Effects of Mercury's Ashtakavarga: Consideration in regard to family, maternal uncle and friends should be done from the 4th house from Mercury. The family etc. will enjoy happiness during the transit of Mercury in the rasi which contains a larger number of rekhas in the Mercury's Ashtakavarga. After performing Trikona and Ekadhipatya Shodhana in the Mercury's Ashtakavarga, the happiness of or distress to the family should be predicted from the transit of Saturn through the resultant nakshatra and rasi (and their trikonas).

तृतीयर्क्षफलेनाथ पिण्डं सम्बर्ध्य पूर्ववत्‌ । शेषमृक्षं शनौ याते भ्रातृकष्टं विनिर्दिशेत्‌ । । 28 । । पूर्ववत्‌ मंगल से तृतीय राशिगत रेखा × पिण्ड करके 27 का भाग लें । शेष नक्षत्र या उसके त्रिकोण नक्षत्रों में शनि जाने पर भ्रातृकष्ट होता है ।