According to Vedic astrology, Mercury is debilitated in a horoscope when it is placed in the sign of Pisces, which in simple words means that Mercury becomes the weakest when placed in Pisces compared to its placement in all the other signs. Debilitated Mercury is associated with many bad things by many astrologers and it is believed by a number of astrologers that debilitated Mercury always works negatively in a horoscope and it brings bad results for the native under its influence. This is not the case in actual practice and debilitated Mercury can work positively as well as negatively in a horoscope depending on the other deciding factors and depending on the overall tone of the horoscope of a native under consideration.
The word debilitated simply relates to the strength of Mercury in a horoscope and it doesn’t relate to the nature of Mercury in a horoscope. Accordingly debilitated Mercury placed in different houses of a horoscope can give benefic as well as malefic results depending on the nature of Mercury as well as depending on the overall tone of the horoscope. We will now discuss some of these benefic as well as malefic effects which can be experienced when debilitated Mercury is placed in different houses of a horoscope. While discussing some of these effects, it should be noted that due to its debilitation, Mercury alone generally doesn’t provide strong positive or negative results and it needs to be supported by other positive or negative planets in order to produce such results. Hence we will discuss good or bad results given by debilitated Mercury in combination with other positive or negative planets in a horoscope.
Debilitated Mercury in 1st House : When benefic in nature, debilitated Mercury placed in the first house of a horoscope can bless the native with good results related to profession, finances, reputation, marriage, health and many other types of good results. Accordingly the natives under the effect of this benefic planet may come across some of these good results depending on the overall tone of their horoscopes. Benefic debilitated Mercury in the first house of a horoscope can bless the native with success through many fields of profession due to which the natives under its impact may engage in a number of professional fields and they may achieve the amount of success through them, as allowed by their overall horoscopes. Some natives under the effect of such benefic debilitated Mercury may engage in the field of education, some of them may engage in the field of law, some of these natives may achieve success through the field of finance and some of them may engage in politics, depending on their overall horoscope.
Yet some other natives having benefic debilitated Mercury in the first house of their horoscopes may become revenue officers in government, some of them may become administrative officers and some of them may achieve posts of authority in government through other jobs. Benefic debilitated Mercury in the first house can also render creative abilities to some natives under its influence due to which these natives may achieve success as actors, singers, musicians, dancers, designers, directors, painters, writers and as many other types of professionals who deal in creative fields. Some natives benefitting from such benefic debilitated Mercury may engage in the line of engineering, some of them may achieve success through the field of real estate, some others may engage in the field of hospitality and some of these natives may earn money and success through various types of consultation services. Benefic debilitated Mercury in the first house of a horoscope can also bless some natives with special interests and abilities due to which these natives may get interested in special fields like spiritualism, astrology and tantra; and they may achieve success through these fields if their overall horoscopes are supportive.
Such benefic debilitated Mercury can also take some natives under its influence to foreign lands and it can get them settled there permanently on the basis of their professions or on the basis of their marriages, depending on the overall tone of their horoscopes. For example, if benefic debilitated Mercury is placed in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Pisces along with benefic Mars; and benefic Sun is placed in the twelfth house of this horoscope in the sign of Aquarius, the native may go abroad. The native blessed by such benefic debilitated Mercury and other benefic planets may get married to a woman who may be a foreign citizen and he may settle in a foreign country on the basis of his marriage, if his overall horoscope is supportive. For instance, if benefic Sun is joined by Ketu in the twelfth house of this horoscope in the sign of Aquarius and Rahu is present in the sixth house of this horoscope in the sign Leo along with benefic Moon, the native may not settle abroad.
The native blessed by such benefic debilitated Mercury and other benefic planets may get married to a foreign citizen but he may not settle abroad on the basis of this marriage. Instead, the wife of this native may go to the country of this native and she may settle there on the basis of her marriage. However if a benefic combination of debilitated Mars and Mercury is present in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Pisces, benefic Sun is placed in the twelfth house of this horoscope in the sign of Leo along with benefic Jupiter; and benefic Venus is placed in the eighth house of this horoscope in the sign of Libra, the native may settle abroad permanently. The native blessed by such benefic debilitated Mercury and other benefic planets may get married to a foreigner and he may settle in the country of her origin on the basis of such marriage.
At the same time, if benefic Moon is placed in eighth house of this horoscope in the sign of Libra along with benefic Venus; and benefic Saturn is placed in the seventh house of this horoscope in the sign of Virgo, the results may become much better. The native blessed by such benefic debilitated Mercury and other benefic planets may not only settle in a foreign country on the basis of his marriage, he may also witness very good amount of success, money and growth in such foreign country and the wife of this native may support him a lot in achieving such success. The native under the combined effect of such benefic debilitated Mercury and other benefic planets may start a business in partnership with his wife or in partnership with her family and he may earn very good amount of money and success through such business. As more benefic influences add to this horoscope, the native blessed by such benefic debilitated Mercury and other benefic influences may achieve even better results related to his marriage, his foreign settlement and his profession.
Apart from the already mentioned professions, benefic debilitated Mercury in the first house of a horoscope can bless the native with success through many other fields of profession, depending on the overall tone of his horoscope. Benefic debilitated Mercury in the first house of a horoscope can also bless the native with good results related to his marriage due to which some natives may witness benefits through their marriages also. Some natives benefitting from such benefic debilitated Mercury may get married to rich and resourceful people, some of them may get married to politically well established people, some of these natives may get married to officers in government, some of them may get married to people belonging to foreign countries and some other natives under the effect of such benefic debilitated Mercury may get married to the people who hold posts of respect and authority in various spiritual organizations or in religious organizations.
On the other hand, malefic debilitated Mercury in the first house of a horoscope can trouble the native with problems related to marriage, profession, finances, health and many other types of problems. Hence the natives under its impact may have to face some of these problems depending on the overall tone of their horoscopes. Such malefic debilitated Mercury can especially prove bad for the professional aspect of the native due to which some natives under its impact may have to engage in low paying jobs as they may not be able to find well paying jobs. Such natives may find it hard to make their ends meet through their professional incomes and they may have to suffer from financial tightness many times in their lives. If such malefic debilitated Mercury is supported by some other malefic planets in a horoscope, the problem may intensify and the native may have to face serious financial crisis more than once in his life.
Such native may also have to avail financial loans many times in his life and he may not be able to pay many of them on time. The native under the effect of such malefic debilitated Mercury may have to face bad reputation due to nonpayment of these loans on time and he may also have to face legal actions due to the same reason, depending on his overall horoscope. In extreme cases when supported by other malefic planes, malefic debilitated Mercury in the first house of a horoscope can make the native spend his entire life in poverty as the native may not earn much through his profession.
Malefic debilitated Mercury in the first house of a horoscope can also cause problems in the marriage of the native under its influence. Hence some natives under its effect may have to wait till late in their lives in order to get married as their marriages may get delayed due to various reasons. Apart from delaying the marriage of the native, malefic debilitated Mercury in the first house of a horoscope can cause many types of problems in the marriage of a native, after it has taken place. Such problems may intensify if such malefic debilitated Mercury is supported by other malefic influences in a horoscope. The native in such case may have to face serious problems in his marriage and he may also have to face a broken marriage. In extreme cases when supported by other marriage breaking influences in a horoscope, malefic debilitated Mercury in the first house of a horoscope can break more than one marriage of the native after making him go through very bad experiences in such marriages.