Mercury in the 10th House

Karma Bhav — career, status, authority

Favourable Results

When Budha (Mercury) occupies the 10th house (the Karma Bhava, the house of career, status, and authority), the native (the person whose chart it is) is happy and comfortable, brave, handsome, grave and dignified, measured in speech, of a sattvic (pure, virtuous) nature, intelligent, and renowned. He is a knower of nitishastra (the science of ethics and statecraft) and earns his livelihood through his sweet speech, through poetry, through craft, writing, trade, and literary work. He also holds government service. He is skilled at getting his work done through flattery. He attains ancestral property and gains wealth and authority in the state. He is honoured in society. He is master of the power to punish (he holds punitive authority). He enjoys a prosperous life, the comfort of vehicles, and opulence. He attains success in every undertaking. He serves his elders and gurus, and he enjoys the comfort and well-being of his mother.

Unfavourable Results

The native, becoming foolish and corrupt in conduct, performs base deeds. He is selfish and a servile yes-man (jee-huzooriya, one who flatters his superiors to please them). He is a "thali ka baingan" (like the eggplant on a plate that rolls whichever way it is tilted, a fickle person of no fixed stand) and does not keep his mind steady. He suffers from diseases of the eyes (a flatterer). In his fondness for drinking liquor, his life is ruined and his body fills with disease.