Re Mercury, Budha

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Guruji, I would like to contribute to the list information on Mercury.

 

Soma, the Moon God, was by the Ganga when Tara, Brihaspati’s wife, emerged

from the river after bathing. Soma forgot about her status of being the wife

of his divine teacher and spoke his heart to her.

“Best of women”, said the Moon God, “you are young and lovely. Fate has only

cruelly ordained that such a voluptuous beauty should spoil her youth with

an old and austere fool of a husband. Such rare youthfulness does not last

forever. Waste it not thus on a insentient husband, Yours is the age to

enjoy. Come with me and experience the pleasures of the body”.

When Tara rejected Soma’s overtures the Moon God drunk with power and

blinded with lust, pulled Tara into his chariot and drove away with her.

They wandered in several fascinating spots and enjoyed immense physical

pleasures, As the Gods mounted pressure on the Moon to return Tara to

Brihaspati, he took refuge with Shukra, the preceptor of the demons. After

long persuasion Tara was returned to Brihaspati,

Tara was pregnant. Brihaspati asked her to abandon her pregnancy as it was

inappropriate for her to carry a child of someone else. She agreed and

aborted the child in a deserted place the child lived. The child was Budha,

Mercury, the wise and extremely intelligent son of the Moon.

The Harivamsha Purana states: “When this Budha manifests himself in the

sky, he causes sudden upheavals”. Those who relate weather fluctuations with

astronomical events are aware that sudden significant changes in weather

occur at the time of rising or setting of Mercury, also when it becomes

retrograde, or attains direct motion after retrogression, or becomes

conjunct with the Sun.

Mercury is the planet of logic and discrimination, communication and a good

and meaningful speech is the gift of a strongly disposed Mercury. Witty

language and speech with multiple meanings, and Mathematical logic,

astrological and scriptural knowledge, and profound intellect are governed

by Mercury.

While afflictions of Mercury in the horoscope chart lead to various forms of

distorted logic and psychiatric ailments,

Mercury In Astrology:

Physical Attributes a slim body youthful appearance, large reddish eyes,

dark green complexion, medium height, healthy skin clear, witty and

meaningful speech, a Rajasika inclination, plenty of physical energy, bile,

wind and phlegm in his composition, and green robes

Nature: A natural benefic. Gender: Eunuch. Caste: Vaishya.. Direction:

North.

Place: Playground. Directional Strength: Lagna.

Own signs: Mithuna (Gemini) and Kanya (Virgo). Exaltation: Kanya 15 degrees.

Moolatrikona: Kany 16 degrees to 20 degrees. Debilitation: Meena 15 degrees.

Friends: Sun, Venus. Enemies: Moon. Neutrals Mars, Jupiter, Saturn.

Significations: Learning, knowledge, scholarship, mathematics, grammar,

astrology astronomy, writing, oratory, speech, good conversation, power of

expression, intelligence, humility, fear, discrimination, expression with

multiple meanings, traders, commerce, treasury, pilgrimage, bad dreams,

fickleness of mind, black magic, silf-control, knowledge of the scriptures,

skill in matras and yantras, a prince, maternal uncle, skin neck, throat,

nose, lungs, mental aberrations, nervous breakdown, speech disorder,

impotence.

 

 

 

 

 

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