Mercury in the 4th House

Sukh Bhav — mother, home, comfort

Favourable Results

When Budha (Mercury) occupies the 4th house (the Sukha Bhava, the house of mother, home, and comfort), the native (the person whose chart it is) is handsome, well-mannered, learned, patient (of steady temperament), renowned, clever in speech, fortunate, content, and truthful. He takes an interest in music and mathematics, and is charitable (given to the good of others). The native's friends are drawn from the higher classes and are of excellent nature. He does not inherit ancestral wealth, but by his own prowess (parakrama) he earns a great deal of money. His home has vehicles and servants. He is skilled at giving counsel (mantrana, wise advice). He is a raja-yogi (one marked by a raja yoga, a planetary combination conferring royal status). From the government he receives royal honour and authority. Everyone dreads his wrath, because his reach extends right up to the king. At home too his word is given special respect. The native has several wives. He assuredly enjoys the happiness of a son (putra sukha).

Unfavourable Results

The native is of fickle intellect (chanchala buddhi, an unsteady mind), shameless, and thin-bodied. His dwelling place is odd and peculiar (chitra-vichitra). He is sickly in childhood. Such a native has few sons. The mother too meets with inauspicious results concerning her health.