12-04-2024, 10:07 PM
In relation to folio f67v2 to which pjburkshire alludes I am going to show what these illustrations mean in all probability. It is one of the pages that has no mystery for anyone who knows anything about astrology.
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What you see in the center is a kind of paper pinwheel to suggest movement. Around, forming a circle, two suns and two moons are seen facing each other. This may be surprising to those who do not know what astrological aspects are, which is nothing more than angular relationships between two celestial objects. Since the angles are measured on the sphere and there are two hemispheres, they are duplicated. The above is clearly seen in the corners of the page, where the most important astrological aspects are illustrated with heads: trine, square, sextile, opposition and conjunction.
Let's look at the upper left drawing, a trine in which the sun is 120º from the moon. Since this angle is measured in both the right and left hemispheres, that is why two moons are drawn. In the lower right drawing there is an opposition, a full moon, but without an eclipse, and that is why the shadow of the Earth (that cute little hat) looks up. Next to the moon there is another perhaps to symbolize the conjunction of two celestial bodies.
In the case of quadrature (90º) we see one sun and one moon in each of the hemispheres, hence there are two suns and two moons
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What you see in the center is a kind of paper pinwheel to suggest movement. Around, forming a circle, two suns and two moons are seen facing each other. This may be surprising to those who do not know what astrological aspects are, which is nothing more than angular relationships between two celestial objects. Since the angles are measured on the sphere and there are two hemispheres, they are duplicated. The above is clearly seen in the corners of the page, where the most important astrological aspects are illustrated with heads: trine, square, sextile, opposition and conjunction.
Let's look at the upper left drawing, a trine in which the sun is 120º from the moon. Since this angle is measured in both the right and left hemispheres, that is why two moons are drawn. In the lower right drawing there is an opposition, a full moon, but without an eclipse, and that is why the shadow of the Earth (that cute little hat) looks up. Next to the moon there is another perhaps to symbolize the conjunction of two celestial bodies.
In the case of quadrature (90º) we see one sun and one moon in each of the hemispheres, hence there are two suns and two moons