07-12-2017, 08:17 PM
Your observation is correct - as indicated by the aide memoire title which reads "June has 30 days and the moon 29". There are two pages dedicated to June.
Cancer starts in the middle of June, and hence appears in the illustration for this month. If we look at the previous page for May, we see it illustrated with the Twins, because they start in May.
The month is associated with the sign that starts in it, not the one that ends in it.
The illustrative duplication which you can see on some folios appears to be nothing more than an attempt to depict the day and night aspect of each zodiacal sign (domus or domicilia). The influence of the sign on human events is magnified when the zodiac is passing through the constellation connected with each aspect. You will notice that each duplication is a mirror of the other: ie one set of crayfish are in a sunny meadow facing away from one another, the other pair in a dark ditch facing towards each other. Taurus has one bull sitting down, then another standing up in the opposite direction. One set of goats sitting down in peace, then facing down a flock of angry rivals. Etc.
This explanation does not explain why the illustrator felt it necessary to draw two crayfish - he has done something similar with other zodiacal signs without resorting to duplication of the signs. I don't know why he's double up on the prawns.
Cancer starts in the middle of June, and hence appears in the illustration for this month. If we look at the previous page for May, we see it illustrated with the Twins, because they start in May.
The month is associated with the sign that starts in it, not the one that ends in it.
The illustrative duplication which you can see on some folios appears to be nothing more than an attempt to depict the day and night aspect of each zodiacal sign (domus or domicilia). The influence of the sign on human events is magnified when the zodiac is passing through the constellation connected with each aspect. You will notice that each duplication is a mirror of the other: ie one set of crayfish are in a sunny meadow facing away from one another, the other pair in a dark ditch facing towards each other. Taurus has one bull sitting down, then another standing up in the opposite direction. One set of goats sitting down in peace, then facing down a flock of angry rivals. Etc.
This explanation does not explain why the illustrator felt it necessary to draw two crayfish - he has done something similar with other zodiacal signs without resorting to duplication of the signs. I don't know why he's double up on the prawns.
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