5. The reason the Mad Hatter is out of his senses (meaning he has first of all lost his vision) is that he has been poisoned by mercury: "Mercury was used in the process of curing pelts used in some hats, making it impossible for hatters to avoid inhaling the mercury fumes given off during the hat making process; hatters and mill workers thus often suffered mercury poisoning, causing neurological damage, including confused speech and distorted vision ... " (Wikipedia) Thus the position in time of the Mad Hatter is defined by the planet Mercury, which we know, is in the center of the week. Moreover, we can deduce that Wednesday is the first planet beyond spring as defined by Mars.
I will therefore revise my earlier attempt at creating order:
It is probably Mercury which is depicted in Eb7-1, with a liquid 'head' and no 'fire' (empty hand). Mercury marks the beginning of the year, because the old Sun has just disappeared, 'his head has been bitten off' by the horizon in the west. |
