Mercury in 12th Bhava

 

Mercury in the 12th House

As with all other planets in the 12th house, Mercury too in the 12th house needs special attention while assessing a Birth-chart, Yearly-chart, monthly-chart or a 2.5 days Hora-chart or even a question-chart.

Firstly, the 12th house relates to spending, losses, trouble with govt agencies, penalty, punishment, disputes within the family, problems regarding to children or with children or from children. Secondly problems, trouble, harassment, career problem , torture or losses may be given by enemies, opponents, adversaries, because Mercury has direct and full drishti on the 6th house. The 5th house relating to children, and also to education of the individual is adversely affected because of Mercury occupying the 8th position from the 5th house.

The preliminary disadvantage caused to the individual is about education. The individual is either poor in grasp when anything is taught or needs repetition of teaching. Problem of below standard intelligence could also be there. In some cases it could be lack of educational facilities specially for higher studies, and last of all, there could be financial paucity for primary, secondary or higher education or lack of facilities of such education as is desired for the individual. For example, in the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s, there were no facilities for learning any science subjects in any high school in four or five princely states of upper Central India and Lower Rajputana within a radius of 70 miles (112 km). As a result, there was no student from that region in those years from engineering or medical or any other education with science as the basis.

Then comes the question of keeping of accounts if the individual is in own business or associated with any kind of account work of business run by employers. The individual is neither prompt nor regular in jotting down accounts as soon as any transaction in cash or goods takes place; the tendency is to note down the accounts later on by memory, and thus there remains scope for mistakes and lapses.

The third question coming up is about the education of the children, and the same problems might be there which have been discussed in the preceding paragraphs relating to the education of the individual. In modern times, it is a misfortune for the children as well as the parents, if the progeny, (even one of them), remains uneducated or less educated. This or other causes often lead to differences between the progeny and the parents. And if hard or cruel stars get associated with the 12th house and Mercury is no doubt therein, these differences take the shape of a dispute.

The fourth question is about dispute, trouble, problems that might be created by mistakes, lapses, fraud, forgery in matters of documents, deeds, any kind of important papers, oral and written statements. Another source of worry or problem for the individual could be any evidence he or she might have given, against which a charge of perjury has cropped up.