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).

बुधात्तुर्ये कुटुम्बं च मातुलं मित्रमेव च । बुधे फलाधिके राशौ गते तेषां सुखं दिशेत्‌ । । 29 । । बुधाष्टक वर्ग फल : बुध से चतुर्थ स्थान में कुटुम्ब, मामा, मित्र (व्यापार, धन, आजीविका आदि) का विचार करना चाहिए । जिस राशि में अधिक रेखा हो उसमें बुध का गोचर होने पर इन चीजों का सुख होता है ।