Mercury Transit in Mula

Mula opens Sagittarius. Its symbol is a bundle of roots, its deity Nirriti, the goddess of dissolution, and its lord Ketu. Mercury is neutral toward Ketu in the usual lists and neutral toward Jupiter, the lord of the sign, and Jupiter counts Mercury an enemy, so the graha is tolerated here with little welcome.

The stay is about nine days. Mula pulls things up by the root, and Mercury's work is the search for the cause: the fault beneath the fault, the clause that started the dispute, the belief beneath the habit. Research, philosophy and the first honest accounting of a failure do well. Communication can be blunt to the point of destruction.

Muhurta Chintamani places Mula among the tikshna nakshatras, sharp, suited to demolition, the ending of a lease, discarding an old idea and mantra sadhana for release. They do not suit the start of a trade, a marriage or a course of study. Ketu's lordship makes Mercury's speech spare, and what is said tends to be final.

Scorpio, Virgo, Cancer, Taurus, Pisces and Aquarius Moons and lagnas hold Mercury in the favourable houses Phaladeepika lists from Sagittarius. Sagittarius, Libra, Leo, Gemini, Aries and Capricorn Moons have the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth and twelfth. They should pull no root they cannot replace.

The transit shows whether a person is willing to look at the cause of their own trouble. Persistence brings the most from this nakshatra.

Begin the remedy with Ganesha, the deity for Ketu, worshipped at the start of the stay. Recite Om Budhaya Namah, worship Vishnu, and give green cloth or moong on Wednesday. Food for dogs, and a plain admission of one's own part in a failure, are the offerings that suit Nirriti best.