Kalatra Bhava — marriage, partnership, business alliances, the other
Mercury in partnership gives a genuinely clever spouse and a real gift for negotiation. Business partnership suits this placement better than most, since the relationship is discussed rather than assumed. The caution is that intimacy gets analysed — the same faculty that makes the deal work can make the marriage feel examined.
The 7th house is how you meet an equal, governing marriage, partnership, business alliances, the other. Mercury (Budha) is a neutral that takes the colour of its company and signifies intellect, speech, commerce, learning, skill; its drive is to understand, to communicate, and to trade.
The 7th is a kendra (angle), one of the four pillars of the chart, where planets act visibly and strongly. Planets in kendras gain Dig Bala (directional strength) depending on which angle they occupy, and their effects are prominent in the life rather than hidden.
Three things modify this placement more than anything else: the sign Mercury occupies (see Mercury through the signs), the aspects it receives — Jupiter's aspect can rescue a difficult placement and Saturn's can sober an easy one — and the strength of the 7th house lord. Read this as one factor, not a verdict.
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