Mercury gets exalted when it is placed in the sign of Virgo, which means that Mercury gains great strength when placed in the sign of Virgo. Hence retrograde Mercury in the fifth house of a horoscope can give strong positive or negative results when placed in its sign of exaltation, depending on its working nature and the overall tone of the horoscope under consideration. When working positively, retrograde exalted Mercury in the fifth house of a horoscope can bless the native with good results related to marriage, profession, fame, authority and many other types of good results depending on the overall tone of his horoscope. Such benefic retrograde exalted Mercury can make some natives profit through their marriages, when present in combination with marriage favoring planets. Benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the fifth house of a horoscope can bless some natives boosted by it with husbands or wives who may have well established professions and who may enjoy good social status and reputation by virtue of their professions. The influence of benefic exalted Mercury in the fifth house of a horoscope can also get some natives married to people who may belong to foreign countries and these natives may permanently settle in the countries of their life partners on the basis of such marriages, if their overall horoscopes support such settlements.
Benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the fifth house can also introduce professional success to the natives boosted by it through many fields of profession, depending on their overall horoscopes. Such benefic retrograde exalted Mercury can render posts of authority to some natives in the house of government through politics or through jobs, when present in combination with other authority promoting planets in the horoscopes of these natives. Benefic retrograde Mercury in fifth house can bless some of these natives with authority through revenue services, some of them may become administrative officers, some other such natives may become education offices; and some of them may achieve authority through politics. For example, if benefic retrograde exalted Mercury is placed in the fifth house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo, benefic Mars is placed in the sixth house of this horoscope in the sign of Libra, benefic retrograde Venus is placed in the fourth house of this horoscope in the sign of Leo and benefic retrograde Saturn is placed in the seventh house of this horoscope in the sign of Scorpio, the native may become a revenue officer. The native boosted by benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the fifth house and other benefic planets may get selected for a post of authority in revenue services and he may enjoy success and recognition as a revenue officer.
At the same time, if benefic Sun is placed in the fifth house of this horoscope in the sign of Virgo along with benefic retrograde exalted Mercury, benefic Moon is placed in the eighth house of this horoscope in the sign of Sagittarius and benefic Jupiter is placed in the second house of this horoscope in the sign of Gemini when all other benefic planets are placed in the already mentioned houses, the results may improve a lot. The native boosted by benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the fifth house and other benefic planets may come across success in competitive exams held for selection in revenue services and by virtue of such success, he may get selected for the highest possible direct rank in revenue services. The collective influence of benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the fifth house and other benefic planets may bless this native with many benefits through this post of authority and he may achieve very good amount of success and recognition as a revenue officer. Apart from this, benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the fifth house can bring success to the natives through many other fields of profession.
On the other hand, malefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the fifth house of a horoscope 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 the heat of this malefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the field of their marriage due to which they may have to suffer from problems before and after their marriages. Some natives under the malefic impact of retrograde exalted Mercury in the fifth house may have to face many types of problems after their marriages and these problems may intensify with the support of other malefic planets in such horoscopes. In extreme cases when supported by other malefic planets, malefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the fifth house of a horoscope can make the native suffer from more than one broken marriage, unless there is a strong marriage saving planet in his horoscope.