How to Memorize the Planets of the Solar System (in the Correct Sequence) for Life Quickly and Easily

I learned this method in Tony Buzan's 'Master Your Memory' book. He urges us to teach it to others after applying it to ourselves. I found the method very exciting and so am sharing it with you all. I'm sure you'll find it very useful too and that you'll start applying this method every time you need to memorize something.

SUN: See in your mind very clearly, a HUGE, BRIGHT ORANGE SUN. See the flames flickering on the surface of this HUGE, SPHERICAL BALL of FIRE. The brightness is dazzling to your eyes and you can barely keep your eyes open. You can hear the sound of the flickering flames. You can feel the heat radiating from the Sun and reaching you. It's making you feel very hot and you're starting to sweat.

mercury: You wonder what the temperature of the Sun might be. You decide to find out by inserting a small MERCURY (Mercury is the first planet and is nearest to the Sun, and it is small) thermometer into the Sun. The liquid shining MERCURY in the thermometer starts rising rapidly due to the high temperature. Suddenly the thermometer explodes into a thousand pieces with a loud bang, and the sparkling globules of liquid mercury fall around you onto the floor.

venus: "Oooh! So pretty!" says a very sweet female voice from right behind you and you turn around quickly in surprise. You see a stunning little girl playing with the mercury globules on the floor. She has glowing golden hair and she is wearing a dazzling white frock and she has a captivating million-watt smile! Who could this beauty be? Of course, she is none other than the Greek goddess of beauty - VENUS! She is little because the planet venus is also little.

earth: While playing with the sparkling mercury globules, she throws one high up into the air, and it moves in a BIG arc and you see the blue sky in the background and where does it land with a BIG splash? In your garden, on planet EARTH! While landing, it creates a HUGE crater and splashes some mud from your garden, onto your neighbour's garden.

The Solar System (Pluto is no longer considered a planet).

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