Mercury Transit in Virgo

Virgo is Budha's own sign, and Mercury is exalted here at fifteen degrees. The moolatrikona runs from sixteen to twenty degrees, the stay lasts about eighteen days, and Parashara gives Mercury no stronger seat.

Virgo governs the abdomen, daily work, service and health. An exalted Mercury gives precision, method and clear analysis, and accounts, editing, diagnosis and detailed planning all go best here. Faultfinding rises with the precision.

The nakshatras are Uttara Phalguni, Hasta and Chitra. Uttara Phalguni, under the Sun, opens with steady counsel. Hasta, under the Moon, is the most skilful stretch and suits craft, healing and work of the hands. Chitra, under Mars, closes with design and building.

Classical gochara counts Mercury well in the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth and eleventh from the natal Moon: Leo, Gemini, Aries, Aquarius, Sagittarius and Scorpio Moons. Virgo Moons hold it in the first, and Libra Moons carry it in the twelfth, where detail slips.

An exalted Mercury shows the quality of a person's attention. Turn the same precision onto your own work first, and set the accounts in order.

• Recite Om Bram Breem Braum Sah Budhaya Namah on Wednesday.
• Set accounts, records and health matters in order during Hasta.
• Apply the same standard to your own work first.

Mercury in Virgo 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.