A Testable Hypothesis: Base-60 Structure in the Voynich Manuscript (Request for Criti

[Rochdi Badereddine]

Thanks for the fast and sharp feedback.
1. Regarding the Zodiac / MUL.APIN correspondence:
You asked for the specific list. My hypothesis links the Voynich illustrations (which are standard western iconography) to the underlying Babylonian star names potentially encoded in the text structure.
Here is the mapping derived from the analysis of Folios 70v–73v, compared to the MUL.APIN catalogue (Hunger & Pingree):
Folio
Western Sign (Image)
Proposed Sumerian/Babylonian Correlate
Meaningf70v2
Pisces
SIM.MAḪ
The Great Swallow
f70v1
Aries (Dark)
LÚ.ḪUN.GÁ
The Hired Man
f71v
Taurus
GU₄.AN.NA (+ MUL.MUL)
Bull of Heaven (+ Pleiades)
f72r2
Gemini
MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL
The Great Twins
f72r3
Cancer
AL.LUL
The Crab
f72v3
Leo
UR.GU.LA
The Lion
f72v2
Virgo
AB.SÍN
The Furrow (Spica)
f72v1
Libra
ZI.BA.AN.NA
The Scales
f73r
Scorpio
GÍR.TAB
The Scorpion
f73v
Sagittarius
PA.BÍL.SAG
Pabilsag (Archer)
Note: The text associated with these images contains the repeating prefixes
qo-
(30) and
ok-
(31), consistent with degree markers.
2. Regarding the Precession Argument:
You make a very valid logical point: "Any number would give a date." If I had found 15°, I would have calculated 945 AD.
However, the value 31 (or 32) is not just "any number".

• Astronomical Logic: 31° is 1° Taurus (since Aries = 0-30°).
  
• Historical Context: In Babylonian astronomy (MUL.APIN), the Pleiades (MUL.MUL) are the definition of the start of the Taurus sign. They are a fiducial point.
  
• The Coincidence: It is statistically significant that the decoded value places this specific star cluster exactly at the cusp (beginning) of its traditional zodiacal sign for that specific era (~0 CE).
  

If the decoded value had been 15 (15° Aries) or 48 (18° Taurus), it would be a random coordinate with no astronomical significance. Finding them at the Sign Boundary (The "Gate" of Taurus) suggests the data preserves a coordinate system from the era when the Pleiades marked that boundary.
Does that distinction make sense to you? I am looking for exactly this kind of stress-testing.