Below are some further notes on the Voynich text as a system of astrological notation consisting, primarily, of numbers.
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Concerning the paradigm QOKEEDY. To explain the proposed scheme more fully:
QOKEEDY is tripartite consisting of the three 'syllables': [qo] [kee] and [dy].
These are formulae with which to create the zodiac and the astrological divisions of the ecliptic.
That is what QOKEEDY is: a formula for the creation of the zodiac.
To break it down into the three parts, and to illustrate each:
QO [qo]
This is the formula for the quarter days of the year.
[q] = 4
[o] = 90
The cycle is divided into four. 4 x 90 = 360.
Alternatively, [o] might signify the entire cycle (360˚) and the [q] quarters it into 90˚ sections.
Either way, the bigram [qo] signifies the cycle quartered.
KEE [kee]
The [k] (gallows) indicates one of the quarters of the year, solstices or equinoxes. [k] and [t] = solstices.
The bigram [qo] divides the cycle into four but does not indicate any particular division.
The gallows glyph now nominates a particular division.
The gallows glyph indicates one of the solstices or equinoxes - the points that quarter the year.
In this case, [k] indicates a solstice.
The solstices divide the year in half.
This division into two halves is indicated by the double [e] - [ee].
EE is the [o] divided into two because the solstice divides the cycle into two halves.
If [o] is the full cycle, 360˚, [e] is half the cycle, 180˚. [e] = 180˚ and [ee] = 180 + 180.
The particular gallows defines one or other of the half-cycles.
DY [dy]
The suffix [-dy] consists of the two numerals 8 and 9.
The full cycle [qo] and the half cycle defined by [kee] is now divided by twos (8) and threes (9).
This creates the traditional divisions of the zodiac, the decanates, the kerubic midpoints of the half-quarters, and so on.
The divisions by two and three extend down to 72 divisions of 5˚ each. 8 x 9 = 72.
To summarize:
[qo] divides the cycle into four quarters. (That is, two sets of halves.)
[kee] identifies one particular (solstitial) half cycle.
[dy] divides these structures by two and three to create the traditional divisions of the astrological cosmos.
Again: QOKEEDY is a formula for the creation of the zodiac.
R.B.
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