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[Antonio García Jiménez]

We are approaching the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. Can this astronomical phenomenon be represented in the Voynich?

It would not be anything strange because it is a book that is half astronomical-astrological, half herbal. And in all cultures there is a tradition that links the summer solstice with magical herbs like the ones we see in the VM.

We know that the most common glyph string in the script is daiin en Eva alphabet. But we will no adulterate the script. What we see is a glyph that looks like the number 8 followed by a small circle with a slanted line that is identical to the two glyphs that follow. From the base of the last one comes a curved line forming a kind of half circle. This is what we see, not any alphabet.

I already said that, according to contemporary objects such as the Volvelles, the number 8 repeated in each quadrant can mean 16 hours of daily light in the signs of Gemini and Cancer. The small circle can be a star or even the sun, and the inclined lines with the final half cicle can be the exact position of the celestial object on the sphere.

That chain of glyphs so repeated in the VM (daiin) could therefore represent the position of the sun or a star at noon on the summer solstice, a very special position in the year.