Q10 as the Elements

[Anton]

In f67r1 there are a few 7 pointed stars, one at 6 o'clock, 2 at 7 o'clock and 1 at 8 o'clock, all the other larger stars are 6 pointed.
Earth signs etc? Does not compute. But the big stars could be planets.

If these relatively "big" stars in f67r1 represent planets, then it is not clear why two stars with equal number of rays would be present in the same sector (like at 7 o'clock which is my supposed Aquarius). In fact, I made a ray count for several folios in the beginning of Q20, and 7- and 8-pointed stars are overwhelmingly predominant (although there was one detail hinting that the number of rays may be of importance).

But at this point it does not look very probable that "medium-sized" stars of this kind represent planets.

In f67v2 the central 6 pointed star (Earth, Water) fits as this being a representation of tides.

I always had the impression it's seven pointed. I can see how you can see it six-pointed, but I think it's 7-pointed after all. 6-pointed would be Venus (if my logic above holds true), 7-pointed is still undefined. Tides? That's an interesting idea. Can you please describe your interpretation of that chart (maybe in a separate thread)? Was the scientific explanation of tides already known in XV century?

I don't think Earth would be represented as a star, it's more than once the T-O map, including that in the "Elements" chart.

In 67r2 the central 8 pointed star (Air)...has a similar tide - like representation but... why air in this context?

If what I suggest for 8-pointed (Saturn) is true, then Air is fine, because Saturn is the Day ruler of Air. Indeed, the "cloud-like" background of the star looks like representation of air. I don't see anything related to tides here. The 12 pieces look like moons (I personally call this diagram the "Voynich moons", and I think we have a separate thread for it). I'm totally at a loss though what would be the connection of twelve moons (or months) with Saturn. Saturn takes some 30 years to return, so that's not about Saturn's cycle.

You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is another occurrence, we have a six-pointed star for the 1st paragraph, a seven-pointed for the 2nd, and an eight-pointed for the 3rd. Looks like description of planets or their properties in succession. One would expect continuation of that desciption on the verso side, and at least one planet shuld follow (even suppose Earth, Sun and Moon are excluded), and one star follows indeed, but it's six-pointed again, and that's confusing. Maybe, an illustrator's mistake? But this is a medium-sized star with a tail, much like those in Q20. But, on the other hand, the total number of paragraphs in recto and verso is seven, as is the number of planets.