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The combustion effect given by Sun to Mercury when a combination of them is placed in the fifth house of a horoscope in the sign of Pisces is likely to be very strong and hence Mercury may lose much of its power due to combustion, in this situation. This is due to the fact that Mercury is debilitated in the sign of Pisces and hence it gets weak due to such debilitation. Such debilitated Mercury is not capable of fighting the combustion effect produced by Sun in a strong manner and hence debilitated Mercury in the fifth house of a horoscope in the sign of Pisces may lose a good percentage of its power through combustion. It means that when a combination of combust debilitated Mercury and Sun is placed in the fifth house of a horoscope in the sign of Pisces, the good or bad results given by this combination are likely to be controlled by Sun and not by Mercury. To simplify, if benefic combust  debilitated Mercury and benefic Sun are placed in the fifth house of a horoscope in the sign of Pisces, the combination is net positive and these positive results are likely to reflect under the command of Sun and not under the command of combust debilitated Mercury.

If however a combination of malefic combust debilitated Mercury and benefic Sun is placed in the fifth house of a horoscope in the sign of Pisces, the combination is still likely to be net positive in results. Though combust debilitated Mercury is malefic in this case, it may not afflict much damage to benefic Sun as Sun is much stronger than Mercury and hence it can control such debilitated combust Mercury even after receiving affliction through it. However if benefic combust debilitated Mercury is placed in the fifth house of a horoscope in the sign of Pisces along with malefic Sun, the combination is likely to be net negative on the similar grounds. Malefic Sun being stronger than benefic combust debilitated Mercury may control the net effect of this combination and hence this combination may become negative. In the last possible case, when a combination of malefic combust debilitated Mercury and malefic Sun is placed in the fifth house of a horoscope in the sign of Pisces, the combination will be net negative and the malefic results produced by this malefic combination are likely to be controlled by Sun and not by combust debilitated Mercury.

A benefic combination of Sun and combust debilitated Mercury in the fifth house of a horoscope in the sign of Pisces 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 combination of Sun and combust debilitated Mercury can especially prove good for the professions of the natives under its impact and it can bless these natives with good results through many fields of profession, when boosted by other profession building planets in their horoscopes. A benefic combination of Sun and combust debilitated Mercury in the fifth house in the sign of Pisces can bless some natives with posts of authority in the house of government and these natives may achieve such authority as foreign services officers, army officers, police officers, revenue officers, education officers and many other types of professionals. For example, if a benefic combination of Sun and combust debilitated Mercury is placed in the fifth house of a horoscope in the sign of Pisces along with benefic Jupiter, benefic Saturn is also placed in the fifth house of this horoscope along with these three benefic planets, benefic Venus is placed in the third house of this horoscope in the sign of Capricorn along with benefic Moon; and benefic exalted Saturn is placed in the twelfth house of this horoscope in the sign of Libra, the native may become a foreign services officer.

Benefic Jupiter being the lord of the sign Pisces may cancel the debilitation status of benefic combust Mercury and these two benefic planets may form Neechbhang Rajyoga in the fifth house of this horoscope in the sign of Pisces, which may bless the native with a post of authority in the foreign services, with the support of other positive planets mentioned in this example. Hence the native blessed by benefic combust debilitated Mercury in the fifth house in the sign of Pisces and other benefic planets may get selected for the highest possible direct rank in foreign services by virtue of achieving success in competitive exams for selection in such services; and he may come across very good amount of success and recognition as a foreign services officer. Apart from this, a benefic combination of Sun and combust debilitated Mercury in the fifth house in the sign of Pisces can bless the natives with good results through many other fields of profession, with the support of other positive planets in horoscopes of these natives.

On the other hand, a malefic combination of Sun and combust debilitated Mercury in the fifth house of a horoscope in the sign of Pisces 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 combination of Sun and combust debilitated Mercury in the field of their profession due to which they may have to face problems related to this field. A malefic combination of Sun and combust debilitated Mercury in the fifth house in the sign of Pisces can make some natives change their profession many times in their lives due to unfortunate circumstances. In extreme cases when working in the company of other negative planets, a malefic combination of Sun and combust debilitated Mercury in the fifth house of a horoscope in the sign of Pisces can keep the native troubled with change of profession due to unfortunate circumstances, till the end of his professional career.

Himanshu Shangari