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AAH - Order of the planets...?



Hi everyone,

If the AAH is correct, it would appear that the order of the planets in the VMS is surprisingly modern (and, needless to say, heliocentric):-

Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Moon, Jupiter, Saturn

Whether that's cosmologically based or cryptographically based is another question entirely. :-/

By way of reference, the Chaldean order of the planets (thought to be the order of the heavenly spheres, and which was used to form the "planetary days of the week") was:

Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon

Trithemius' order (in De Septum Secundeis) was:

Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Moon, Sun

Does anybody know any other (medieval or earlier) planetary-order traditions by way of comparison?

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....