Mercury as putrakaraka

Mercury as putrakaraka links children, students and creativity with intellect and the word. The person teaches, writes and invents with ease, and what unites them with their children is conversation, games and exploring the world together.

The mind as a creative force

Mercury is the planet of speech, writing, calculation and youth. In the role of putrakaraka it makes creativity intellectual: texts, educational programmes, languages, business ideas, puzzles. There are many ideas, and they are born quickly; the main question is seeing them through to the end.

Children and students

• children are often curious, start talking and reading early and learn easily;
• relations with them are like friendship and dialogue, with plenty of humour;
• there may be many students, and contact with them runs through lessons, courses and correspondence;
• the parent tends to explain, sometimes in too much detail.

The strength of Mercury

In Gemini or Virgo Mercury as putrakaraka usually gives a clear mind, a good aptitude for learning and fruitful communication with children. In Pisces, when combust by the Sun or under the influence of malefics, the theme may show itself as scattered attention, nervous tension and misunderstandings with children. Mercury easily takes on the properties of neighbouring planets, so conjunctions change the picture more than for the other karakas.

On the planet, see the page on Mercury; the principle of the roles is in the overview of chara karakas. You can find out your putrakaraka after you build a chart.