15-03-2025, 10:25 AM
The emanations that come out of the sky represent the virtue or influence of the stars, that is why we see female figures. Why female figures? I've said this several times, but it bears repeating because this forum is in English, and English doesn't have grammatical gender, so it might not be easy to understand.
If I go to the restroom in a restaurant and see the figures of the sun and the moon on the doors, I immediately know which one is the men's, but a native English speaker might be unsure.
The Voynich employs this convention common in the Middle Ages. We see the Sun with a male face and the Moon with a female one. The fixed stars in languages derived from Latin is a feminine name, that's why the influence of stars is represented by female figures. This seems simple, but over the years I've found it harder to understand than I thought.
If I go to the restroom in a restaurant and see the figures of the sun and the moon on the doors, I immediately know which one is the men's, but a native English speaker might be unsure.
The Voynich employs this convention common in the Middle Ages. We see the Sun with a male face and the Moon with a female one. The fixed stars in languages derived from Latin is a feminine name, that's why the influence of stars is represented by female figures. This seems simple, but over the years I've found it harder to understand than I thought.