Moon/Mercury

In one sense, the creation of alchemy represented a step backward. The Egyptians had known seven metallic elements gold, silver, copper, tin, iron, lead, and mercury, which they associated with the seven planets (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, respectively). The Greeks, however, failed to recognize them as distinct elements. According to the Aristotelian theory, the metals were mixtures of the traditional four elements. This idea seemed to... 

Plate tectonic activity, which is responsible on Earth for subduction zones, spreading centres and obducted ophiolites, as well as associated ore deposits of Cu, Cr and Ni described in 8.6, appears to have been less significant on other terrestrial planets. As a result, local enrichments of these and other transition elements (apart from Fe and Ti) are probably absent on the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars and the asteroids. Since Fe and Ti minerals are predominant on terrestrial planets, electronic spectra of Fe2+ and Fe3+ in silicates and oxides influenced by Ti4+ and Ti3+ are expected to dominate remote-sensed spectra of their surfaces. 

Ancient solid surfaces throughout the solar system are covered in impact craters (e.g., the Moon, Mercury, Mars, Callisto). Most of the planets have large axial tilts with respect to their orbits. Earth possesses a large companion with a mass 1% that of the planet itself. 

Current evidence indicates that all major bodies in our solar system originated about the same time, approximately 4.6 Ga ago. The oldest rocks taken from the surface of the Moon and meteorites found on Earth are about 4.5 Ga old. The Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars have cratered surfaces that appear to be the result of the same type of meteoric activity that produced craters on Earth. The early atmosphere on Earth was probably similar to those found today on nearby planets on which life did not evolve. Hence, we can use information about those planets to help us infer the nature of the conditions on Earth under which life presumably evolved. 

Gemini is especially haunted by the urge to write. Having the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Ascendant, or Midheaven in the sign of the Twins encourages writing ability. 

Echoes from the Moon, Mercury, Venus, and Mars are characterized by sharply peaked OC echo spectra (Fig. 11), Although these objects are collectively referred to as quasispecular radar targets, their echoes also contain a diffusely scattered component and have full-disk circular polarization ratios averaging about 0.07 for the Moon, Mercury, and Venus, but ranging from 0.1 to 0.4 for Mars, as discussed below. 

Diffuse scattering from Mars is much more substantial than for the other quasispecular targets and often accounts for most of the echo power, so the average near-surface abundance of centimeter-to-meter-scale rocks presumably is much greater on Mars than on the Moon, Mercury, or Venus. Features in Mars SC spectra first revealed the existence of regions of extremely small-scale roughness (see... 

Our solar system consists of the Sun, the planets and their moon satellites, asteroids (small planets), comets, and meteorites. The planets are generally divided into two categories Earth-like (terrestrial) planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars and Giant planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Little is known about Pluto, the most remote planet from Earth. 

Portal page to a series of pages Air, Moon, Jupiter, Fire, Mercury, Saturn, Water, Venus, Sun, Earth, Mars. Also an interesting page "A Christian Mandala - explanation of this mandala and its sources by Robert Ellaby"... 

The Moon center, the pituitary body, is situated just beneath the pineal gland (the Mercury center), which represents the Philosopher s Stone. The Stone is sometimes called the Seed of the Sun and, in sacred art, is often portrayed as a flaming disc. On the ceremonial crowns of certain high lamas, there is often shown the symbol of a lunar crescent, lying on its back, holding a radiant disc. This refers to the crown-wearer s realization of the ultimate nature of reality and their ability to... 

But observe, likewise, that the spirit of salt also destroys the moon, and reduces it to a spiritual essence, according to my teaching, out of which the potable moon may be prepared. This spirit of the moon belongs to the spirit of the sun, as the female answers to the male, by the copulation or conjunction of the spirit of mercury or its oil. 

J In outer space, frozen water, or ice, has been found on the moon, on planets— particularly Mercury, Mars, Neptune, and Pluto—and in comets and clouds between stars in our galaxy. Recent explorations of Mars indicate that there may be liquid water underground on Mars.This means there could be microorganisms living there ... 

At times she is a bride, wearing her ambivalence like a crown (the sign of alchemical mercury appears literally on her head as a diadem). She is the sum of Diana (the crescent moon) plus Venus, in some variants. Yet at the same time. Gold speaks in his own golden voice and explains Mercury is my brother he is female and 1 am male Hermetical Triumph 13). 

Alchemists identified numerous symbolic pairs of opposites that need to be combined and transformed in the Great Work. The polarities are always masculine and feminine pairs, such as the Red King and White Queen, Sun and Moon, Gold and Silver, or Sulphur and Mercury. These pairs are listed in masculine and feminine columns in Table 5.1. 

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