Mercury in Fifth House in Vedic Astrology

Mercury is in the Fifth House gives the native an optimistic mental outlook with the capacity for blending intellectual matters with those of an artistic and educational nature. The native can assimilate knowledge with relative ease and then pass it on to others in the form of teaching and instruction. In many respects, this position provides the native with a natural psychological understanding of children, their temperaments, likes and dislikes. It also affords the talent to make quick appraisals of their character and future possibilities. This placement of Mercury indicates quite a variety of love affairs and attachments and this can cause a duplication of associations with the subsequent emotional difficulties. Mercury in the fifth house gives talent for drama or writing. When Mercury is retrograde in fifth house it needs thinking and serious attitude to creativity and education and often there is love for young people.