68r1 and 2

[MarcoP]

Stars were already grouped into six different mangnitudes in Ptolemy's catalog (in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).

What I mean is whether these groups were each worth a separate discussion. E.g. one group maybe governs plants, another one governs stones etc, something like that. The point is that if the paragraphs of 58r are related to these categories of stars - then, in the first place, - why should they?

Thank you for the clarification, Anton!
I am not familiar with anything of that kind. I think 58r might simply describe "magnitudes" from an astronomical point of view: what are the boundaries between different classes, how to classify stars, how many stars fall in each class etc. But this is speculative: it would be interesting to see if something of this kind can be found in ancient works.

While searching the subject, I saw a passage by (pseudo?) Agrippa which could be vaguely pertinent: Book IV, Chapter 2, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. It seems to be a system of magical symbols structured along star magnitudes.

The first magnitude is represented by a star.
The fifth, by a dot with a tail (punctum Caudatum).
The sixth by a star with a circle at its center.