21-06-2019, 04:45 PM
Summer starts today in the northen hemisphere. It is the longest day of the year, the summer solstice. In all cultures there are traditions that relate the summer solstice with magical and medicinal herbs. It is an empirical knowledge, since plants absorb light to make their active and curative ingredients.
I am convinced that some of this must be in the VM, a work that mixes herbs with astronomy.
I'm not speculating. I have seen in volvelles of the time of the VM the numbers 8 and 4 (this latter in its old Arabic form) related with the sign of Cancer, the solstice, to indicate the hours of light and night. The sphere is divided in quadrants: two quadrants of 8 hours of light and other two of 4 hours of night.
The numbers 8 and 4 (its old form) are in the script of the VM and they are the only numbers. All the positions of the celestial objets are ordered in relation to Cancer.
The most common 'word' (daiin) or (8aiin) could be the highest point of the sphere. The number 8 marks the zodiac sign and (aiin) the exact place or degree, like 8an, 8ain, and 8aiiin are other degrees of Cancer.
I am convinced that some of this must be in the VM, a work that mixes herbs with astronomy.
I'm not speculating. I have seen in volvelles of the time of the VM the numbers 8 and 4 (this latter in its old Arabic form) related with the sign of Cancer, the solstice, to indicate the hours of light and night. The sphere is divided in quadrants: two quadrants of 8 hours of light and other two of 4 hours of night.
The numbers 8 and 4 (its old form) are in the script of the VM and they are the only numbers. All the positions of the celestial objets are ordered in relation to Cancer.
The most common 'word' (daiin) or (8aiin) could be the highest point of the sphere. The number 8 marks the zodiac sign and (aiin) the exact place or degree, like 8an, 8ain, and 8aiiin are other degrees of Cancer.