14-04-2016, 01:52 PM
They may be called "extra" only in the sense of the word that they are drawn in the outside. They are not "extra" in terms of numbers.
Since the number of figures in concentric circles is not consistent - e.g. the inner circle contains 9 figures for Gemini, 7 figures for Cancer or 10 for Libra - I think that the author just added outer circles according to the inner circles' space depletion, and those extraneous ladies just represent yet another (incomplete) outer circle.
Since the number of figures in concentric circles is not consistent - e.g. the inner circle contains 9 figures for Gemini, 7 figures for Cancer or 10 for Libra - I think that the author just added outer circles according to the inner circles' space depletion, and those extraneous ladies just represent yet another (incomplete) outer circle.