Deity: Goddess Durga

Vocation: Trader, Broker

Metals: Gold or Five metals

Precious Stones: Emerald

Body Parts: Tongue, Teeth, Nerves

On the face: Tip of Nose

Animals: Goat, Sheep, Bat

Colour of Planet: Green

Remedies Recital: Durga Path

Remedies Donation: Moon

Mercury (Budh) is an astrological planet of communication, intellect, and data processing. It

helps in processing information, communication, writing, and learning logical reasoning. If you

have a strog mercury, it will help in wisdom, successful business ventures, sharp memories, an

effectice communication skills. However, if you have a weak Mercury, it may lead to poor

decision-making, confusion, financial instability, misunderstanding, and nervousness.

Let us look at some Remedies to Balance Mercury (Budh)

General Remedy

1. 1. Fasting on Wednesdays.

2. Green things in alms or dropped in the running water.

3. Copper coin with a hole to be dropped in the running water.

4. Service of or domesticating a goat and parrot.

5. Belt to be used.

6. Bangles and clothes of green color to be given to eunuchs.

7. If Mercury is in debility, the things of Mercury should be given in alms, but never should

this be done when Mercury is in exaltation.

8. Blessing of daughter, sister, father's sister, mother's sister and wife's sister. They should

also be helped to the extent possible.

Mercury in the 1st House (Lagna)

1. Do not take eggs. Do not be non-veg.

2. No fishing.

Mercury in the 2nd House

1. Clean the teeth with alum.

2. Never domesticate a parrot, goat or sheep.

3. Milk and rice for temples

Mercury in the 3rd House

1. Durga Poojan or blessings of girls not attaining puberty.

2. Keep Moong in water overnight and feed the pigeons in the morning.

3. Free distribution of asthma medicines.

Mercury in the 4th House

1. Do not domesticate a parrot, goat or sheep.

2. Remedies of Sun.

3. Remedies of Jupiter

4. No green colour at home, not even the plants.

Mercury in the 5th House

1. Use a belt.

2. Wear a silver ring in the left hand.

Mercury in the 6th House

1. Sister or daughter should not go in marriage in the north side of the house.

2. Earthen pot filled with milk should be buried in an uninhabited place.

3. As at No.2 under the 6th house above.

4. Ganges water in a glass bottle having a glass cover to be buried in the agricultural land.

Mercury in the 7th House

1. Daughter should be treated like the mother.

2. Wear a diamond or emerald ring.

Mercury in the 8th House

1. A silver ring in the nose of the daughter.

2. Wear a black color under wear (half-pant)

3. Rain water to be kept on the roof.

4. No change in the place of worship at home.

Mercury in the 9th House

1. Wearing silver

2. Wear new clothes after washing them in river water or sprinkling the water.

3. No green color.

Mercury in the 10th House

1. No money plant or Tulsi plant in the home.

2. No drinking wine or non-vegetarianism and no fishing.

3. Remedies for Saturn.

Mercury in the 11th House

1. Empty vessel should not be covered.

2. No planting of broad-leafed trees.

Mercury in the 12th House

1. New unused earthen pitcher with cover to be dropped in running water.

2. Domesticating a dog but not of brown color.

3. Durga Pujan or blessings of girls not attaining puberty.

4. Keeping the promise.

5. No ill work for anybody.

6. Anger should be controlled.

Lal Kitab teaches that only wearing an emerald or performing rituals will not strengthen Mercury;

it is also about inculcating honesty, self-discipline, patience, and respect in day-to-day life.

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