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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 5409182, member: 99554&quot;][ATTACH=full]1234220[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The planet <b>Mercury</b> will be visible to the naked eye for the 2 next weeks. Another phenomenon that will make January 2021 special is the elongation of <b>Mercury</b> on the night of January 24. The planet will be at its closest point to Earth, and will therefore be observable without tools. It should be possible to spot it with binoculars and then with the naked eye from January 8 or 9, just above a clear west-southwest horizon; you can start looking for it about 40 minutes after sunset.</p><p><b>Mercury</b> (Latin <i>Mercurius</i>) was, in the Roman religion, god of traders and merchants, travelers and carriers of goods, thieves and tricksters. He is commonly identified with the Greek Hermes, the floating-footed messenger of the gods.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1234221[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The cult of <b>Mercury</b> is ancient and tradition has it that his temple on the Aventine Hill in Rome was dedicated in 495 BC. There, <b>Mercury</b> was associated with Maia, who was identified as his mother by her association with the Greek Maia, one of the Pleiades, who was the mother of Hermes through Zeus; likewise, because of this Greek connection, <b>Mercury</b> was considered the son of Jupiter. Mercury and Maia were honored at the Mercuralia festival on May 15th, the day of the dedication of the temple of Mercury on the Aventine. <b>Mercury</b> is sometimes depicted as holding a purse, symbolic of its business functions. The artists, like the followers of the Roman religion themselves, freely borrowed the attributes of Hermes and depicted <b>Mercury</b> also wearing winged sandals or a winged cap and carrying a caduceus. </p><p><b>Please show us your mercurian coins ! </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Gordian III</p><p>Thrace</p><p><b>Mercury </b>holding purse &amp; caduceus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1234222[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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