Agrippa's astrological symbols

["Bernd Neuner" <bernd.neuner@xxxxxx>]

Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I *strongly* stand by my assertion that most of the VMS' letters are 
> single-stroke versions of traditional astrological symbols: and encourage 
> you to re-examine the 17 x 4 ring of f57v.
> 
> Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....
> 
> PS: incidentally, which astrological traditions place the moon between Mars 
> and Jupiter? This might also help to narrow down our range of influences. :-)
>  

Perhaps I'm not 100% convinced yet, but you certainly have a point there!
Instinctively I reached for my Agrippa - and found some supporting evidence:

In Book 2, chapter 52, he describes the astrological signs and their shapes
(this only makes sense, of course, if you can look at a facsimile edition).
His Aries looks exactly like EVA "t", and his Taurus contains EVA "s". The depicted
symbol for Saturn ressembles EVA "k" more than the standard sign does, and the
Mercury version again is not too far from EVA "l".

Unfortunately, the online version of "De occulta philosophia" at www.esotericarchives.com
does not contain the same symbols as my printed version (Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1982),
except for the modified Mercury.

The last page of Book I also contains a "translation table" from astrological characters to
the Greek/Latin alphabet - which is of limited use, of course, as we can be sure some additional
coding mechanism must have been applied.

Cheers,

Bernd


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