Three-section orbs

[ReneZ]

I think it is a mistake to label the * as stars.

When you first wrote that a couple of days ago, I had another look at some of the cases.
Clearly, the Voynich MS shows two types of star symbols.
The first is just an asterisk.
The second is an outline shape with a varying numer of arms, at least 6 to 9. Of this second type, variations exist, in that they may have a tail, they may have a small circle in the centre and they may have been partly painted.

In other manuscripts of the time, both types of these symbols are used to indicate stars.

What I (briefly) checked is that, in the Voynich MS, the asterisk type appears mostly inside circular diagrams. The outline shapes mostly appear in astronomical diagrams, the zodiac and the stars section.

I am open to the possibility that the asterisk type is just ornamental and does not refer to stars in the sky, but it remains speculation, and in the case of the centre of the rosettes, it really seems to denote a piece of the sky. However, speculation indeed.

With respect to my diagram, I specifically meant the 'outline shape' stars only. Their role in the diagram is as an item of illustration, independent of what it may represent. Because we don't know anyway.

It sounds like a project. Best of luck.

Not for me, at the time, or in the near future. I am just doing too many things already.