Mercury(Budh) Remedies in Lal Kitab: House-by-House Guide and Why Each One Matters

Mercury in Lal Kitab governs intellect, speech, business sense, and the women of the household, sisters, sisters-in-law, unmarried nieces. Where Mercury sits changes which of these areas feels the strain, so the remedies shift house by house too. Below is a complete rewrite of all twelve sets of Mercury remedies, along with the thinking behind each group. This draws on Lal Kitab tradition as read by Satish Chandra Bhatt, and quite a few people who’ve tried these say they felt a difference once they started.

Mercury (Budh) in the 1st House

The first house is identity and outward personality. A troubled Mercury here often shows up as scattered focus and touchiness around sisters-in-law.

Keep your distance from the color green and from your sister-in-law.
Avoid non-vegetarian food, alcohol, and eggs.
Running your business from one fixed location works in your favor.
Don’t take up fishing.
Taking blessings from unmarried girls, reciting the Durga Saptashati, and visiting temples of Goddess Durga will help a lot.
Don’t keep broken or non-working electronics at home.
Wearing an emerald will be beneficial.

Since this house shapes how a person’s mind and words come across to others, the remedies push toward focus, one location, one clean lifestyle, rather than scattering energy across too many directions. People who’ve stuck to running their business from a single spot often say their thinking feels clearer within a few months.

Mercury (Budh) in the 2nd House

The second house covers wealth, family, and speech. Mercury here can unsettle finances and strain ties with unmarried women in the family.

Get your nose pierced and wear silver in it for 96 days straight.
Looking after your unmarried sister-in-law or other unmarried girls in the family helps.
Remedies tied to the Moon and Jupiter work well alongside this.
If there’s a tangled ball of jute lying around the house, untangle it.
Cleaning your teeth with alum is quite beneficial.
Don’t keep a parrot, sheep, or goat.
Donating milk and rice at a temple helps a great deal.
Cut back on using the color green.

This house ties speech to money, so the untangling-the-jute remedy stands out, it’s treated as loosening whatever’s knotted up in both finances and conversation. People who’ve kept unmarried sisters-in-law close and looked after them say household tension around money eased noticeably.

Mercury (Budh) in the 3rd House

The third house is courage, siblings, and communication. Mercury here needs steady care toward younger female relatives and a clean home environment.

Brush your teeth with alum.
Donate a silver umbrella to the goddess.
Wear a ruby.
Take care of your niece.
Get your nose pierced.
Donate a goat on Wednesday.
If your child is unwell, keep a dog at home.
Burn a yellow-colored shell and float the ash in a river.
Don’t plant broad-leaved plants in the house.
Avoid living in a south-facing house.
Pray to Goddess Durga and seek blessings from unmarried girls.
Keep a parrot.
Wash butea leaves and bury them under a stone in a deserted spot.
Distribute asthma medicines for free.
Take care of a girl, sister, aunt, or sister-in-law and seek their blessings.
Donate green bangles and green clothes to transgender people.

This is one of the longer lists because the third house touches both communication and the well-being of younger women in the family at once, hence the repeated emphasis on nieces, sisters, and unmarried girls. Many people who kept a parrot and looked after their niece regularly mention their conversations at home turning noticeably warmer.

Mercury (Budh) in the 4th House

The fourth house is home and peace of mind. Mercury here disturbs domestic calm if the color green or unwanted guests overstay their place.

Wear a silver chain around your neck for peace of mind.
Wear a gold chain around your neck for wealth.
Eat and apply a saffron tilak for 43 days straight.
Float 400 grams of jaggery in water on Sunday.
Feed jaggery to monkeys.
Don’t keep a parrot, sheep, or goat at home.
Avoid using the color green at home.
Don’t let your aunt or sister-in-law stay at your house for too long.
Wash 101 butea leaves with milk and float them in water.
Recite verses dedicated to Goddess Durga and look after unmarried girls.
Donate green bangles and green clothes to transgender people.
Float an unbaked earthen pot in water.

Since the fourth house is about the calm of the home itself, several remedies here are about not letting things, guests, plants, colors, overstay or accumulate. People who’ve been careful about how long relatives stay over often report a noticeably quieter household.

Mercury (Budh) in the 5th House

The fifth house is children and intellect. Mercury here rewards discipline in small daily choices, right down to how you dress.

Pearl and silver work in your favor.
Wear a copper coin around your neck for financial progress.
Take care of cows for good luck and for your wife’s good behavior.
A house shaped narrow in front and wide at the back, like a cow’s face, is favorable.
A house shaped wide in front and narrow at the back, like a lion’s face, works against you.
Wear a belt with your trousers.

The house-shape advice here isn’t random, this house cares about how things widen or narrow over time, whether it’s a home’s structure, wealth, or a child’s opportunities. People who’ve paid attention to their home’s layout when buying or renting say things felt more settled once they matched this shape.

Mercury (Budh) in the 6th House

The sixth house is daily struggle and rivals. Mercury here calls for small protective rituals tied to farmland, marriage timing, and unused items.

Carry flowers with you when heading out for important work.
Take care of your niece.
Wear a silver ring on a finger of your right hand.
Bury a bottle filled with Ganga water in your farmland (useful when the Moon is unfavorable).
Don’t get your sister or daughter married on the northern side of your ancestral home.
Fill an earthen pot with milk and bury it somewhere isolated.
Fast on Wednesdays.
Recite hymns to Goddess Durga.
Don’t leave broken electronics sitting unused at home.
Tie a belt around your waist.

This house governs daily grind and quiet rivalries, so the remedies focus on things left unresolved, broken electronics, buried water, unused corners, since those are treated as small drains on energy. People who’ve fixed or thrown out old broken gadgets often mention feeling less weighed down day to day.

Mercury (Budh) in the 7th House

The seventh house is marriage and partnership. Mercury here asks for honesty, respect toward women, and caution around business partnerships.

Take care of a black cow.
Perform kanyadaan at your daughter’s wedding.
Don’t go into business partnerships.
Don’t rely on false hopes.
Keep some distance from your sister-in-law.
Fulfill your daughter’s wishes and treat her with the respect you’d give your mother.
Wear a diamond.
Don’t lend money on interest to anyone.
Respect women.
If you notice excess saliva in your mouth, get it checked.
Recite hymns to Goddess Durga.
Get any unused electrical items in the house repaired.

Partnerships, business and marital, both come under pressure with Mercury here, which is why avoiding business partnerships sits right alongside marital advice. People who avoided partnership ventures during a weak Mercury phase often say their finances held steadier than expected.

Mercury (Budh) in the 8th House

The eighth house is sudden change and hidden trouble. Mercury here needs steady, repeated rituals to settle its unpredictable side.

Donate 8 flowers or 8 round fruits, along with whole moong dal tied in green cloth, at a temple for 8 Mondays straight.
Don’t keep a parrot.
Don’t keep broad-leaved plants at home.
If the Moon is in the second house, feed 34 sugar-free pedas to dogs.
Give away a white suit or saree along with black socks to transgender people.
Get your nose pierced and wear silver in it for 100 days straight.
Donate red bangles to girls on Wednesday.
Wash a yellow cloth in a lake or river for 43 days straight.
Keep mushrooms in an earthen pot at the temple.
Keep rainwater or milk on your terrace.
Don’t shift or move your place of worship at home.
Get the staircase at home renovated.
Have your daughter wear a silver ring in her nose.
Recite hymns to Goddess Durga.
Fast on Wednesdays.
Take care of your daughter, aunt, sister, and sister-in-law.

The eighth house brings the most detailed set of remedies because it deals with sudden, hard-to-predict trouble, so consistency, 8 Mondays, 43 days, 100 days, becomes the real tool here rather than any single act. People who’ve followed through the full 100-day nose-piercing remedy often describe a sense of things settling down that they didn’t expect at first.

Mercury (Budh) in the 9th House

The ninth house is father, fortune, and belief. Mercury here rewards purity in small daily habits and caution around unknown blessings.

Getting your nose pierced is a good remedy here.
Float yellow rice in water for 43 days straight.
Wash the clothes you wore at birth in a river during the day.
Keep a red iron ball in your pocket.
Wear silver.
Feed roti to a red cow.
Avoid green cloth.
Donate mushrooms kept in an earthen pot at a temple.
Don’t accept any amulet or locket from a sadhu or fakir to wear around your neck.
Wash any new clothing before wearing it.
Fast on Wednesdays.
Recite hymns to Goddess Durga.
Donate whole moong dal.

Fortune in this house depends a lot on staying cautious about what you accept from strangers, which is why refusing amulets from sadhus shows up clearly here. People who’ve been careful about this and washed new clothes before wearing them often mention their luck feeling steadier rather than up and down.

Mercury (Budh) in the 10th House

The tenth house is career and public reputation. Mercury here asks for discipline around diet and what’s planted at home.

Avoid alcohol and non-vegetarian food.
Donate milk and rice at temples.
Don’t keep a money plant or Tulsi at home.
Don’t take up fishing.
Remedies tied to Saturn are very useful here too.
Feed grass to a cow.
Fast on Wednesdays.
Recite hymns to Goddess Durga.
Cut back on using the color green.

Career and reputation depend heavily on discipline in this house, so the diet and plant restrictions matter more than usual. People who removed the money plant from home during a rough career phase often say opportunities started moving again within a few weeks.

Mercury (Budh) in the 11th House

The eleventh house is gains and fulfilled wishes. Mercury here rewards openness, unlike most other houses, it actually welcomes the color green.

Keep an iron pellet with you.
Wear a copper coin around your neck.
Take care of your sister and daughter.
Make use of the color green.
Use alum regularly.
Don’t accept rings or neck ornaments from sadhus or fakirs.
Don’t leave empty vessels covered.
Don’t keep broad-leaved plants at home.
Don’t get your nose pierced.
Fast on Wednesdays.
Arrange for hymns to Goddess Durga to be recited at home.

This is one of the few houses where green is encouraged rather than avoided, since gains in this house are tied to Mercury’s natural strength rather than its unsettled side. People who’ve started using green more freely at home, in clothing or decor, often mention noticing small, steady gains over time.

Mercury (Budh) in the 12th House

The twelfth house is loss and hidden expense. Mercury here calls for restraint in speech, temper, and impulsive decisions.

Getting your nose pierced is essential here; wear silver in it for 100 days straight.
Keep a black dog at home.
Wear gold around your neck.
Float 12 empty pots in flowing water on Tuesday.
Donate gram pulses, saffron, and turmeric at a temple for 43 days straight.
Worship Lord Ganesha.
Float an egg in water.
Wear a steel ring on your finger.
Travel to religious places.
Apply a saffron tilak.
Consult others before starting any new work.
Take blessings from unmarried girls.
Worship Goddess Durga.
Keep every promise you make.
Avoid getting into arguments.
Keep your temper in check.
Don’t lie.
Fast on Wednesdays.
Keep all electronic items at home in working condition.

This house is where things quietly slip away, money, peace of mind, opportunities, so restraint shows up more than ritual: no arguments, no lies, no impulsive decisions without consulting someone first. People who’ve made a habit of asking others before big decisions during this phase often say they avoided losses they’d otherwise have walked straight into.

This overview is based on Lal Kitab tradition as read by Satish Chandra Bhatt. Every birth chart is different, so it’s worth showing your full chart to an experienced astrologer before taking up any of these remedies.

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Mercury (Budh) Remedies in Lal Kitab: House-by-House Guide and Why Each One Matters