Quiz - Wed 18 Nov 2009

[calismum]

Q9 - Which planet is said to influence the way we communicate?

[angieh]

Jupiter ............ the messenger

but if you suffer from road rage, Mars I presume!

[dandysmom]

Not now that I see first guess was right! See, some good came out of my year of Greek in college ....it just sounded Greek to me. Two lucky guesses tonight!

[dandysmom]

Erm, wasn't Mercury the messenger?

[angieh]

............. yes sorry, Mercury the winged messenger or Interflora as he's now known!

[calismum]

Mercury represents the principles of communication, mentality, thinking patterns, rationality and reasoning, and adaptability and variability. Mercury governs schooling and education; the immediate environment of neighbors, siblings and cousins; transport over short distances; messages and forms of communication such as post, email and telephone; newspapers, journalism and writing, information gathering skills, and physical dexterity. The first-century poet Manilius described Mercury as an inconstant, vivacious, and curious planet. In medicine Mercury is associated with the nervous system, the brain, the respiratory system, the thyroid and the sense organs.

[dandysmom]

There's a famous statue of Mercury somewhere, can't remember the location .....

[angieh]

Was he the son of Jupiter???????

[calismum]

Originally Posted by dandysmom

There's a famous statue of Mercury somewhere, can't remember the location .....

Do you mean the one in the Louvre?

[calismum]

Originally Posted by angieh

Was he the son of Jupiter???????

Yes, I'm sure he was.