The enigmatic Sun (the Rosettes folio) and astrology

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Searcher -  in my opinion you are wise to focus on Manilius rather than on Aratus.

I've dealt with the map in great detail - more than thirty posts, treating the emblems, the map's orientation, range, the difference between the original basic form and later additions (as chronological strata) and so forth.

Trouble is, I've now provided so much information that no-one has time to read it all.

D

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Oh - btw - that image of the sinking sun (as I've explained in the series of posts) represents the sun sinking into the channel (i.e. as birthcanal), about to be reborn from the flower.  I've called the flower a (notional) lotus.  The idea of the sun's being reborn from a flower is not, of course, an idea native to Latin Europe, and appears no-where in medieval Christian imagery that I've ever seen.  But then the map isn't a product of European thought in any sense - which may be one reason why my work isn't mentioned on sites compiled by persons who espouse an all-Latin Christian origin theory.  Anyway, the point is that those terms are appropriate enough for the sense of that image. 

The hour of entering the channel ..? could be.

Diane,
I agree about sinking Sun, it must be sunset, i. e. the West.
I think, it is obvious even visually.
I'll begin with the Sunset.



We see that the Sun is in front of a precipice (a chasm), no doubt, this is an analogy of the sunset, as the Sun goes down under the Horizon into the dark Underworld. I can't recall quickly whether another myth with similar detail exists, so only Ra, Apep and the Underworld occurs to me.
The Sunrise.



Most likely, the Sun rises back from that chasm, which wall is behind it. I'm not sure about the waved an rounded object, but, it is obvious, the rays of the Sun break away of the dark and give a great bunch of light (to the left).
In the light of this   , logically that the North is the "Rosette" with a castle and with so-called T-O map, and South - in the opposite corner.
But, after all, I want to figure out, what the Alveus Globi is. Who knows, maybe, it will help.

Quotes:

Statuitur Alveus Globi ad analogas mundi plagas beneficio acus mgnetae.
(The channel of the Earth must be ascertained to the proper sides with the help of magnetic needle.)

Alveus Globi est separabilis pars constans statumine et circulo.
(The channel of the Earth is a separated part (of the Earth?), constant by a prop and a circumference)

In alveo Globi seu pedimento sunt basis, columnae et Horizon.
(In the channel of the Earth are (included) the base, columns and Horizon)

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(The channel or the prop (fulcrum?) of the Earth on which it revolves)

Alveus Globi sustinetur basi seu pedamento, quod interdum additam habet Pyxidem nauticam, vulgo Compassum vocant, Vitruvio Amissium dicitur.
(The channel of the Earth is supported by the base or the prop (fulcrum) as in the meantime? in addition? keeps the Pixes Compass, which folks call Compassum and Vitruvius – Amissium) I can't translate the last sentence correctly.

So, is this a direction to the earth's magnetic North Pole or it is just this one, or the earth's axis, or its top, or, maybe, the center of the Erth (Erth core)? What is it in modern interpretation / definition?