Dharma Bhava — fortune, father, guru, philosophy, long journeys
Mercury in the house of higher learning and dharma gives the scholar rather than the believer — the person who studies the tradition rather than simply inheriting it. Suits publishing, academia, translation and law. Belief is arrived at by argument, which makes it durable but slow.
The 9th house is your luck and your beliefs, governing fortune, father, guru, philosophy, long journeys. 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 9th is a trikona (trine), the houses of dharma and fortune, where planets give their most benevolent results.
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 9th house lord. Read this as one factor, not a verdict.
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