Re: Voynich letters

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:19 30/09/01 -0700, Rene Zandbergen wrote:
> Well, Pisces has 29 labelled stars and most other
> astro signs in the VMs have 30, so to me it seems
> very reasonable to assume that the one in the middle
> of Pisces is actually the missing 30th one, and also
> the first of the whole zodiac section. The label
> word is also very similar to the next few star labels
> on the first ring in Pisces. To crack this crib,
> one should therefore use all the other ones in
> parallel.

I thought there were *two* stars in the middle of the Pisces diagram?

> I have had this hunch that these are numbers
> or combinations of letters and numbers rather than
> real words, but I would not bet my life (or in fact
> anything more than a pizza) on it.

My hunch is that for each of the astrological diagrams, many of the words 
around the central area are synonyms (in different Mediterranean languages) 
for the sign itself. Pisces is the only one with a label *inside* this 
area, which is why I find it particularly curious.

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....