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| Mercury |
Mercury is the
great messenger of the Gods. He is the planet, which represents speech,
communication and commerce on all levels. In his lower function he organizes
and articulates material . On a higher level he connects us with our inner
capacities--the powers of the mind.
Mercury governs
writing, education, calculation and thought. Mercury is the fastest moving
of the planets and so is indicative of quick comprehension, facility,
ease and plasticity in expression. Mercury provides for the quick correlation
of ideas, the fast interchange of information or of things of value. He
is mental and nervous energy in its articulate activity. He shows our
intellectual powers and the degree of mental development in life.
As a planet of
commerce, Mercury represents trade, or articles of trade, including money.
Though not in himself a planet of wealth, he is helpful in both acquiring
it and keeping it, as he helps us organize it. He is necessary whenever
there is to be an exchange of ideas or commodities. He sees the value
of open markets and free communication and is not restricted by boundaries
of race, nation, caste or belief, but he can be attached to his own opinion,
his calculations, and his own gains and losses.
Mercury is an
important factor in determining our Vocation, for that is what we do in
life to communicate with others - our interchange with society. Mercury
shows how we appear and how we function in the network of transactions
that makes up the world of things and ideas. In this regard, his representation
of our education or training in life comes into play. He is the child
that is the father of the man.
A weak Mercury
makes us rationalize things to suit our purpose. It creates immaturity,
naiveté and folly. It can create dishonesty and a lack of properly defined
boundaries. This may make a person a thief - not because he is cruel,
but because he does not respect anything as belonging to another. Such
people take what they need according to a childish view of life that the
world should provide for them. They have no objective perception and are
caught in childish fantasies and may even believe that what they have
taken was really given to them or merited by them.
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