Mercury, our planet of the mind and mouth, is leaving the hyper-expressive, never subtle, ... Hermes— Mercury to the Romans — grew from an infant to a man in the span of six days.

Mercury, our planet of the mind and mouth, is leaving the hyper-expressive, never subtle, ... Hermes— Mercury to the Romans — grew from an infant to a man in the span of six days.

In myth, Mercury, for the Romans or Hermes for the Greeks, was the messenger of the gods whose communicative route spanned from the peaks of Mount Olympus to the depths of the underworld.

“Mercury” is the Roman version of Hermes. The planet took the messenger god’s name likely for the way it heralded the Sun. But Hermes was also a mischief maker, a trickster, ...

That makes sense, seeing as Mercury is the Roman messenger god (the counterpart to Hermes). Mercury rules over Gemini and has a lot to do with this sign's thirst for knowledge and love for a ...

Above, Hermes or Mercury holding the caduceus in his right hand and trumpeting the fame of the Thames with a Roman tuba (or similar) held in his left hand. Credit: Wellcome Collection 12117i.

Hermes/Mercury was acquired for $10,000 by the Milwaukee Art Center Garden Club for the then-new Villa Terrace, which opened in 1967 in the Smith house that had been donated the previous year.

The “H” is silent. Hermes is pronounced “ER-mez.” Not AIR-may. Not HERM-ease. Wrapped up in pop culture In 1956, Grace Kelly, the American actress who became queen of Monaco, used an ...

I’d add that his role as the god of gamblers and thieves furthers Mercury/Hermes’ connection with capital. The next time the statue was publicly mentioned was in 1913, ...

Mercury, our planet of the mind and mouth, is leaving the hyper-expressive, never subtle, fight or flight fires of Aries this week and setting up shop in the fixed dirt of Taurus.. Mercury enters ...