Intuitively,
I know there's got to be a lot more to astrological Mercury
in the birth chart than
the common treatment that we grudgingly, sparingly apportion
him in astrology.
And
perhaps it's a ghastly admission (especially with Mercury being the Ruler
of my Gemini Ascendant), but I reluctantly concede that after all these
years I still don't have a real good grip on Mercury. Of course, I might
never get a real good grip on slippery, mischievous Mercury...
Yep!
Old Merc' is a slippery rascal! And I'm willing to bet Mercury's quite
pleased with himself - knowing he gets away with so much downright tomfoolery,
while slyly casting the blame and culpability elsewhere in the chart.
And then when the time is just right, he sneaks up behind you with a mischievous
(oft times lovable) "Gotcha!"
Yep!
About the only time Mercury gets any attention at all are those times
when he occasionally goes retrograde in the transiting sky. Then Mercury
ends up getting the blame for just about anything and everything that
might go wrong.
Hermes
(Mercury), by some accounts, was the god who originally owned and wore
the "Helmet of Invisibility." This Helmet happens to be the
very same Helmet of Invisibility we more typically associate with the
hidden god of the underworld Hades (Pluto). Apparently Hades was merely
temporarily borrowing it from Hermes. So Mercury, like Pluto, revels in
(and loves) working silently, invisibly behind the scenes.
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