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[Antonio García Jiménez]

I think it is very important to see how all the parts of the book are related, how they form a unity.

Let's focus on an element of iconography: the pipe

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The most coherent reading is that in imitation of a water pipe, the author uses this element to indicate how astral influences are transmitted from heaven. It is clearly seen that the female figures are nothing more than an allegory of these influences.

I have said on occasions that the English language is not the best suited to explain this, because in English the word star has no gender, but in Latin, Romance languages and in German star is feminine.