Mercury as we all know is the planet closest to Sun. Mercury is the lord of Gemini and Virgo sign. As both these signs are dual in nature, natives with poor Mercury remain confused and indecisive in life.  It gets exalted in the 6^th house and gets debilitated in the 12^th house. Seventh house is the permanent or Pukka house of Mercury. Mercury takes the attributes of the planets with which it is conjunct. In Vedic astrology, Mercury is known as “Budh” which means intellect. Thus, Mercury is the significator of Communication, intelligence, speech, wit, humor and thinking capabilities. It symbolizes areas related to Commerce, Trade, accounts, mobile, telephone, networking, computers, emails, couriers, etc. Thus, we see well placed strong Mercury in the birth charts of Chartered Accountants, writers, astrologers, Mathematicians, Lawyers, Dealers, Brokers, etc. Nakshatras ruled by Mercury are Ashlesha, Jyestha and Revati. Gemstone representing Mercury is Green Emerald. It rules over Skin and Nervous System of human body. All green plants and plants with wide leaves and even birds represent Mercury.

Mercury’s color is green. Moon is its enemy and Sun, Venus and Rahu are its friends. Mars, Saturn and Ketu are neutral to Mercury. Mercury is considered malefic in 3^rd, 8^th, 9^th and 12^th house. Mercury is considered auspicious in 1^st, 2^nd, 5^th, 6^th and 7^th house. If Mercury and Rahu both the planets are in auspicious houses of native’s birth chart then Mercury causes havoc in native’s life. Since Mercury is of dual nature it is very important to understand Mercury’s true nature. To understand this, please refer my post on “Secret of Mercury…. Revealed!”. Link is given below

Mercury in 5^th House

Mercury in this house makes the native happy, wealthy and wise. Spontaneous utterances from the mouth of the native will certainly prove true. It gives very good results if the Moon or any male planet is placed in 3rd, 5th, 9th and 11th houses, but if Moon and Jupiter are not placed in good houses Mercury would provide malefic effects.

Remedies

1. Wear a copper coin in white thread for obtaining riches.

2. Serve cows for the happiness of wife and good luck.

3. A Gomukhi house (narrow at the front and wider at the end) would prove highly auspicious whereas Shermukhi house (wider at the front and narrower at the end) would prove highly disastrous.

Mercury in 6^th House

Mercury becomes exalted in the 6th house. The native will be self-made man and will receive benefits from agricultural land, stationery, printing press and trade. Good or evil words from his mouth will never go waste. North facing house will give bad results. Daughter’s marriage in the north direction will make her unhappy in every way.

Remedies:

1. Burying a bottle filled with Ganga water into the agricultural land.

2. Putting on a silver ring in the left hand of one’s wife.

3. Starting any important work in the presence of a girl or daughters, or with flowers in hand proves auspicious.