7. In our example text Venus and Saturn form a pair at the beginning of each half of the year, and counting 'berries' (instead of raindrops) there are 4 + 5 + 5 + 7 = 21, which agrees with day number 210 at the end of 'July':
Number 8 (which is the current subject matter) is not very evident. But the 8th glyph in the line is presumably like 8 Mol located in the month of Mercury and summer solstice, while the 16th which probably represents Jupiter evidently is the last month of the 'year'. |
