The thing (80v & 82r)

[Linda]

Nice example, Linda.

The weird thing is that usually the distaff was held up high, and the spindle hung down. Hence, I take it not as literal spinning of wool, but rather spinning as in "turning". For example in Plato's Myth of Er, the heavens revolve on a spindle, which is basically how I read this item as well. 

There is no distaff in the picture I posted, the spindle is down as usual, but is not being spun, presumably the ball of thread/yarn is the "spent" life, having come off the spindle and it is being cut short. To me that means the yarn on the spindle is the potential future.

The fact that the spindle usually hangs down to spin makes the pointing of it significant in the ms, as this is not how it is generally used. That is why I felt it was direction related, using it as a pointer. Almost never do they hold the spindle in a way in which it would be used as what it is, instead they are moving it around, which to me means it must be symbolic in related ways, direction + time + movement = change of space = travel?

Spinning heavens is an interesting concept, and again time related.