Matching planet labels

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This example from Venice 1501 used a different pattern arrangement with strong astrological connections.

Sphaerae mvndi compendivm foeliciter inchoat. 
Venetiis : Io. Baptista Sessa, 1501

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This one is very interesting, it uses clockwise Zodiac, something that I was looking for, as it was required for one of the possible interpretations.

Other than that, it appears to list the planets in their domiciles in a 3 + 4 pattern (Mercury, Moon, Sun, empty alt Mercury domicile, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn). Note that this arrangement would be impossible in the sky, it puts Mercury two signs away from the Sun. I find the arrangement in the German editions to be more sophisticated (with the same pattern as in VMS), because it manages to show the planets in their domiciles in a configuration that is possible in reality. It's interesting why most charts insist on putting Mercury in an odd slot. The logic for this seemed clear in the German editions with their pattern, but I don't understand why do this here. They could have just put Mercury in Virgo and get 7 in a row pattern, as shown in "Mixed domiciles" arrangement below.