The conjunction Rahu + Mercury
It strengthens the reasoning mind, linguistic, communicative and writing abilities, wit and resourcefulness; the yoga Rahu + Mercury shows itself best in Gemini, Virgo and Aquarius.
Helena Blavatsky, for instance, had Rahu and Mercury in the 3rd — a medium and a writer. Edgar Cayce (the American mystic, medium and seer) had Rahu + Mercury in the 8th house.
If Mercury is damaged, this may make the native a swindler and a schemer, or else he will pointlessly accumulate information, send spam, and spread gossip, rumours and disinformation. In the chart of Sergei Mavrodi, the founder of the «MMM» financial pyramid, for instance, Rahu aspects Mercury exactly — degree for degree — while in the D9 chart Rahu, Mercury and Saturn are joined in Aries in the 6th under a sign aspect of Mars.
The horoscope of Sergei Mavrodi. The Lagna is Leo. The Lagnesha Sun, Mars, Venus and Jupiter stand in the 12th. The native served a prison term and lost everything.
He suffered from a congenital heart defect — the 4th house is in papa-kartari, and the lord of the 4th, Mars, stands in the 12th.
The atma-karaka Rahu stands in the 5th house (investments) and aspects Mercury in the Lagna with a full aspect (exactly, degree for degree). This gives the mind of a swindler, since in D9 Mercury is spoiled by a conjunction of Rahu and
Saturn in the 6th in Aries, the sign of risk.
Ketu stands in the 11th in Gemini. Inborn sociability (the dispositor of Ketu is in the Lagna) and the ability to obtain money easily.
The dispositor of Rahu — Jupiter — stands in the 12th with Venus, Mars and the Sun (the Lagnesha). He promised everyone a
bright future (the 12th house) and himself ended up in prison, having lost everything.
A Shakti yoga (when the Moon and Rahu are linked with one another and with the trines). A great negative
influence upon the masses.
(from the materials of Vasily Tushkin’s «Surya-Siddhanta» school)
The combination of Rahu, the Moon and Mercury clouds the thinking and instils extreme mistrustfulness in the person. (Shri G. S. Agarwal)
Rahu + Mercury
When Mercury is afflicted, the person lives in a deep illusion about his own intellect and communicative abilities. He takes wrong decisions in trade. Ambition hides the real market value of things.
If Mercury is stronger than Rahu, the person acquires a fierce drive in communication and in sales. Of such a person it is said that he could sell snow to the Eskimos in winter. Vast horizons in sales. A strong grasp of communication over a long distance. Magnificent facial expression and inimitable charisma.
(Roman Gavrilov)
