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According to the Linga Purana, Mercury is the
son of the Moon by his wife Rohini.
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in the Vishnu Purana, Brahma Purana, Devi Bhagvata Bhagwat
Purana, Harivansha Purana, Padma Purana and Vayu Purana a
story is told of the seduction of Brahaspati's (Jupiter's)
wife Tara by the Moon - and Buddha is born from her. He is
called Saumya, that is, "Son of Soma [Moon]." From
Buddha springs the lunar race. The Moon, being his father,
is friendly toward him, but Mercury knows that he is son of
the wife of Jupiter and so he is in conflict with the Moon,
who seduced his mother.
Mercury is sexless and neutral and is a cold
and moist planet. Being a neutral planet it changes according
to its placement in a sign and house, and that is why it is
said to have a "mercurial" nature. Because it is
nearest to the Sun it is restless, which also makes it quick-changing,
fickle, and often retrograde. Mercury sometimes precedes the
Sun and sometimes follows it.
Mercury can be seen in the morning and evening
as a shining star and sometimes even during the day because
of its power of radiation. Mercury is the smallest planet
of our solar system. Being adaptable, it becomes malefic when
conjunct with Mars and makes its natives nervous, overly excit-able,
and insecure.
Mercury rules education, writers, lecturers,
artists, teachers, traders, businessmen, the nervous system,
lungs, and intestines. It rules intelligence, speech, self-confidence,
humor, wit, astrology, mathematics, and short journeys.
As a lord of Gemini Mercury has two faces :
it gives a double nature and makes one detached and independent
as well as an extremist. Its color is the green of a blade
of fresh grass.
Mercury is dominated by the three doshas wind,
bile, and mucus, all rajasic. Earth is its element, it is
a merchant by nature, shudra by caste, lover of humor and
wit, ever green, weak in body constitution, delicate, having
mixed feelings. Mercury loves the company of learned people,
and is the lord of the direction North.
The day related to Mercury is Wednesday, while
the gemstone related to Mercury is emerald.
Mercury rules number 5 in
indian numerology.
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