VMs: Re: Strega, Grigori, four seasons, four stars etc...

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- DANA SCOTT <dscott520@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I find the "Wheel of the Solar Year" to be of some
> interest here due to its  similarity to f68r2.
>
http://www.gothicimage.co.uk/books/sacredcelebs1.html

Quite nice indeed. The question is from which this
8-fold division dates. The figure looks modern.
Who knows if the person who drew it was actually
inspired by the VMs. 
 
> From: "Nick Pelling" <nickpelling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> > ...strega has a built-in conversion between the
> >  cardinal points (of the compass), the four
> > seasons, and four key stars:-
> >
> > North - Formalhaut - who marked Winter Solstice
> > South - Regulus - who marked Summer Solstice
> > East - Aldebaran - who marked the Vernal Equinox
> > West - Antares - who marked Autumn Equinox

Cute typo in Fomalhaut :-)
A friend of mine (not German) referred to a town
near where I live as 'Abschaffenburg'. In both
cases the immediate thought is: why did I never
think of this?

Anyway, it is again of interest to know from when
and where this identification of these four stars 
originates.

Cheers, Rene



		
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