Mercury in Lal Kitab: nature and remedies
Mercury is the planet of speech, intelligence, trade and the sisters and daughters.
Mercury in Lal Kitab is the clever child: it takes on the colour of whatever planet sits with it, and can be a great help or a great nuisance. It rules speech, trade and quick thinking, and in the family it stands for sisters, daughters and the father's sister. Its own house is the 7th, shared with Venus, and it shares the 6th with Ketu.
Mercury's remedies keep the speech clean and the ties with daughters and sisters warm: giving green moong, feeding birds, respecting the bua, and keeping your teeth and nose clean, which the book links to Mercury. Lal Kitab is strict that a broken promise spoils Mercury quickly.
Mercury at a glance
- Own house (pakka ghar)
- 7th, 6th
- Exalted / debilitated
- 6th / 12th house
- Friends
- Sun, Venus, Rahu
- Rivals
- Moon
- In the family
- sisters, daughters, and the father's sister (bua)
- Its things
- green moong, green cloth, and a copper coin with a hole
When Mercury asks for attention
- Words that come out wrong, or deals that fall through at the last step
- Strain with a sister, daughter or bua
- Scattered focus and nervous worry
These are signs to notice, not predictions.
General remedies for Mercury
- Give green moong to someone in need on Wednesdays
- Feed birds, especially in the morning
- Give a small gift to a daughter, sister or bua and take her blessing
Lal Kitab's rule: one remedy at a time, for 43 days in a row, in daylight, done by you. If a day is missed, start again. The remedy rules
Mercury in each of the twelve houses
Which house is your Mercury in?
Lal Kitab counts houses from your lagna, so Mercury sits in a different house for everyone. A free kundli shows where yours is, and HeyKundli reads it with the rest of your chart.
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What are the Lal Kitab remedies for Mercury?
Give green moong to someone in need on Wednesdays. Feed birds, especially in the morning. Give a small gift to a daughter, sister or bua and take her blessing. Each house has its own remedies on the pages below.
Which is Mercury's own house in Lal Kitab?
Mercury's own house (pakka ghar) is the 7th, 6th. A planet at home shows its true nature.
These are traditional Lal Kitab practices, in our own words. They do not replace medical, legal or financial advice. We never suggest gemstones, paid rituals or frightening predictions. How we compute charts