The sub-period of Mercury within the 20-year Venus Mahadasha runs for 2 years 10 months. The results below are Sage Parashara's classical indications — how they manifest for you depends on the exact placement of Mercury and Venus in your individual birth chart.
शुक्रस्यान्तर्गते सौम्ये केन्द्रे लाभत्रिकोणगे । स्वोच्चे वा स्वर्क्षगे वापि राजप्रीतिकरं शुभम् ॥ ६० ॥
सौभाग्यं पुत्रलाभश्च सन्मार्गेण धनागमः । पुराणधर्मश्रवणं श्रृङगारिजनसं गमः ॥ ६१ ॥
इष्टबन्धुजनाकीर्ण शोभितं तस्य मन्दिरम् । स्वप्रभोश्च महत्सौख्यं नित्यं मिष्ठान्नभोजनम् ॥ ६२ ॥
दायेशात्षष्ठरन्ध्रे वा व्यये वा बलवर्जिते । पापदृष्टे पापयुक्ते चतुष्पाज्जीवहानिकृत् ॥ ६३ ॥
अन्यालयनिवासश्च मनोवैकल्यसम्भवः । व्यापारेषु च सर्वेषु हानिरेव न संशयः ॥ ६४ ॥
भुक्त्यादौ शोभनं प्रोक्तं मध्ये मध्यफलं दिशेत् । अन्ते क्लेशकरं चैव शीतवातज्वरादिकम् ॥ ६५ ॥
सप्तमाधीशदोषेण देहपीडा भविष्यति । तद्दोषपरिहारार्थ विष्णुसाहस्रकं जपेत् ॥ ६६ ॥
— Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
Condition: Mercury in an Angle, Trine or the 11th, exalted or in own sign — especially strong for Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Libra and Capricorn Ascendants.
Sage Parashara also describes specific configurations under which this period becomes testing — for health, relationships, wealth or work. Whether any of these apply to you depends entirely on where Mercury and Venus sit in your individual chart. If this period is approaching or running for you, a personal reading examines these placements and, where needed, the classical remedies for them.
Sage Parashara prescribes specific remedies for this period — japa, charity and propitiation — selected according to the afflictions present in the individual chart. Because the remedy must match the affliction, the applicable remedies for your chart are shared in a personal consultation.
Phase-based timing: the beginning of the sub-period brings favourable results, the middle brings mediocre results, and the end brings distress, gastric ailments and fever from cold.
Ascendant note: Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Libra and Capricorn Ascendants receive benefic results in full measure. For Sagittarius and Pisces Ascendants, Mercury suffers Kendradhipati Dosha (owning two Angular houses); if it also sits in a Maraka or inauspicious house, afflicted by malefics, health risks are heightened.
Mercury antardasha within the 20-year Venus mahadasha lasts 2 years 10 months, as per the fixed Vimshottari proportions given by Sage Parashara.
Classically its tone is mixed. It gives favourable results when mercury in an angle, trine or the 11th, exalted or in own sign — especially strong for taurus, gemini, virgo, libra and capricorn ascendants. The Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra also describes specific placements under which this period becomes testing — whether those apply to you can only be determined from your individual birth chart, which is examined in a personal consultation.
The Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra prescribes specific remedies — japa, charity and propitiation — for this period, chosen according to the exact afflictions present in the individual birth chart. Since the wrong remedy for the wrong affliction brings no benefit, the applicable remedies are shared as part of a personal consultation after examining your full horoscope.
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