Mercury / Budha

Mercury is considered prince in-universe and its Karak of the third most important organ

in the body which is the brain, intelligence. Since it rules over your intelligence it also

defines your educational qualifications, your business prospects – you do business by

brain right not by heart, charity is done by heart. it also rules over your tongue,

communication skills the way you will speak which is directly related to your business,

personality. Planet also rules over your hands, skin, lungs-breath, veins, nose, throat.

This planet is tridoshi, has vat,pit,kapha which means if this planet is strong in your

chart you will have a charming personality as it balances three doshas. The planet is all-

rounder personality. This planet has an interest in all most all things since its prince it’s

behavior is childlike. It keeps moving from one place to another like traveling, stays in

friends and its Karak of friends also, have artistic nature, luxuries – singing, dancing,

sculptures and is attracted to girls very fast. But as this planet matures in the horoscope

it changes interest from being jolly towards life to goal-oriented, business-minded,

spiritual knowledge, physiologist, teacher, professor, etc. this happens because this

planet has seen all the luxuries in life and then try to find out the unknown or shares its

experience to others like Budha. It’s considered as the lord of planet earth as per

ancient texts.

The mythological story of mercury

Mercury was born from moon and tara (wife of Jupiter/ brashpati) and raised by

brahspati. Due to his high intellect, he was named Budh, he was made king of the earth

by Brahma and given a position in the planetary system. He was born with aarthshasta

(mathematic, economics) and hasti Shastra (Elephant medicine. That’s why Budha is

known for business and intellectual level.

There is one more story of budha in Matsaya puran, which tell how budha started

chandvansh from ila. Which tells his youth like behavior

Source:

Matsaya puran chapter 24,

Skand puran- kashi khand – budha lok and shukra lok