MERCURY £ Movement. Mediation. Conveyance. The content of thinking. Thought. News. Conception. Opinion. Assertion. The herald and messenger to the Roman gods facilitating commerce, eloquence, travel, cunning, invention, and theft. Compared to Hermes the Greek god. The urge to communicate, think, listen, talk. The capacity to learn. Adaptability and flexibility, information gathering skills, casual contacts, logic, awareness, dexterity, perception, thoughts, intellect, communicative ability.