Nimrod as the astronomer (1)

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Mythological explanation of the observed motion of the planets against the background of the fixed stars.

Liber Nimrod 7:
And when Ioanton had heard from his master that the seven planets are not fixed in the heavens, Ioanton said, ‘My Master, I see the heavens turning in direct proportion, and I know that these seven planets are not fixed in the heavens as other stars; but what other powers do they run more hastily for a time, sometimes from East to West, at other times from West to East?’ Nimrod responded, saying: ‘Above these seven [planets] the creator commanded seven winds; each one of them takes up its course according to the power of its wind and the latitude of its wheel [= orbit]. For example, when the direction of the same [winds] is from West to East, you should know that their [= planets’] course is from East to West, but the winds which dominate them bring them back and they revolve backward and by constraint.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Liber Nimrod 7

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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