I think the stars are souls

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I agree with the 1 comment "the images do not connect":

Yes but it's a common misconception that for alchemy images should "connect" as early as the first quarter of the 15th century: very few illustrated alchemy books existed, the iconography and symbolism were not yet standardized. For example, the big red "seagull" weirdo on f1r: a forgotten Mercury symbol in a 15th c. manuscript.

Distillation had its own mystique with the quintessence (5th element) added to alchemical lore by frater Johannes de Rupescissa (Jean de Roquetaillade) in the 14th century.

There are other possibilities in natural philosophy, with analogies between... almost everything. Alchemy could sometimes be confused with astrology, medical herbalism, theology, ...