The myth of Mercury/Hermes I

I was at a charity shop this afternoon and picked up Robert Graves’ The Greek Myths: I (1955) for pennies. ‘Mercury’ is the Roman name for the Greek god, Hermes. Graves’ account of the myth casts some insight into the nature of Mercury/Hermes, which I will paraphrase in parts and quote in parts here.

 

L’Androgyne

We are well into this Mercury retrograde in Cancer now, and I still feel like a salmon swimming upstream. As a break, I was doing some reading on Mercury and found out that it is the only androgynous planet.