Budha — Mercury
skin, nerves, and articulation
Budha signifies discrimination, communication, and adaptive or connective functions in Jyotiṣa. Its throat/upper-torso locus is a visual synthesis for speech and sensory exchange, not a fixed canonical coordinate.
Point 4 of 9 in Jyotiṣa Astrology Body Map
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra (primary_canonical)
Ch. 3, natural significations (naisargika kārakatva) for the grahas; chapter and terminology follow the Santhanam edition.
Hart de Fouw and Robert Svoboda, Light on Life (scholarly_modern)
Modern scholarly-practitioner synthesis of Jyotiṣa graha significations and medical astrology, used here to clarify variant lists without treating them as anatomy.