Since the dating of f67v2 has changed a lot recently, I have reworked the Astro Section Timeline.
If you want to compare them, the old one is below.
Updated Timeline
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A Fractal in the Voynich
f67v2 is one of the most opaque folios in the entire Astro Section. I have interpreted it as four planetary conjunctions seen from a central location (see the individual page above).
But just yesterday I noticed that the folio is also a fractal; that is, a shape that is self-similar at different scales.
The smaller iteration is the conjunction in the lower left, where the planets are within colored fields arranged like a T-O map and connected by bars in a “U” shape.
The larger iteration is all four conjunctions arranged in a “U” shape indicated by moving from the earliest to the latest date. It is also oriented the same way as the smaller.
Below are four illustrations of the fractal:
Graphical Timeline
The written file of my dates for the Astro folios is fine, but here they are laid out on a timeline for better presentation.
I think this is an example of “a picture is worth a thousand words”.
The tightness of the date clustering surprised me too.
The 1533 comet may be within the Zodiac range, as it is within 76 years (1° of precession) of 1471.
Notes on f67v2
There has been a lot of discussion and controversy about this folio, and with good reason.
I agree with those who say it’s a set of diagrams of planetary conjunctions. I also think the Author was trying to make it 3D, but didn’t know how. So using Paint.NET, I have finally gotten around to drawing what I think he(?) was going for:
I hope this is clear; my drawing skills aren’t the best.
The outer trees are shorter, which they would be because of perspective.
To demonstrate this interpretation, see the page Folio f67v2 above.
This might be related to f68v3, which I think is a diagram of the Universe as it rotates around the Earth.
Folio Interpretations
Below are my interpretations of the Astro Section folios (subject to change, of course):
f67r1 Total solar eclipse in Pisces seen in London 16 March 1485
f67r2 Astrological interpretation of f68r3
f67v1 Tycho’s supernova Nov 1572 (anomalous)
f67v2 Planetary conjunctions seen from London
Upper left (triangle) AM 30 Dec 1484
Upper right (square) PM 15 May 1486
Lower right (checkmark) PM 24 Jan 1494
Lower left (square in T-O Map) AM 29 Nov 1483
f68r1 Great Comet 18 July 1533 2:00 AM London
f68r2 Comet C/1490 Y1 21 January 1491
f68r3 24 hours before the moon occludes the Pleiades, 7 Dec 1486 (date uncertain; this configuration happens ~9 times a century)
f68v1 Total solar eclipse16 March 1485 emphasizing the Moon’s role
f68v2 Total solar eclipse16 March 1485 drawing of the solar corona
f68v3 Diagram of how the Universe rotates around the earth
f69r Interpretation of the Astrological Lunar Cycle related to f68r3
f69v Not yet identified
f70r1 Not yet identified
f70r2 Total solar eclipse16 March 1485 related to the moon and solar corona
