Mercury

Transformation, Alchemy, Change. This is is the symbol of Mercury, the god of swiftness, communication, travel and business. This is also the symbol for cinnabar, the red stone that can be melted to uncover the beautiful yet toxic quicksilver mercury, the death of many an alchemist who breathed the mystery too deeply.

This is the hermaphrodite, neither male nor female, but both and deeper, grasping the ineffable threads of life beyond gender. Draw this symbol on any raw material whose time has come to transform, but use caution because it works!