The Nature and Indications of the Different Planets: Mercury
Mercury
1. Form: Mercury is green in color like the blade of a Durva grass. He is rajasic by nature. He is rather lean. He is talkative. He is fond of fun and humor. He has long reddish eyes. He wears a green dress. He is eight yojanas high. He is of the Vaisya caste. He becomes malefic if he becomes associated with malefics.
2. Temperament: He is highly intelligent He is very learned. He is a mixture of the three humors wind (qra), phlegm (aro) and bile.
3. Guna: He is rajasic.
4. Direction: North.
5. Rays: He has six rays.
6. Grain: Green gram.
7. He rules over green color, blue stones, glass bangles, Neelotpala flowers, (blue lilies), betel leaves, fruits having seeds, centipedes and creatures having many legs, uncle. Mathematics, speech, trade, wisdom, wit and humor, pearls, village administration, birds, smoke, colored dress, decorated houses, fruits with seeds inside, bitter fruits, black paddy, bipeds, pupils and vaisya caste.
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