Mercury (Budh)


Mercury bestows its blessings quickly on the natives of earth. It takes the least amount of time to make its journey around the sun. It is lord over Gemini and Virgo and it high in Virgo and low in Pisces. However, the moon is not its friend.
Mercury Budh
People with well placed mercury are intelligent and quick witted. They are not dull and can work out problems easily. Logic and mathematical problems are no problem for these individuals.

They are good speakers who know how to get their point across.

This planet makes the natives restless sometimes and in need of stimulation. In relationships, they are their own persons and are not bound to their partners.

A well placed mercury can bring riches and status in society also. Charisma and youth follow the natives ruled by this planet and they are not inclined to be cruel business owners. These make people love to be around them.


However, if the planet is not in a good place, there is trouble communicating, they don’t know how to have fun, and they are miserable to be around. Their businesses would fail and they will not be able to find the mental energy to revive it again. Arguments with others would be frequent as well as an overall listless attitude.

In the body, it affects the senses for the most part. The person can be very uncomfortable and not know how to relax. It can also cause serious problems with the nerves, brain and abdomen.In the body, it affects the senses for the most part. The person can be very uncomfortable and not know how to relax. It can also cause serious problems with the nerves, brain and abdomen. Mercury is in its determent in dreamy and intuitive in Pisces. Mercury is the ruler of zodiac sign Virgo and Gemini

Mercury is the chemical substance with the sign of Hg. Its atomic number is eighty. Generally it is familiar as “Quick silver”. Formerly it was known as “Hydrargyrum” (Greek word “Hydr” means water and “Argyros” means silver).

Mercury is the 1st and innermost planet of our solar system. It is the smallest of all 8 planets of our solar system. The orbit of the planet Mercury is most unconventional, i.e. almost circular of the 8 planets. Mercury rounds the Sun once in a 88 Earth days. It completes 3 rotations on its axes for every 2 courses. This planet is named after the Roman God Mercury, the herald of the Gods.

The surface of Mercury is similar as the Moon’s surface. It indicates that t has been physically immobile for billion years. The night temperature of the planet Mercury is of -170 Degree C and the day temperature is of about +430 Degree C. The axis of Mercury is the smallest in the solar system. But the orbital eccentricity is the biggest. The season of this planet occurs due to the variations of the distance from Sun. At the time of Perihelion the strength of sunlight on the Mercury is twice that of Aphelion.

Mercury rules over skin, nerves, intellect, speech, etc. If it is in weak shape in the birth chart, then it can cause speech and hearing disorders, skin diseases, nervous troubles and ailments of ear and nose.