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[Antonio García Jiménez]

Well, at least you don't see women bathing or female biological processes in Quire 13. That's progress.

Your interpretation seems a bit tied to some kind of Hermetic or esoteric philosophy. I don't rule out some of that, but my interpretation is more conventional with medieval knowledge of Aristotelian origin. The stars and planets, and the spheres that contain them, are made of a different substance than the four elements of the Earth. An incorruptible substance, but not exactly something with its own spirit.

In the Christian interpretation of Aristotelian philosophy, it is the angels who move the spheres. The stars are simply the means God uses to influence earthly things, such as plants, but also to influence and send signals to humanity, hence the widespread belief in astrology.

I see you're referring to female figures and saying that they're not just representations of stars because they're pregnant. Here lies a fundamental question of medieval iconography. Understanding the allegorical world of medieval imagery is not easy, but it doesn't require a doctoral degree either. There's always something metaphorical in the way things are represented. How does the medieval mentality represent the influence of stars on plants? It's precisely with figures of pregnant women to imply that they are the ones who make herbs sprout and grow.