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[Antonio García Jiménez]

When the VMS was made learned people still not used the zodiac symbols. It seems that they appeared in the second half of the XV century, maybe linked to the printing to save space. So in the first half of the century you can write the name of the zodiac sign or to identify it by the hours of light as we see in the volvelles I put in my previous post. The numbers 8 and 4, the latter written in its Arabic form, represent the solstice signs: Cancer and Capricornius.
  I wonder if these numbers shed light on the most frequent 'words' of the VMS. As all of you know the string daiin or 8aiin is the most used 'word'. The number 8 would place this string in the Summer solstice. The rest of the symbols would serve to specify the position. This position can not be other than the magic night of Saint John, when medicinal herbs are collected.
  In the Voynich the string 8ain, with only an stripe, appears four times less than 8aiin. I wonder if that indicates an position in the Gemini sign, less importan from the point of view of the virtues of herbs.