Article 348

Benefic retrograde Mercury placed in the fourth house of a horoscope can bless the native with good, very good or even great results related to his profession, marriage, health, wealth, luxuries, comforts, education and many other important spheres of his life where the type of results and the amount of goodness received by different natives under this good influence are dependent on the type and strength of this placement as well as on the overall tone of the horoscopes of different natives.

Benefic retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of a horoscope can prove a very good placement for marriage and married life of the native and accordingly, different natives benefiting from this placement may see different types of good results related to their marriages. Some natives under the effect of this benefic placement may get married early in their lives and they may also be able to enjoy good marriages. Some Female natives blessed by this placement may get well settled, established and well mannered husbands due to which, they are able to enjoy a good married life, with the support and co-operation of their husbands. For example, the presence of benefic retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of the horoscope of a female, in the sign of Gemini can bless her with a very well established husband and the fortune of such female may also increase a lot, after her marriage.

This benefic placement is also capable of getting the native married to someone hailing from a foreign county and then getting him settled in that foreign country on the basis of that marriage. For example, the presence of benefic retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of a horoscope in the sign of Pisces can get the native married to someone belonging to a foreign country and such native may get settled in that foreign country on the basis of that marriage. Similarly, the presence of benefic retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of a horoscope in the sign of Capricorn can get the native married to someone hailing from a foreign country and get him settled in that foreign country. If such benefic placement is joined by the presence of benefic Moon in the fourth house of the same horoscope in the sign of Capricorn, such a native may drive much pleasure from his marriage and he may also be blessed by one or more than one beautiful houses in a foreign country, by virtue of his marriage.

When working positively, retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of a horoscope can also render good results related to professional sphere of the native under its influence due to which, different natives benefiting from this influence may see different types of good results in different professional spheres. Some natives under this influence may become successful as doctors whereas some other natives benefitting from this placement may achieve a post of power and authority in police, army or in any other type of department dealing with defense. For example, the presence of such benefic retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of a horoscope in the sign of Cancer can make the native pursue a career in medical field and accordingly, such native may become a doctor where the success achieved by him depends on the other factors in his horoscope. If benefic Moon is present in the tenth house of the same horoscope and benefic Saturn or Mars is present in the sixth house of the same horoscope, such native may achieve very good amount of success through such medical profession.

Similarly, the presence of such benefic retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of a horoscope in the sign of Aries can make the native interested in some type of defense related services and accordingly, such native may try to make a career choice in police force, army or in some other type of defense related service. If benefic Sun is also present in the fourth house of the same horoscope and benefic Mars is placed in the tenth house of this horoscope in the sign of Libra, the native may become a successful police officer who may make good name through his profession. If however, benefic Mars is placed in the eighth house of the same horoscope and benefic Rahu is placed in fourth house of this horoscope along with benefic retrograde Mercury in the sign of Aries, such a native may pursue a career in army or in some other such type of defense service which is used for external defense of the country instead of internal defense.

Some natives benefitting from this benefic placement can also become successful as teachers and they can achieve success on different levels depending on the strength of this placement as well as depending on the overall tone of their horoscopes. For example, the natives having benefic retrograde Mercury placed in the fourth house of their horoscopes in the sign of Pisces can achieve average to good amount of success through teaching and accordingly, they are more likely to work as school teachers. However if at the same time, benefic Jupiter is placed in the ninth house of the same horoscope in the sign of Leo, the native may achieve success on a much bigger level and he may become a professor in some college or university.

Considering one more possibility, if benefic Mars is placed in the tenth house of the same horoscope in the sign of Virgo when benefic retrograde Mercury and benefic Jupiter are placed in the fourth and ninth house of the same horoscope respectively, such native may achieve great amount of success and he may become a well known professor on some subject. Such native may work in some university and he may also deliver lectures through internet and through some other mass communication methods. He may also travel to many places in the world in order to deliver lectures on his subject as well as in order to engage in debates or discussions and in some type of research related to his subject of expertise. If benefic Saturn or benefic Rahu is placed in the third house of the same horoscope in the sign of Aquarius, the same native may also write one or more than one book on his topic of specialization and he may receive fame through such books, provided the overall horoscope supports this whole practice.

Benefic retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of a horoscope can also render success to the native through the practice of real estate and accordingly, some natives benefitting from this placement may make good, very good or even great amount of money through this field, depending on the important factors of their horoscopes. For example, the presence of benefic retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo can bless the native with financial gains through real estate and such a native may make good amount of money through this practice. If benefic Moon is also present in the fourth house of the same horoscope, such gains can multiply many times and accordingly, such native may witness success and money on a greater level. If this combination is further joined by benefic Rahu, benefic Saturn or benefic Jupiter, the native under the combined influence of such benefic planets may make fortunes through real estate. Such a native may not only keep making more and more profits through such business, but he may also keep acquiring more and more houses and commercial properties for himself.

Some natives benefitting from this good influence may also achieve success through hotel business, shipping business or medicine business where the type and amount of success achieved by these different natives depends on all important factors in the horoscopes of these natives. For example, the presence of benefic retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of a horoscope in the sign of Scorpio can make the native interested in medicine business and accordingly, such native may run a chemist shop on a small scale or even on a big scale. If benefic Sun also joins this benefic placement in the fourth house and benefic Mars is placed in the sixth or eighth house of the same horoscope, such a native may own more than one big chemist shops and he may also own a medicine manufacturing company, if the overall horoscope supports it.

Similarly the presence of benefic retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of a horoscope in the sign of Taurus can make the native interested in hotel business or in agriculture business and accordingly such native may pursue one of these lines. If benefic Venus is also present in the fourth house of the same horoscope in the sign of Taurus, such a native may achieve good amount of success and money through one of these fields. If benefic Saturn also joins this combination in the fourth house, the native may prefer hotel business instead of agriculture business and he may achieve very good amount of success through such hotel business. Moving forward, if benefic Jupiter is placed in the tenth house of the same horoscope, the success and money obtained by this native may increase many times as in this case, such native may own big, beautiful and luxuries hotels and resorts through which he may get big amount of money and fame.

On the other hand, malefic retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of a horoscope can trouble the native in the spheres of marriage, profession, health, peace of mind and overall well being among many other spheres of his life. Accordingly, many natives suffering from this malefic influence may face problems in different spheres of their lives depending on the type and strength of this malefic influence as well as depending on their overall horoscopes. Such malefic influence is especially very bad for marriage of the native due to which some natives suffering from it may face problems in getting married and they may get married late or very late in their lives whereas some other natives may have to face disturbed or very disturbed marriages.

For example, the presence of malefic retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of a horoscope in the sign of Cancer can cause delays in the marriage of the native due to which such native may get married late or very late in his life. If at the same time, malefic Mars, malefic Ketu or malefic Saturn is present in the seventh house of the same horoscope, the marriage of such native may happen very late or it may not happen at all, if there are no marriage promoting placements or combinations in the same horoscope. For example, the placement of benefic Venus with benefic Rahu in the first house of the same horoscope can still get the native married at a proper time or with some delay, even if such malefic combinations are present in his horoscope.

Considering another example, the presence of malefic retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of a horoscope in the sign of Aquarius can cause problems in the married life of the native under such influence and accordingly, such native may have to face disturbances in his marriage due to frequent arguments, disagreements and differences of opinion with his wife. If malefic Venus is also present in the fourth house of the same horoscope in the sign of Aquarius, the native under the combined malefic influence of these planets may have to face a broken marriage which may happen after a long and torturous period of time. Such native may face false accusations, frequent fights and possible physical violence through his marriage and he may also have to face court cases before his divorce is finalized. This situation may become even worse, if malefic Mars or malefic Ketu is placed in the seventh house of the same horoscope as in this case, one or more than one marriage of such native may break after horrible experiences.

Health is another sphere of a native’s life which can be adversely affected when malefic retrograde Mercury is placed in the fourth house of a horoscope and accordingly some natives under such bad influence may suffer from various health related problems and diseases. For example, the presence of malefic retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo can make the native suffer from problems and diseases related to stomach, digestive system, liver and other such organs. Such problems can increase in number and quantum if malefic Ketu or malefic Rahu is also present in the fourth house of the same horoscope. On the other hand, the presence of malefic retrograde Mercury in the fourth house of a horoscope in the sign of Cancer is more likely to inflict some disease which is psychological in nature and such a person can literally go insane if Moon is present in the eighth house of the same horoscope, in the sign of Scorpio, provided there are no saving placements or combinations in the horoscope of such native.