VMs: Re: Re: Stars or No Stars

["don latham" <djl@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll iterate: The one star we "know" is the hinge star named "otolal" in the
Pisces center. It is Al Rischa (Rescha). The "Flaxen thread uniting Pisces"
is called Al H'ait al Kattani'yy. This from Star Names.  The hinge star,
Alpha Psc, is definitely displayed, so no matter the semantic tag, the thing
displayed is that star.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dana Scott" <dscott520@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 10:56 PM
Subject: VMs: Re: Stars or No Stars


> Hello Pam,
>
> I am not aware of a specific analysis focused on the stars in Pisces,
Virgo,
> and Scorpio having been made; however, a few basic observations might
> include the following.
>
> Instead of saying two stars for Pisces, perhaps it may be more appropriate
> to say that there is one star associated with each "fish" connected by its
> own thread. Notice that the line starting in front of the mouth of the
upper
> fish and curving down under the lower fish is separate from the fish,
stars,
> and thread. Having its own color, it appears to have been added after the
> fact by an unknown confederate? There is a lone bearded dude in the outer
> circle of tubs at about 4 o'clock. The majority of the stars seem to be
> directly anchored at the tubs. Hands of the nymphs in the upright outer
tubs
> are tucked away at their sides within the tubs. The folded designs under
the
> tubs lying on their side in the inner circle may be some form of
encryption?
> Two of the tubs in the inner circle at 10 and 11 o'clock are reclining and
> opposed which is similar to the positions of the Pisces.
>
> In Virgo all of the nymphs are naked, standing, facing left, stepping
> forward, with most of them holding a star in their left hand. Virgo, on
the
> other hand, is dressed up to the gills, seated, facing in the opposite
> direction, with a diminutive star attached to a thread, held in her right
> hand. There is also a counter balancing flower at her feet. Virgo,
> therefore, is depicted in stark contrast to her maidens. Why might that
be?
> Notice that only a few of the stars around 1 o'clock have threads
extending
> from a lower point of the star. Most of the nymphs have breasts, though
not
> all. Three of the nymphs around 10/11 o'clock have their hands clasped in
> front of them. The inner circle nymph just after 12 o'clock high seems to
> have her hands clasped behind her. We can see the feet of 2 of the nymphs
at
> 1 and 2 in the inner circle as well as at 9 and 10. The well/pipe/tub in
> which one of the nymphs is standing seems to be partly broken.
>
> Notice that Scorpio also appears to be facing in an opposite direction
from
> the nymphs with its right front leg lifted, whereas the nymphs have their
> left leg up. Right arms in the outer circle are extended down and back off
> the hip between 4 and 9. Only a few of the stars have threads. There are
> four nymphs standing above the outer circle with the two nymphs on the
right
> having full length tresses. All (including Scorpio?) have breasts.
>
>
> Regards,
> Dana Scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pamela Richards" <spirlhelix@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 8:38 AM
> Subject: VMs: Stars or No Stars
>
>
> > Hi, Dana
> >
> > Here's another question:  perhaps this has been
> > discussed already, but I have not found it in the
> > archives yet.
> >
> > Some of the "Zodiac" drawings have stars in them; some
> > have none.  Out of ten possible "signs", 3 "signs"
> > contain stars within the illustration.  Has anyone
> > proposed an explanation of this?
> >
> > The illustrations with stars are:
> >
> > Pisces, two stars
> > Virgo, one star
> > Scorpio, one star
> >
> > Please let me know if I've missed any.
> >
> > What has the thinking of the list been on this point?
> >
> > Warmly,
> >
> > Pam
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Pamela Richards <spirlhelix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, Dana
> > >
> > > For the record, I agree with you that the f73r
> > > illustration resembles a mammal much more than an
> > > arachnid or a six-legged reptile.
> > >
> > > When the author is using the illustrations of a
> > > hired
> > > artist, I believe some latitude for "bad scorpions"
> > > can be extended.  Perhaps the artist did not have
> > > references on hand which the astrologer normally
> > > would.  If the VMs author practices Western
> > > astrology,
> > > it seems reasonable to me that he would have been
> > > exposed to more than one conventional illustration
> > > of
> > > a scorpion by the time he wrote this document.  From
> > > my point of view, I can't imagine why he would
> > > choose
> > > to wander away and set up to illustrate and inscribe
> > > his document far from his source documents on
> > > astrology.
> > >
> > > That throws us back to provenance: the question of
> > > whether the document is Western, or other.  So many
> > > of
> > > the images have a Western orientation: the fashions,
> > > the buildings, the hairstyles, etc.  I opt for a
> > > Western author, one who is very interested in
> > > astrology (note the consistent theme of stars), and
> > > one who for whatever reason, intentionally proposed
> > > a
> > > very peculiar Zodiac, or its percieved equivalent.
> > >
> > > But, that's just one hypothesis among many.
> > >
> > > Warmly,
> > >
> > > Pam
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Dana Scott <dscott520@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am beginning to wonder if what we are seeing in
> > > > f73r might be the author's
> > > > rendition of Lupus, for unknown personal
> > > > astrological reasons?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
http://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/05/08/0001190093/constell/lup_600.jpg
> > > >
> > > > http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/lup/lupp.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Dana Scott
> > > >
> > >
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