When benefic in nature, retrograde Mercury in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Cancer can bless the native with success related to marriage, profession, finances, authority and many other types of good results depending on the overall tone of his horoscope. Such benefic retrograde Mercury can bring success to the natives under its influence through many fields of profession and if the overall horoscopes of some natives under its impact are supportive, it can bless them with fame or authority also. Benefic retrograde Mercury in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Cancer can bend some natives towards special fields of profession due to which these natives may achieve success through various profiles related to this field. Some of these natives may become astrologers, some others may achieve success as spiritual gurus, some of them may engage in the field of tantra and yet some other natives of this type may achieve success through some other profession related to the same field. The presence of such benefic retrograde Mercury in a horoscope can also take some natives to foreign countries on the basis of their professions and these natives may permanently settle in such foreign countries, if their overall horoscopes are supportive.
Benefic retrograde Mercury in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Cancer can also bless some natives under its impact with posts of authority in the house of government through jobs or through politics when their horoscopes are supportive for such authority. Such natives may become administrative officers, telecom officers, education officers, foreign services officers, railway officers, postal officers and many other such officers depending on the overall tone of their horoscopes. The presence of such benefic retrograde Mercury in a horoscope can also render creative abilities to some natives under its impact due to which these natives may engage in creative fields of profession and they may achieve success as actors, writers, directors, designers, musicians, singers, painters and many other types of creative professionals. For example, if benefic retrograde Mercury is placed in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Cancer, benefic Moon is placed in the third house of this horoscope in the sign of Virgo, benefic Sun is placed in the twelfth house of this horoscope in the sign of Gemini and benefic Mars is placed in the ninth house of this horoscope in the sign of Pisces, the native may become a writer.
The native blessed by such benefic retrograde Mercury and other benefic planets may possess good writing talent and he may engage in this field on professional basis. The combined effect of such benefic retrograde Mercury and other benefic planets can bend the native towards writing books and he may earn money, success and fame through this field of profession. At the same time, if benefic Venus is placed in the first house of this horoscope in the sign of Cancer along with benefic retrograde Mercury, benefic Rahu is placed in the third house of this horoscope in the sign of Virgo along with benefic Moon; and benefic Ketu is placed in the ninth house of this horoscope in the sign of Pisces along with benefic Mars, the equation may become much more positive. The native blessed by such benefic retrograde Mercury and other benefic planets may possess very good writing abilities and by virtue of such abilities, he may become a very successful writer. The combined effect of benefic retrograde Mercury in the first house and other benefic planets can bless the native with very good amount of fame and money through the field of writing and the native may also achieve recognition for his writing works.
The placement of benefic retrograde Mercury in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Cancer can bend some natives towards the field of science due to which these natives may engage in various professions related to this field and they may achieve success as IT professionals, scientists, engineers, doctors and other such professionals, as indicated by their overall horoscopes. Such benefic retrograde Mercury can also make some natives interested in the field of media and hence these natives may achieve success through various professions related to this field. Some of these natives may become reporters, some of them become news channel owners, some other natives of this type may become editors and some of these natives may achieve success as magazine owners. Benefic retrograde Mercury in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Cancer can also bless some natives with success through the field of hospitality and hence these natives may succeed as tour and travel operators, cinema owners, professionals dealing in airline industry, hotel industry, event management industry and many other such professionals.
On the other hand, malefic retrograde Mercury in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Cancer can trouble the native with problems related to marriage, profession, health and many other types of problems, depending on the overall tone of his horoscope. Some natives may feel its impact in the field of their marriage and they may suffer in this field in many possible ways. Malefic retrograde Mercury in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Cancer can delay the marriages of some natives under its impact and such delay may prolong if there are other malefic influences in one such horoscope. For example, if malefic retrograde Mercury is placed in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Cancer along with malefic Venus, malefic Rahu is placed in the third house of this horoscope in the sign of Virgo, malefic Ketu is placed in the ninth house of this horoscope in the sign of Pisces and malefic Saturn is placed in the twelfth house of this horoscope in the sign of Gemini, the native may not get married till his age of 35.