Sometimes the nature of the interpretation depends on the lens through which the evidence is seen.
"It (the ram) protects the fish that wear the ribbon of life." Sounds sort of astrological. Could you be more specific about the cultures that supported this philosophy?
The classical interpretation is based on the religion of classical Greece. White animals for celestial gods and black animals for the chthonic deities. It's implicit in Homer where Odysseus sacrifices a black ram to raise the spirits of the dead.
Anyway, it's not like one interpretation necessarily excludes another. It has been suggested by another researcher, that the VMs version of Virgo was a subtle combination of the astrological virgin and the Virgin Mary standing on a crescent moon. Other illustrations in the VMs can also be interpreted as pairings of various sorts. It seems to be something that the VMs artist did in several illustrations. History is still headed toward the sympathetic connections of Ficino. Things only get worse from here.
That's the thing about White Aries, once you see that the dualism is built into the structure, you also find the historical reality hidden in the alternative interpretation - assuming sufficient familiarity with the relevant historical facts. However, the reality is that none of the old VMs investigators every got round to heraldry, apparently. Heraldry is sufficient to establish historical fact.
"It (the ram) protects the fish that wear the ribbon of life." Sounds sort of astrological. Could you be more specific about the cultures that supported this philosophy?
The classical interpretation is based on the religion of classical Greece. White animals for celestial gods and black animals for the chthonic deities. It's implicit in Homer where Odysseus sacrifices a black ram to raise the spirits of the dead.
Anyway, it's not like one interpretation necessarily excludes another. It has been suggested by another researcher, that the VMs version of Virgo was a subtle combination of the astrological virgin and the Virgin Mary standing on a crescent moon. Other illustrations in the VMs can also be interpreted as pairings of various sorts. It seems to be something that the VMs artist did in several illustrations. History is still headed toward the sympathetic connections of Ficino. Things only get worse from here.
That's the thing about White Aries, once you see that the dualism is built into the structure, you also find the historical reality hidden in the alternative interpretation - assuming sufficient familiarity with the relevant historical facts. However, the reality is that none of the old VMs investigators every got round to heraldry, apparently. Heraldry is sufficient to establish historical fact.