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MERCURY - The Winged Messenger . Essence: movement |
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Statistics: Orbit: 57,910,000 km (0.38 AU) from Sun Diameter: 4,880 km Mass: 3.30e23 kg Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the eighth largest. Mythology: Mercury is a Roman god, also known as the Roman god of trade, profit and commerce and the messenger of the gods. His name is apparently derived from the Latin merx or mercator, a merchant. The Greeks has two names: Apollo for its apparition as a morning star and Hermes as an evening star. Both names referred to the same heavenly body. He is usually represented with winged sandals and a winged staff entwined with snakes. Composition: Mercury's orbit is highly eccentric. Its surface is very old and heavily cratered. Mercury is the second densest major body in the solar system, after Earth. It has a massive iron core and a relatively thin silicate outer shell. Mercury has a very thin atmosphere which is constantly shifted by solar winds. Polarity: Second polarity: Jupiter - Mercury with Sun as the Middle The influences of Jupiter and Mercury can compliment each other. Jupiter stands for harmony whereas Mercury creates chaos. Spiritual aspects: According to Steiner Mercury stand for chaotic 'streaming' and 'flowing' movement that manifests itself according to circumstance without inclination of its own. In the human body this constant, never-stopping movement connects to the lymphatic system and the lung. Mercury's movement is irregular and asymmetrical. It expresses itself in odd and oblique angles and shapes in faces and plants. Thus Mercury's jest like variability balances Jupiter's wise and majestic balance. Mercury relates to preparation 503 (Chamomile) which activates plant growth through potassium and calcium. Some far out R.S. quotes on the solar system |
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