> [!info] Wit > ![[Wit.png|300]] > **Planet** > Mercury > > **Other Names** > > > **Akin Ghosts** > > > **Related Posts** > > > **Translations:** > High Church: > *Weyd (Weyd)* > Sanskrit: > *सरस्वती (Saraswati), वाच् (Vāc)* > Church Runes: > ![[witrune.png|30]] Wit flashes through consciousness like quicksilver, illuminating connections that ordinary thinking cannot perceive. Mercury, the celestial embodiment of this force, orbits closest to the sun - just as Wit operates nearest to our inspirational Fire, translating pure insight into communicable form. When Fire gives birth to an idea, it is Wit who gives it shape and voice. That miraculous flash of inspiration would remain trapped in wordless knowing without Mercury's swift intervention. Wit is the bridge between formless realization and structured expression, the alchemical process by which the intangible becomes tangible. The mercurial spirit runs through language itself, through every clever turn of phrase, through the moment when understanding crystalizes into perfect articulation. It manifests not merely in humor but in all forms of mental agility - the lawyer's incisive argument, the mathematician's elegant proof, the trader's split-second decision, the poet's perfect metaphor. To channel Wit is to feel thoughts accelerate and clarify, to become a conductor of meaning rather than its labored producer. When Mercury flows through us, we find connections between disparate concepts with effortless grace. Words arrive precisely when needed, neither too many nor too few. The mind becomes both nimble and precise, capable of dancing through complex ideas without becoming entangled in them. Those marked strongly by Wit often take this gift for granted, focusing instead on qualities they lack. Yet even when they're not searching for clever expressions or rapid solutions, these flow naturally from their mercurial constitution. Their minds naturally find the shortest route between problem and solution, between thought and expression. In Western tradition, Wit was understood not as mere cleverness but as wisdom applied - the terrestrial manifestation of higher knowing. Shakespeare stands as perhaps the purest avatar of Mercury in human form - his language forever spinning new connections, revealing truths through wordplay, condensing universes of meaning into perfectly balanced phrases. On Mercurial days, we find ourselves speaking with unusual precision, thinking with unexpected clarity. Acting through Wit, we discover the joy of perfect expression, the satisfaction of elegant solutions, and the delight of connecting with others through the shared currency of understanding.