When exalted Mercury is placed in the third house in a horoscope, Cancer rises in the ascendant. Exalted Mercury is malefic in the third house in many cases though it may turn benefic in some cases. This may happen when Mercury is influenced by benefic planets, such as through conjunction and/or aspects. As the number of benefic planets and the strengths of such planets increase, Mercury may become more benefic.
If exalted Mercury is influenced by two or more than two benefic planets in the third house, it may turn significantly or highly benefic. Apart from that, the overall theme of horoscope having such exalted Mercury can also turn it benefic in some cases, when such theme is highly benefic. The concept of malefic planets turning benefic due to influences of benefic planets has been explained in Manglik Dosh section of the book ‘Match Making and Manglik Dosh (Revised Edition)’.
Let’s look at some results which may be given by exalted Mercury in the third house when it is benefic. Such benefic exalted Mercury can bless the native with good results related to profession, finances, wealth, reputation, fame, status, spiritual growth, foreign settlement, siblings, colleagues and several other good results, depending on his overall horoscope.
Looking at profession, exalted Mercury in the third house of horoscope can help the native achieve success as a singer, actor, dancer, sportsman, writer, musician, poet, fashion designer, video game developer, web developer, architect, sculptor, software developer, IT professional, reporter, journalist, blogger, columnist, editor, anchor, television show host, orator, speaker, teacher, coach, consultant, advisor, lawyer, judge, banker, financial analyst, investment banker, charted accountant, mathematician, scientist, engineer, doctor, therapist, researcher, analyst, explorer, politician, administrative officer, revenue officer, police officer, army officer, air force officer, foreign services officer, professional dealing in movie industry, television industry, music industry, book industry, sports industry, media industry, finance industry, education industry, coaching industry, advertisement industry, marketing industry, event management industry, software industry, IT industry, investment industry, health industry, pharmaceutical industry, fitness industry, travel industry, food industry or some other type of professional, depending on his overall horoscope.
Taking an example for a female native, suppose exalted Mercury is placed in the third house of a horoscope in Virgo along with benefic Sun. Benefic Venus is placed in the first house in Cancer, Jupiter is placed in the second house in Leo, benefic Moon is placed in the seventh house in Capricorn and benefic Mars is placed in the fourth house in Libra. In this case, the native may engage in the field of acting. The native may start acting from young age, she may act in mainstream movies and she may witness good amount of success, money, fame and recognition as an actor.
If Saturn is placed in the third house in Virgo with Sun and Mercury, benefic Rahu is placed in the first house in Cancer with Venus, and Ketu is placed in the seventh house in Capricorn with Moon, the equation may become better. In this case, the native may work as a lead heroine in mainstream movies and she may come across very good amount of success, money, fame and recognition. She may have a large number of fans and she may be very popular. If the finer factors and running times are supportive, she may earn billions through movies and advertisements. She may also receive awards for her acting performances in various movies.
Taking another example, suppose exalted Mercury is placed in the third house of a horoscope in Virgo along with benefic debilitated Venus. Benefic Sun is placed in the second house in Leo, Jupiter is placed in the fourth house in Libra and benefic Moon is placed in the tenth house in Aries. In this case, the native may go abroad on the basis of his profession, marriage or parents and he may settle there permanently, if his overall horoscope is supportive.
For instance, if benefic Mars is placed in the eighth house in Aquarius, the native may go abroad on the basis of his profession. The native may be a software developer or an IT professional, he may settle abroad and he may witness good amount of success, money and recognition in a foreign country. If benefic Rahu is placed in the eleventh house in Taurus, Ketu is placed in the fifth house in Scorpio and Saturn is placed in the sixth house in Sagittarius, the equation may become better. In this case, the native may earn very good amount of money as a software developer or IT professional in a foreign country. After the age of 40, the native may start his own business which may deal in software or IT solutions and he may witness very good amount of success, money and recognition. If the finer factors and running times are supportive, the native may earn millions through business.
Apart from these, benefic exalted Mercury in the third house of horoscope can bless the native with several other good results, depending on his overall horoscope.
On the other hand, malefic exalted Mercury in the third house of horoscope can trouble the native with problems related to profession, finances, reputation, status, siblings, colleagues and several other problems, depending on his overall horoscope. Looking at profession, such malefic exalted Mercury can trouble the native with setbacks, failures, financial losses, job loss, discontinuation of profession, bad reputation, court cases and several other problems through his profession, depending on his overall horoscope, finer factors and running times.
Some natives under the effect of this malefic influence may not be able to find permanent or stable professions till late in their lives whereas some other natives may not find jobs suitable according to their academic qualifications or according to some other abilities or talents that they may possess. Such natives may have to work for underpaying or low respect jobs despite having good academic qualifications or some other type of talents.
Malefic exalted Mercury in the third house of horoscope can also make the native change many professions due to one reason or another. Accordingly, some natives under its impact may change their jobs or professions within every couple of years or so, due to various reasons. The presence of malefic exalted Mercury in the third house of horoscope can influence the mind of the native under its impact in such a way that he may keep walking out of one job or profession after another. Such native may start a job or profession with the belief that it will work well for him but within a short period of time, he may start feeling that this job is not suitable for him and he should change it. Hence he may quit such job and he may start looking for another job. However, the same problem may happen in the next job and he may quit that job also, after some time.
Some other natives may keep losing their jobs or they may witness professional failures, despite their best efforts to perform well. Taking an example, suppose malefic exalted Mercury is placed in the third house of a horoscope in Virgo with debilitated Venus. Malefic debilitated Saturn is placed in the tenth house in Aries, debilitated Sun is placed in the fourth house in Libra and Moon is placed in the sixth house in Sagittarius. In this case, the native may not find a permanent job till the age of 35 or 40, and he may keep changing jobs. In most cases, the native may not quit the jobs but the employers may terminate his jobs.
If Jupiter as well as Mars is placed in the tenth house in Aries with debilitated Saturn, Rahu is placed in the twelfth house in Gemini and malefic Ketu is placed in the sixth house in Sagittarius with Moon, the equation may become worse. In this case, the native may not find a permanent job throughout his life. He may keep changing jobs and he may also have to remain jobless for periods of more than 6 months between job changes, many times in his life. Even when the running times are supportive for profession, the native may not sustain a job for more than 3 years.
Apart from these, malefic exalted Mercury in the third house of horoscope can trouble the native with several other problems, depending on his overall horoscope.