Mercury Transit in Gemini

Gemini is Budha's own sign, held for about seventeen days, and Mercury commands it with full strength. A retrograde phase can extend the stay to more than two months.

Thought, speech and exchange all run at their quickest.

Gemini governs the arms, the hands, speech, siblings and short travel. In its own sign Mercury gives clarity and range together, and writing, teaching, trade and negotiation all move well. The mind takes on more than it can finish.

The nakshatras are Mrigashira, Ardra and Punarvasu. Mrigashira, under Mars, opens the stay with searching. Ardra, under Rahu, is the sharpest stretch and suits technical study and hard analysis. Punarvasu, under Jupiter, closes by restoring perspective.

Classical gochara counts Mercury well in the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth and eleventh from the natal Moon, which here means Taurus, Pisces, Capricorn, Scorpio, Virgo and Leo Moons. Gemini Moons hold it in the first, and Cancer Moons carry it in the twelfth, where the mind keeps running past bedtime.

A strong Mercury shows a person how far their attention reaches, and ideas arrive faster than they can be worked through. Carry one subject to its end, and finish it before beginning another.

• Recite Om Bram Breem Braum Sah Budhaya Namah on Wednesday.
• Take up hard technical study during Ardra.
• Close one open piece of work before starting the next.

Mercury in Gemini 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.