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we have finished the Saturn Mahadasha and the
Guru Mahadasha, now we come to Mercury. Before
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whenever you look at the Mahadasha general principle
is look at the karaka, the mercury, isn't it?
The earth element. The mercury is about communication,
is about vocalization of whatever is your internal
thought process. Now the thought process is very
simplified and put that way, but where is your
thinking process, isn't it? Essentially, it is
a sum total of whatever is borrowed from wherever
mercury is sitting in your chart. That will be
the focal area of Mercury. The house it is placed,
the sign it is placed, the nakshatra it is placed
in. So these are the standing rules. What refines
it is what preceded in the Mahadasha before this.
That is Guru and Saturn. What did you do that
will determine how you will perform as Mercury
as what will come out of your mouth as words
in this particular mahadasha. And so there are
certain nakshatras which will be the dominant
ones in the prime of their life. When I say prime,
we are talking of 20 to 50 years old. The prime
period of a person's life. So the primary group,
the strongest group who will have mercury mahadasha
in this period is punar vasu nakshatra, vishakha
and purvabhadrapada. All the guru ruled nakshatras,
isn't it? That is from age 19 to 35, it will
kick in. The secondary group, slightly conditional,
is the rahu ruled nakshatras, ardhara, swati
and sattvisha. They will get mercury mahadasha
starting in the range between 35 and 45 years,
depending upon how much balance of the mahadasha
is there at birth. Some others which might be
useful although they do not fall in the prime
are Mars Rudnakshatras which is Mrikshera, Chitra
and Dhanishtha. They will get between 53 and
60. This is important and I will come to it in
a second. Moon Rudnakshatras between 60 and 70.
Moon Rudnakshatras being Rohini, Hastha and Sravana.
These are under useful bracket because they are
the elders of the civilization. They become the
elders. They have already gone through the very
tough path of Jupiter Mahadasha and Saturn Mahadasha.
So they are the wise elder ones. The Mars Rulakshatras
and the Moon Rulakshatras become that. Finally,
after all the trials and tribulations of Jupiter
and Saturn Mahadasha, you come to speaking. In
essence, what is this trying to tell us in the
harmony of the universe? When you finish your
learning in Guru Mahadasha and when you have
finished with all the karma bit in the Saturn
Mahadasha, which were huge periods, isn't it?
Dominant periods of a person's life. Jupiter
Mahadasha went for a period of 16 years followed
by 19 years of Saturn Mahadasha. It's a long
period. This finishes off pretty much a person's
life. in the prime of performance, if you want
to call it that. Then you land in Mercury Mahadasha,
which means to say, if I had to put it in esoteric
terms, what does this mean? It means you have
finished your learning in Guru Mahadasha, you
have finished your work and all the stuff which
I have mentioned in Saturn Mahadasha, you have
finished all the trials and tribulations of Saturn
Mahadasha. Let's just wrap it up that way. And
now you are in a position to open your mouth
and speak. And whatever comes out of your mouth
will be wisdom. Wisdom 101. This is why the order
of Mahadasha is very beautiful to understand.
See the order in which it transits, even the
Antardasha, which I shall deal with later. So
this is a period not really of learning, skill
building, communication and adaptability. It
is the bringing forth of whatever has been learned
in the previous Mahadashaas. You've got to always
understand Mahadashaas is what followed before
this and what did you learn there? In fact, what
did you do there? That determines everything,
isn't it? This is where conscious astrology becomes
prime to understand. It's not just what planets
or points appear, what mahadashas appear and
go. This is just the skies. This is just the
zodiac planets, nakshatras, all the rest of it.
What are you doing in that? How is your daily
life going? Are you consciously engaging with
your daily presence or are you just waiting for
some planets to hand off some stuff on your plate?
That's not the way it works. I believe that's
not the way certainly the ancients who gave this
beautiful science intended either. You have to
get it into perspective that you are here to
do something. It has to be translatable all these
energies coming into your brain, into your mind,
body, circumstances, family etc etc. Circumstances
will come and go. Ideas will come and go. Even
this voice which is speaking will come and go,
but you are still there. Where is the you in
all this? In Mercury Mahadasha, it will come
dominantly to play, especially for the elder
ones whom I mentioned. So the element is one
of Earth. Okay, and before we get into the elemental
part, one more thing you've got to remember.
Mercury is a dangerous planet. Why I say this?
Because Mercury is a big copycat. It does not
have a personality as a planet of its own. So
always be careful what is aspecting it. Rahu,
Ketu, Jupiter or Mars. Always be careful where
it is sitting in. The lord of that particular
house. How is that performing? All of these factors
you have to check before you start seeing Mercury
as a planet. How it's affecting you in Mahagasha.
It's a big copycat. But unlike Rahu, Ketu which
are just illusions, Mercury tends to solidify
it. Mercury typically sits one house plus or
minus of conjunct Sun, isn't it? So whatever
your intellectual capacity, it is borrowing from
everything around you and Sun is a very critical
planet. So it will be prone to criticism, gossip
and sort of putting others down. This is the
signature of Mercury. It's a copycat. It can
get into very shady kind of thinking. This is
the downside of Mercury. The element is Earth.
So you have to be careful with this Mahadasha
in terms of your body, the physical Earth, your
embodiment. It will give you all kind of skin
and nerve related issues if you're not careful
with how your mind is progressing in the 17 years.
The Guna is one of Rajas, like I said, lots of
passions running in Mercury. Lots of unkempt
desires running, for example. The caste is Vaishya.
Mercury is a merchant, like I discussed in some
of my shorts. Moon and Mercury are Vaishya planets.
So they are interested in trading. This is the
dominant trader. And Mercury will do it for selfish
reasons. Mercury will do it for gains only. Mercury
does not care about like moon about emotional
body. It just wants stuff for itself Okay, the
chakra is throat. So you have to be careful what
you speak what you speak if you're not careful
with using and Choosing your words right in this
mother shuttle have a backlash The psychology
of this particular Mahadasha will be one of curiosity,
analysis and networking. Meeting people, talking
to people of all kinds, depending upon where
Mercury is. If it's 7 ,000, it will be dominantly
the external world. If it's 10 ,000, it will
be always about your profession, so on. The life
themes are of education, writing, media, business
and travel. These are the broadest themes which
can play out depending upon where Mercury is
placed in your chart. So just to recap, In any
mahadasha, what kicks in is first wherever the
planet is placed, the house, the sign. And next
will be all the things that aspect it. You could
go even up to the extent of checking with whether
it's your atmakaraka or matyakaraka. I've already
covered that in the playlist on the channel.
Antardasha follows in 0 .97 to 3 .4 years. Makri
mahadasha grows your skills, intelligence and
communicative power. This is true only if it
is coming in the earlier years when you are still
sort of cultivating yourself. But the best application
of Mercury Mahadasha will come with the Mars
and Moon rule nakshatras. Why? Because they are
falling in the elderly range 53 to 60, 60 to
70 respectively. So they become useful. Mercury
is useful when it has gained sufficient knowledge
from Jupiter and Saturn both. not singular one.
Both Jupiter and Saturn are teachers, but they
have different styles of offering you that. I
shall see you in the next. I am unsure about
what I will make next, but I'll see you in the
next. Meanwhile, you take care and be very safe.
Thank you.