VMs: Astronomical positions in f67r1

["Francisco A. Violat Bordonau" <violat@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear friends:

In f67r1 we can see the movements of the Moon (the face in the centre)
around the Zodiac (the 12 ?rays? with 12 labels) and the astronomical
positions of 6 ?bright stars? (the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter
and Saturn: all the naked-eye bodies) projected upon the Zodiac in the
starry night.

Starting at 12:00 hours, I can count the little ?stars? inside the 12
?rays? and I find: 9, 7, 9, 12, 8, 11, 11, 8, 9, 8, 10 and 12 stars. The
sum is 114 stars. This number (114) is double of 57, triple of 38 and
sixfold of 19, but 57 and 38 are too two number multiples of 19 ; but,
why always 19?: 19 is the number of ?Methonic cycle? discovered by the
Greek astronomer Methon in 432 b. C.: 235 lunations (synodic months) are
equal to 19 tropic years (the ?Golden number? engraved in a column at
Athens).

Looking the repeted stars I can see only two numbers (9 and 8) repeated
tree turns!: 9, 9, 9 and 8, 8, 8; why six turns and not four, or seven,
or three? Because this six numbers, for me, are the six ?bright and
movable stars? in the Zodiac (the Moon plus five planets). But 8, 9, 9
and 8 are too the number of ?words? in the paragraph upon the draw!...
Hence, after 8 years the same lunar phases repeat, occurring one or two
days later in the year: the Greek called this 8-year cycle the
?octaeteris?. But combining the cycle of 19 years with that of 2 years
we obtaing cycles of 17 (8+9) and 21years (11+10 or 12 +9: booth pairs
taken from the number of little stars).

Now, findind the ?rays? with equal numbers of stars, I can join this
?points?: 9 with 9 and 9, and 8 with 8 and 8; I can obtain two
triangles, and this ?tips? (points or heads) marks the astronomical
positions ?projected upon the Zodiac? of this six astronomical bodies
certain night in the Past... like an ?astrological chart?: the position
of the planets (and the Moon) the night of born of an importan person
(maybe Rudolph II?)

The first triangle are this points in (upon a clock): 12, 2 and 8 hours
and the second triangle in 4, 7 and 9 hours respectively.

Now Im working in this folio and this (maybe!) ?astronomical positions?
for calculate (with a well sky simulator like ?The Sky?) the epoch of
this positions, and to recognize every astronomical body (six bodies
but... who is who?): this astronomical information is valid ONLY at a
particular time, or epoch, due to the motions of the bodies involved:
very fast for the Moon, fast for Mercury and Mars and slow for Jupiter
and Saturn. A well puzzle!

I can send a short ?paper? in PDF format (in Spanish) with all my data,
numbers, triangles and personal thinkings about this folio.

A greeting.

Francisco
Caceres Astronomical Observatory


P.S..: For me the f67r2 represents, for sure, the planet Venus (a big
and bright ?star? with 8 rays) and his movements upon the Zodiac (the 12
sectors with ?moons?). The ?galaxy? in f68v3 isn?t M31 ?Andromeda
Galaxy? because his different visual inclination, telescopic look and
other things.
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