Mercury Mahadasha Saturn Antardasha
Lasts 2 years 8 months 9 days
Mercury Mahadasha sets the main subject for 17 years, and the Saturn Antardasha colours it for 2 years 8 months 9 days. Mercury stands for intellect, trade, communication and learning. Saturn stands for discipline, delay, labour and long-term effort. The combination tends to bring those two sets of themes together.
Mercury treats Saturn as a neutral, so the sub-period follows the houses involved more than any natural liking between the planets. This is the ninth of nine sub-periods in the Mercury Mahadasha. As a late sub-period, it tends to consolidate what the Mahadasha has built and prepare the ground for the next dasha.
Which life areas this sub-period touches depends on your Moon sign, because the houses each planet rules change with it. For Aries Moon, Mercury rules the 3rd and 6th houses and Saturn rules the 10th and 11th houses. For Leo Moon, Mercury rules the 2nd and 11th houses and Saturn rules the 6th and 7th houses. Your own chart, with its placements, aspects and transits, decides how this plays out. Pick your Moon sign below for a version tailored to it.
Mercury-Saturn for your Moon sign
Frequently asked
How long does Mercury Mahadasha Saturn Antardasha last?
2 years 8 months 9 days. It is calculated as 17 years × 19 years ÷ 120 years. It is the ninth of nine sub-periods in the Mercury Mahadasha, and the start date depends on your birth details.
Is Saturn a friend of Mercury in Vedic astrology?
By natural friendship, Mercury regards Saturn as neutral. Mercury treats Saturn as a neutral, so the sub-period follows the houses involved more than any natural liking between the planets. Natural friendship is only one layer, and the houses involved and the planets' placement in your chart matter as much.
Does my Moon sign change the Mercury-Saturn dasha?
Yes. Your Moon sign decides which houses Mercury and Saturn rule, and so which life areas are active. It also decides whether any of them is a yogakaraka. There are 12 versions of this page, one for each Moon sign.
What decides how Mercury-Saturn works out for me?
The strength and placement of Mercury and Saturn in your birth chart, the houses and signs involved, and the transits running at the time. Astrika reads natal chart, dasha and transit together, and remedies, if any, depend on your own chart.