MERCURY

Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and the closest one to the Sun, around which it makes one revolution every 87,969 Earth days. Mercury’s orbit has a greater eccentricity than the orbits of all the other planets in the Solar System. The planet also has the smallest tilt on its axis. It makes three rotations on its axis every two revolutions around the Sun. Mercury has been known since at least the time of the Sumerians from the 3rd millennium BC, who called it Ubu-idim-gud-ud. The earliest records of observations of the planet were made by the Babylonians, who called it gu-ad or gu-tu. The ancient Greeks considered the morning and evening appearances of Mercury to be two different celestial bodies. His morning apparition was called Apollo, and the evening apparition – Hermes. However, the Greek astronomer Pythagoras understood that it was the same body. What is more, Heraclitus of Pontus is credited with first realizing that Venus and Mercury revolve around the Sun and not the Earth.

The Romans named the planet after the winged messenger of the gods Mercury (in Latin: Mercurius), which is equivalent to the Greek Hermes. Mercury rules logic, intellect, communication and verbal expression. Shows thought, ideas, and the rational mind. This is the Logos, the direct voice; the messenger of truth. This is the communication, logic, the search for knowledge, and experience. Communication is a tool that opens the doors for interpersonal relationships and facilitates the achievement of Venus’ desire for union and sharing. The positive qualities that Mercury bestows are: quick and agile mind, communicativeness, sociability, eloquence, dexterity, the ability to learn foreign languages. But every coin has two sides. Mercury can also give the following negative qualities: tendency to lie or exaggerate, vanity, cunningness, seeking of only one’s own benefit, being too critical.