Mercury Transit in Cancer

Cancer belongs to the Moon, whom Mercury counts an enemy, and Budha passes through in about sixteen days. Feeling colours thought here and clouds judgement. Memory is strong during the stay.

Cancer governs the chest, the mother, the home and emotional memory. Mercury here turns talk toward family and old matters. Conversations about the home carry extra feeling, and business decisions taken now tend to follow mood.

The nakshatras are Punarvasu, Pushya and Ashlesha. Punarvasu, under Jupiter, opens with repair and return. Pushya, under Saturn, is the most nourishing stretch and suits study and teaching, and Ashlesha is Mercury's own nakshatra, so the closing days ask for care in what is said.

Classical gochara counts Mercury well in the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth and eleventh from the natal Moon, which here means Gemini, Aries, Aquarius, Sagittarius, Libra and Virgo Moons. Cancer Moons hold it in the first, and Leo Moons carry it in the twelfth, where words are misread.

Memory shapes reasoning during this stay, and an old grievance can steer an argument about something current. Keep the feeling and the fact apart.

Speak carefully during Ashlesha.

• Recite Om Bram Breem Braum Sah Budhaya Namah on Wednesday.
• Study or teach during Pushya where the schedule allows.
• Say nothing in anger to family during Ashlesha.

Mercury in Cancer for each Moon sign

Counted from the natal Moon, following Phaladeepika. Read the ascendant the same way. Vedha and the birth chart can change the result.