MERCURY IS CONSIDERED THE ONLY PLANET WHICH IS LUCKY TO BE BORN WITHOUT A SHADOW.
K.DARAGAN
Let's look at what is a shadow?
Let's pick the simplest word that can replace the word shadow, the word that comes to mind is display.
The concept of shadow in psychology.
Carl Jung stated that the shadow is the unknown dark side of the personality.
Just like every person has a shadow.
The figure of the Shadow personifies everything that the subject does not recognize in himself.
MERCURY A PLANET ONE HALF OF WHICH IS ALWAYS DARK AND THE SECOND HALF IS ALWAYS BRIGHT INDICATES THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE A UNCONSCIOUS SHADOW. AND THERE IS A CLEAR LINE - WHERE THE LIGHT AND WHERE THE SHADOW. (we clearly see/recognise this line in him, his dark half is clearly visible)
IN THE MYTHS, HE TRAVELS FREELY BETWEEN THE LIGHT AND DARK WORLD. IN PSYCHOLOGY, AWARENESS OF YOUR SHADOW IS BRIDGE TO SUBCONSCIOUS (DARK WORLD IN HUMAN).
HERE WE UNDERSTAND WHY THE DIVINE MERCURY IS THE ONLY OF THE GODS WHO CAN TRAVEL BETWEEN THE WORLDS WITH IMPUNITY.
(Does this mean that Mercury is a bridge to the subconscious?)
SHADOW - A RESERVOIR FOR CREATIVITY.
Caroline Kaufman.
Looks like Caroline Kaufman to me.
hints with this phrase that the acceptance of one's shadow is a gift of creativity?
But to accept it, you have to see it.
A very interesting statement that can be proved or disproved by analyzing the work of representatives of the Mercurial profession - writers.
We write about what interests us, what worries us, we create stories based on this topic, we write about our experiences, somewhere identifying with one of our heroes
If we accept this point of view, then a person gifted with writing talent has the opportunity to reflect the period of cognition of his shadow in his work.
And such texts should be published.
Let's try to remember this, shall we?
When I first encountered the concept of the Shadow, I immediately remembered Stephen King and his book (if I'm not mistaken, there is also a film adaptation) The Dark Half.
stephenking.com
To understand that history has something in common with the dark side of man, one title of this book is enough.
Andersen has a fairy tale - Shadow,
in which you can read about how the shadow left its owner, the professor, and began to live its own life. And then completely got rid of the owner.
The image of the shadow can be covered by the image of the twin brother. In the "Dark Half" Shadow is the twin brother who was not destined to see the light (he was overthrown in Hades as a result of intrauterine cannibalism.) Dr. Greek mythological stories associated with the Dioscuri twins (whose images were used in their work by the greatest artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rubens and others) are also an illustration of the dual nature of man.
Polydeuces was immortal, and Castor was mortal.
This myth is transferred to the twin constellations, and the names of the stars of the constellation are the names of the Dioscuri.
GEMINI IS A ZODIAC SIGN RULED BY MERCURY.
In fairy tales, the shadow is often depicted as a Wolf or a monster that the hero defeats. Recognize your shadow in them - defeat it.
In Russian fairy tales, the Gray Wolf becomes the assistant to the hero Ivan the Fool (those who are familiar with tarot cards will remember these two images in the major arcana).
MERCURY IN DR. IN THE EGYPTIAN PRESENTATION IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT (I think this is its light part) AND WITH ANUBIS (the dark figure of the god of the conductor of the dead may be an expression of the dark side of Mercury)
LAST - WITH THE HEAD OF A JACKAL (FROM THE WOLF FAMILY)
And if you dig into the depths, then every fairy tale is a struggle between light and darkness. The main character with his opposite..
The dark half is what we acquire with the body.
In the process of evolution, we needed the instincts of the beast for survival, and the body - the mortal shell of man, carries these instincts in its DNA. In the process of evolution, in order to save one's own life and the life of one's species, one had to "gnaw" one's place under the sun.
Shadow always sends messages to a person in the form of dreams and projections.
CARL JUNG
You are called "He Who Fortune Tells"
and Divine Dream
*** You, day and night, sending us predictions! ***
Hymn to Mercury
To open your world, knowledge will help - HELP OF MERCURY.
In the quote above, we see that Mercury is also called
"Divine Dream"
Mercury knew his shadow - that is why he is the God and patron of Thieves and Fraudsters. The mind of Mercury is the mind of a skilled thief.
(Those who have read Harry Harrison's "The Birth of the Steel Rat" may remember that a good thief is not a caught thief. The main character's mind can be loosely called a Mercury-type mind.)
And since he is free to move between the Worlds and is called the God of Dreams. He is also the ruler of the zodiacal sign Gemini, perhaps it is he who is the assistant and mediator in the matter called "Knowing yourself and your shadow."
