It's Hermes/Mercury/Thoth/Nebo symbology.
Yes. It's likely based off the planet, which was worshiped for a brief period of time, possible because of a close encounter with this planet "god" at some point in time during the past, possibly as our solar system was being restructured, which is likely what inspired all those "myths"
>Well, it's kind of a hermetic thing.
Exactly.
Pretty sure this goes back to ancient knowledge, which is looked at as the "foundation" of these modern practices. Our ancestors were much smarter than they want us to believe, and civilization was destroyed a few times amidst all the calamity.
https://varchive.org/itb/merkur.htm