Mercury gets exalted when it is placed in the sign of Virgo and so it gains great strength in this sign. Hence retrograde exalted Mercury placed in the first house of a horoscope can bring strong types of positive or negative results to the native under its impact depending on the working of this retrograde planet in his horoscope. When working positively, retrograde exalted Mercury in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo can bless the native with good results related to marriage, profession, authority and many other types of good things. Accordingly the natives under its impact may experience some of these good things depending on the overall tone of their horoscopes. Such benefic retrograde exalted Mercury can bless some natives under its impact with good results through their marriages due to which these natives may profit through their marriages in many possible ways. Some of these natives may get married to rich and influential people and they may enjoy many pleasures of life by virtue of such marriages.
Benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo can also take some natives to foreign countries on the basis of their marriages and they may permanently settle in such foreign countries if their overall horoscopes are supportive for such settlements. Apart from blessing the native with good results through marriage, benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the first house of a horoscope can also bless him with success through many fields of profession. Hence 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. Such benefic retrograde exalted Mercury can bend some natives under its influence towards the field of science due to which these natives may engage in professions related to this field and they may achieve success as doctors, engineers, scientists, IT professionals, science teachers and many other such professionals. The placement of benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo can render special abilities to some natives under its impact and hence these natives may engage in professions like astrology, numerology, tantra and other such professions.
When benefic in nature, such retrograde exalted Mercury can bless some natives under its impact with creative abilities due to which these natives may engage in creative professions related to their abilities and they may achieve success through them. Such natives may become professional actors, directors, singers, writers, designers, painters and many other such types of professionals. Benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo can also render good sporting abilities to some natives under its influence due to which these natives may engage in various types of sports and they may achieve the amount of success through them, as allowed by their overall horoscopes. For example, if benefic retrograde exalted Mercury is placed in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo, benefic Sun is placed in the twelfth house of this horoscope in the sign of Leo, benefic Mars is placed in the tenth house of this horoscope in the sign of Gemini and benefic Venus is placed in the second house of this horoscope in the sign of Libra, the native may engage in a sport.
The native blessed by such benefic retrograde exalted Mercury and other benefic planets may have good talent related to a sport and he may engage in such sport on professional basis. The combined effect of benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the first house in the sign of Virgo and other benefic planets can bless the native with success and money through this field of profession. At the same time, if benefic Jupiter is placed in the first house of this horoscope in the sign of Virgo along with benefic retrograde exalted Mercury, benefic Saturn is placed in the third house of this horoscope in the sign of Scorpio and benefic Moon is placed in the tenth house of this horoscope in the sign of Gemini along with benefic Mars, the equation may become much more productive. The native blessed by such benefic retrograde exalted Mercury and other benefic planets may achieve international fame through a sport by virtue of very good expertise in such sport and he may earn very good amount of money and success as a sportsman.
On the other hand, malefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo can trouble the native with problems related to marriage, profession, finances, reputation and many other types of problems, depending on his overall horoscope. Such malefic retrograde exalted Mercury can hit some natives in the field of their marriage and these natives may have to face many types of problems in their marriages, which may intensify if there are other malefic influences in their horoscopes. For example, if malefic retrograde exalted Mercury is placed in the first house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo along with malefic debilitated Venus and malefic Sun; and malefic Jupiter is placed in the eighth house of this horoscope in the sign of Aries, the native may not get married till his age of 35. At the same time, if malefic Rahu is placed in the second house of this horoscope in the sign of Libra and malefic Ketu is placed in the eighth house of this horoscope in the sign of Aries along with malefic Jupiter, the native under the combined effect of such malefic retrograde exalted Mercury and other malefic planets may not get married till his age of 42 or he may not get married at all.