RE: VMs: Astronomical Notes, Comments, and Replies

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

> I figure that all of the months for which we have
> sheets  contain 30 days.

Yes, but note that they should not be days but 
degrees.

> Since Pisces has 29 showing, and the text in
> the center matches the format of the other days,
> it is most likely the missing day.

Absolutely correct.
Whether it was a mistake or part of a plan is
hard to say. I tend to think the latter, but
there is one missing label in the other
zodiac pages, and there is also one page
where the nymph has no star. These two, I think,
are mistakes.

> I also note that there is a pattern to the pages

(snipped)

Well spotted.

> Seems to me Pisces was supposed to have 20 2nd
> circle women but due to a mistake - or for some 
> intentional reason - the final day was put into
> the center. 

Horoscopes tended to look at the degree of the
zodiac that ascended at the time of a person's
birth, or the degree in which the sun was 
located (the latter is what you find in modern
magazines and newspapers, because it does not
require knowledge of the time of birth, only the
date).

> If this truly is a horoscope, perhaps
> that one day is the birthdate of the person.

In that is the case, the VMs was written by George
of Trebizond after all :-) He lived in the 
15th C., in N.Italy, was familiar with all Greek
philosophical (i.e. scientific) works, worked in
diplomatic circles, and was quite mad in his
older days, both by modern and contemporary 
standards :-).
He used to lament the fact that he was born under
the sign of Pisces.

Cheers, Rene

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