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 sixth 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 sixth 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, with the support of marriage promoting planets in their horoscopes. Benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the sixth house can bless some natives with husbands or wives who may have well established professions and who may enjoy good social status and reputation by virtue of such professions. For example, if benefic retrograde exalted Mercury is placed in the sixth house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo along with benefic Sun, benefic Venus is placed in the seventh house of this horoscope in the sign of Libra along with benefic Moon; and benefic Jupiter is placed in the third house of this horoscope in the sign of Gemini, the native may witness such marriage.
The native boosted by benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the sixth house and other benefic planets may get married to a woman who may have a well established profession and who may earn well from it. Benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the sixth house can also make the natives succeed in many fields of profession, with the support of other positive planets in their horoscopes. Such benefic retrograde exalted Mercury can render posts of authority to some natives in the house of government through politics or through jobs, depending on their overall horoscopes. Accordingly these natives may come across such authority as revenue officers, law officers, judges, administrative officers, telecom officers, transport officers and many other types of professionals. For example, if benefic retrograde exalted Mercury is placed in the sixth house of a horoscope in the sign of Virgo, benefic Venus is placed in the eighth house of this horoscope in the sign of Scorpio, benefic Sun is placed in the fifth house of this horoscope in the sign of Leo and benefic Jupiter is placed in the first house of this horoscope in the sign of Aries, the native may become a revenue officer. The native boosted by benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the sixth house and other benefic planets may get blessed with a post of authority in revenue services and he may come across success and recognition as a revenue officer.
At the same time, if benefic Moon is placed in the ninth house of this horoscope in the sign of Sagittarius, benefic exalted Mars is placed in the tenth house of this horoscope in the sign of Capricorn and benefic Saturn is placed in the fourth house of this horoscope in the sign of Cancer when benefic retrograde exalted Mercury and all other benefic planets are placed in the already mentioned houses, the native may benefit much more. The native boosted by benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the sixth house and other benefic planets may achieve 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 sixth house and other benefic planets may bless this native with many benefits through this post of authority and he may come across very good amount of success and recognition as a revenue officer. Apart from this, benefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the sixth house can introduce the natives to success, fame and authority through many other professional fields.
On the other hand, malefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the sixth 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. Malefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the sixth house can cause many types of problems after the marriages of some natives and these problems may threaten the marriages of these natives with the introduction of more negative planets in their horoscopes. In extreme cases when supported by other marriage breaking planets, malefic retrograde exalted Mercury in the sixth house of a horoscope can make the native go through more than one broken marriage, on account of serious problems in such marriages.