purified, volatile, lunar Mercury, especially in its aqueous, distillate, or dew-like form.
- Diana = the Moon
- Lunar principle = Mercury, moisture, reflection, volatility
- Tears = distilled drops, dew, condensate
They are “tears” because they descend from above, fall as dew, and are easily lost if not properly received.
Diana’s Tears:
- a clear, limpid mercurial water
- often obtained by distillation or cohobation
- volatile, penetrating, and dissolving
- capable of dissolving bodies but not yet fixed
Symbolically:
- the soul in its free, reflective state
- spiritual moisture before incarnation
- universal Mercury before determination