Mercury is a planet of intellect, communication, and logic. When placed in the 8th house for Scorpio Lagna, it can bring significant alterations in the native's life. The placement of this planet in Mooltrikona state provides it an extraordinary amount of power and boosts its effects for the individual.
Since Mercury is the lord of houses 8th and 11th, it signifies significant transformational changes in life, including endings and new beginnings. The native may face sudden events like changes in career or business partnerships, separations or endings related to inheritance or joint-ventures. However, these situations might turn out well for them as Mercury's natural impacts are likely to bring positive results.
The effects of Mercury also extend to its karaka houses 4th and 10th that rule over home, family life, and profession respectively. With its evident influence on these houses suggests a fair movement for native's career path or frequent job shifts. It also indicates a thriving financial status with increase earnings from various sources.
This placement gives Mercury an opportunity to extend their logical reasoning towards learning about serious subjects like occult science that includes astrology, numerology, tarot reading amongst others. Native could be fascinated by psychology-based courses where they learn about human behavior patterns.
Mercury being posited in the eight house for Scorpio Lagna would aspect its second house from its present position creating the interface between speech (third house) transactions (second house), wealth generation (eleventh house) and fine arts (fifth house). Due to this impact, mercury nurtures positive financial growth while communicating with others effectively without conflicts.
Native could face failures due to lack of communication or sharing information with people involved in business partnership or investors turning away preference to another investment prospect instead of considering his/her proposal.
The element which adds color into their life would be shadowed under the mysteries surrounding them; even though they hold the power to logically reason through such surroundings, they might not be able to work around it thoroughly. This could lead to a state of mental unrest and anxiety which needs to be kept in check.
It would benefit the native if they take a cautious approach towards investments, loans, or collaborations as mercury ruling over the house of taboo and transformation gives a tendency towards gambling and taking risks. So, maintaining transparency with close ones while taking financial decisions will favor them.
In conclusion, Mercury in the 8th house for Scorpio Lagna encourages change, transformation and brings positive results in terms of financial status mainly from multiple sources for natives. It also invites an opportunity for learning about quite serious subjects that enhance their knowledge while creating effective communication skills with individuals who demand professionalism. Additionally, natives should keep cautious approaches while dealing with business partnerships or collaborations that require transparency and open discussions before making any financial decision.