14-04-2016, 05:07 PM
ReneZ - it's easy to get confused whilst writing all this. I'll start afresh.
A zodiac is a circle of 12 30º divisions of celestial longitude. We then have the signs of the zodiac, Leo, Pisces, etc etc.
A horoscope is when someone uses celestial positions within the zodiac to make a prediction.
Now, whenever the Voynich zodiac is being discussed, it seems to be assumed that it is encoding calendar information, and indeed the names of the months of the year written alongside the signs of the zodiac reinforce that concept.
So whilst it looks like a zodiac, I'm suggesting that its purpose isn't to encode zodiacal information to produce a horoscope. So the astrological figures don't represent months.
Instead, I'm suggesting it's a myrogenesis. The nymphs represent each celestial degree of the zodiac, and then that degree has an aspect - quite possibly a magic Stone (a lapidary) although of course it could be anything - a medicine, a plant, etc - that would have extra potency when we reach that degree of the zodiac.
A zodiac is a circle of 12 30º divisions of celestial longitude. We then have the signs of the zodiac, Leo, Pisces, etc etc.
A horoscope is when someone uses celestial positions within the zodiac to make a prediction.
Now, whenever the Voynich zodiac is being discussed, it seems to be assumed that it is encoding calendar information, and indeed the names of the months of the year written alongside the signs of the zodiac reinforce that concept.
So whilst it looks like a zodiac, I'm suggesting that its purpose isn't to encode zodiacal information to produce a horoscope. So the astrological figures don't represent months.
Instead, I'm suggesting it's a myrogenesis. The nymphs represent each celestial degree of the zodiac, and then that degree has an aspect - quite possibly a magic Stone (a lapidary) although of course it could be anything - a medicine, a plant, etc - that would have extra potency when we reach that degree of the zodiac.