Re: VMs: "Zodiac" signs and Regulus

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Pamela Richards <spirlhelix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi, Rene and all!
> 
> I have a question for you.  I've been reading some
> of
> the previous posts on Regulus.  Unfortunately, my
> computer seems allergic to Voynich images in many
> instances.  Can anyone help me get a link to the
> star chart with the nine-pointed star we believe is
> Regulus?  

Well, not everyone believes it...

There are actually two, one on the Cancer page
and one on the Leo page. Both are badly rolled up
in the MS, and have not been completely 
photographed in the recent Beinecke scanning
exercise. I also just noticed that the links to the
images at my site are wrong.  I just fixed it.
The full images are:
http://www.voynich.nu/q11/f72r3_z3610564.jpe
(Cancer)
and
http://www.voynich.nu/q11/f72v3_z3610563.jpe

There is a third crowned nymph with a smaller
star, in Libra. Interestingly, Regulus culminates
when a degree of this sign rises. Now look at the
crown. To me it looks as if it has been ornated by
a culminating star:
http://www.voynich.nu/q11/f72v1_z3610567.jpe

Open to other interpretations, of course.

> Also, Rene, your work with paranatellonta in
> connection with the "Zodiac" images appears quite
> promising.  Have you run into any references to
> Tauroctony or Mithraism in connection with the 
> paranatellonta?  

I can frankly say that I've never heard of the first
and never seen the second in connection with
astrology.

I'm just reminded of another observation.
The month names are written near the zodiac
emblems, which only makes partial sense.
Some time ago I learned that in Indian languages
(Sanskrit and others) the names of the months
and of the zodiac signs are actually the same
(e.g. Aries and April are something like Mesa).

> I think it was Dana Scott who called the two young
> animals, light and dark "goats".  I am very inclined
> to agree.  Sheep don't have dew claws, those tiny
> hard horns above the hooves; goats do.  

They've been called goats but I'm no expert.
I once heard that in desert-like areas, sheep do
look a lot like goats...

Cheers, Rene


		
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