Mercury gets exalted when it is placed in the sign of Virgo, which means that Mercury becomes very strong by virtue of its placement in the sign f Virgo. Therefore retrograde exalted Mercury in the second house of a horoscope can produce strong positive or negative results depending on its working nature and depending on the overall tone of the horoscope in question. Benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the second house of a horoscope can bless the native with good results related to marriage, profession, finances, fame, authority and many other types of good results depending on the overall tone of his horoscope. Such benefic retrograde exalted Mercury can bless the natives under its impact with success through many fields of profession and some of these natives may achieve fame and authority also, through their professions. Benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the second house can bless some natives with success through the field of finance due to which these natives may engage in various professions related to this field and they may achieve success through them. Some of these natives may become bank officers, some of them may become stock market professionals, some others may become financial analysts and some of these natives may become revenue officers, if their horoscopes are supportive for authority.
For example, if benefic retrograde exalted Mercury is placed in the second house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo, benefic Venus is placed in the twelfth house of this horoscope in the sign of Cancer, benefic Mars is placed in the eighth house of this horoscope in the sign of Pisces and benefic Jupiter is placed in the eleventh house of this horoscope in the sign of Gemini, the native may become a financial analyst. The native blessed by benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in second house and other benefic planets may complete his higher education in the field of financial analysis and he may engage in this line on professional basis after that. The combined effect of benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the second house and other benefic planets can bless the native with a well paying job as a financial analyst and he may earn money and success through this field of profession. At the same time, if benefic Sun is placed in the second house of this horoscope in the sign of Virgo along with benefic retrograde exalted Mercury, benefic Moon is placed in the eleventh house of this horoscope in the sign of Gemini along with benefic Jupiter; and benefic Saturn is placed in the tenth house of this horoscope in the sign of Taurus, the results may improve.
The native blessed by benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the second house and other benefic planets may have very good expertise in the field of financial analysis and he may earn very good amount of money, success and recognition as a financial analyst. Benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the second house can bend some natives towards the field of hospitality due to which these natives may engage in professions related to this field and they may achieve success as professionals dealing in hotel industry, cinema industry, event management industry, tour and travel industry; and other such professions. Benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the second house can bless some natives under its impact with posts of authority in the house of government due to which these natives may achieve such authority as politicians, revenue officers, administrative officers, education officers, telecom officers, judges and many other types of professionals. The influence of benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the second house can bless some natives with success through the field of law and hence these natives may succeed in various professions related to this field.
On the other hand, malefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the second house of a horoscope can trouble the native under its impact with problems related to marriage, profession, finances, health and many other types of problems depending on the overall tone of his horoscope. Some natives may get hit by this malefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the field of their marriage due to which they may have to come across many types of problems related to this field. Malefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the second house generally doesn’t delay the marriages of the natives under its impact but it can cause problems in such marriages and these problems may intensify if this malefic retrograde planet receives support from other malefic influences in one such horoscope.
For example, if malefic retrograde exalted Mercury is placed in the second house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo along with malefic Sun, malefic Venus is placed in the twelfth house of this horoscope in the sign of Cancer and malefic Jupiter is placed in the sixth house of this horoscope in the sign of Aquarius, the native may face problems in his marriage. The native troubled by malefic retrograde exalted Mercury and other malefic planets may have serious differences of opinion with his wife and the two of them may also lack physical compatibility. At the same time, if malefic Saturn is placed in the fourth house of this horoscope in the sign of Scorpio along with malefic Rahu; and malefic Ketu is placed in the tenth house of this horoscope in the sign of Taurus, the native under the combined effect of malefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the second house and other malefic planets may have to face a broken marriage due to lack of mental as well as physical compatibility with his wife.