and importance of Mercury in Vedic Astrology when placed in the fifth Astrological House	These natives would have a highly analytical mind. They can easily be impressive to others. They would be curious, good speakers and writers. Mercury in this House is good for intellect but not good for their offsprings.
Role and importance of Mercury in Vedic Astrology when placed in the sixth Astrological House	These natives are logical, talkative and extremely smart. They criticise almost everything on Earth, rather harshly in their speech.
Role and importance of Mercury in Vedic Astrology when placed in the seventh Astrological House	He will incur losses through legal matters and would have a wife/husband who would be much smarter than him/her. She would be the one ruling the family and though she/he would be an instinctive person yet would not be capable enough.
Role and importance of Mercury in Vedic Astrology when placed in the eighth Astrological House	He will have a lot of money and would have a wonderful family. The person would have a typically high level of education and would shine in life through many odds. These natives would have an interest in the occult and the hidden forces.
Role and importance of Mercury in Vedic Astrology when placed in the ninth Astrological House	He will be extremely studious and quite a gourmet for books. The native would be either an artist, scholar or diplomat. They could be quite compassionate and kind, understanding and sensible. They might live long.
Role and importance of Mercury in Vedic Astrology when placed in the tenth Astrological House	Native would be honoured, and respected in society. They would be quite dependable and would be very honest and sincere in approach. When the natives are debilitated then they might be cunning, not dependable enough by nature.
Role and importance of Mercury in Vedic Astrology when placed in the eleventh Astrological House	This is one good position for Mercury, and the native would be quite a rich person, the person would be quite wise and intelligent. Honest to the core, this native would mingle amicably with others. The person would turn out to be good in subjects like mathematics/ astrology. The native would have more daughters than sons in his/her lifetime.
Role and importance of Mercury in Vedic Astrology when placed in the twelfth Astrological House	The native might turn out to be a miser person, would be ill educated and would be scandalous in nature. His kids would turn out to be good and would fight for their respect in the crowd. Though the person would have a religious bent of mind and would definitely have skills in understanding the metaphysics of various subjects.

Importance of Mercury in Vedic Astrology

The importance of Mercury in Vedic Astrology arises in our life primarily influencing our imagination skills and power. Your wavelength does not match others around you, primarily due to Mercury's position. The various aspects Mercury makes with other planets would provide an explanation for the quirkiness in your behavior, for your chattering nature, for your emotional eloquence. Mercury is responsible for the fascinations you have for yourself and for others. If you put two Air signs together, if you make Mercury’s different sides come together you would get a conversation that works at the speed of light. So, let us thus see what or how Mercury impacts us when it is placed in different Zodiac signs.

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Astrological Significance of Mercury in Aries: The native would be very quick in communications and usually don’t have a lot of patience. The natives are quite direct people and often very straightforward. They are not bothered much about details and would often dismiss unnecessary points out rightly. They believe in starting new things and usually would never be short of ideas.
Astrological Significance of Mercury in Taurus: Brooders by nature, they take a long time to conclude an event or incident. Often sarcastic, these natives are otherwise smooth speakers. These men and women have concrete answers often, to every question around which they have thought. These natives have distinct senses. Colour, smell and touch are ruled by Mercury in these natives.
Astrological Significance of Mercury in Gemini: Quite splattered minds, often biased to believe their logical senses, they can think things out at the speed of lighting. These natives are not very emotional and are often nervous and anxious by nature.
Astrological Significance of Mercury in Cancer: Very sensitive, these natives often prefer to withdraw into their shells. Cancerians often communicate through their feelings. Such natives are often blessed with an outstanding memory. These beings are frustrated and quite eloquent speakers and writers.
Astrological Significance of Mercury in Leo: The natives with Mercury in their Leo would be proud creatures who would take pride in everything they do, often extremely creative; they are sophisticated in their approach, quite stubborn and can be awesome story tellers.
Astrological Significance of Mercury in Virgo: They often love being appreciated for their brain, often quite capable of planning short term goals, quite strong perfectionists, quite organized and quite dependable as a friend since they would take care of all the details. Quite humble and often work more than they can, these natives would be neat thinkers.
Astrological Significance of Mercury in Libra: They can be diplomatic and attempt to be fair in their decision and judgment. They handle people as fragile creatures and keep them safe, balanced and content. Compromise is a motto they live for, balance and harmony is their goal and often their ambition. Librans have a very fine tuned intellect and often contribute to the refinement of their tastes.
Astrological Significance of Mercury in Scorpio: Their speech is quite passion filled and has a super instinctive intellect. They would stand like tall pillars for people they believe. They love to be intrigued, they are mysterious by nature and they would often feel that people can be motivated by jealousy which many times does not work well on certain types of people.
Astrological Significance of Mercury in Sagittarius: Natives with Mercury in Sagittarius would be full of optimism and would often be futurists. They love justice and spirituality to the core. You can never feel low when around them. Sagittarians are organized clutter boxes. They can find a thing in a heap of clutter and often not find a thing in the organized shelves.
Astrological Significance of Mercury in Capricorn: Skeptical, logical and quite rational minded people come forward when Mercury is in Capricorn. They are often doubtful more than required, and their communication is a “no time waste type” of conversation.
Astrological Significance of Mercury in Aquarius: Necessarily loud, these natives can be a delight to be around, quite superior in intellect; these people can often suffer from an intellectual superiority complex. Quirky, witty and quite unusual in nature they have unusual habits.
Astrological Significance of Mercury in Pisces: When Mercury is in Pisces the natives grow into warm, pleasing personalities and often derive unique and unusual information from the surroundings. They love to be left alone and are quite dreamy and indirect in nature. They are a part of a Never Land and love to wind up in those lands whenever they are free.

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Astrological Significance of Mercury lies in its subtlety as a planet and provides you with very gentle experiences about life and living. Your wavelengths have to be real low and gentle to get the waves of Mercury well. The role and importance of Mercury lies in being the most swiftest and most closest planet to the Sun, so the natives are hard working and quite prone to intellectual turnarounds. You have to be really at ease with Mercurial people as their temper is a hot one and their nature is also quite quite direct often considered haughty by others.