Daily Meditation: Thursday, July 25, 2002

The sign of Mercury is made up of three elements: the signs …

07/25/2002

The sign of Mercury is made up of three elements: the signs of the sun, the moon and the earth. The circle represents the sun, the masculine principle. Above it, the semi-circle represents the moon, the feminine principle, like a rib taken from the sun; for it is said in Genesis: 'So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept: then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.' Mercury represents the merging, the intelligent fusion of the masculine principle and the feminine principle, the sun and the moon, united with the sign +, which is the sign of the earth. One of the many variants of the symbol of Mercury is the caduceus of Hermes, which is a wand with two serpents twined round it. It symbolizes the ability to heal souls and bodies, which is why it is now also the symbol for doctors and pharmacists.