Chapter LXXIX Summary
A man is told everything about the stars and their laws. He is shown how the stars move and rule each day, season, year, month, and week. The man learns about the moon's cycle, especially how it wanes in the sixth portal. The waning starts after the moon's light is complete and lasts for 177 days, which is 25 weeks and 2 days. The moon falls behind the sun and stars by five days in one period. An archangel named Uriel, who leads the stars, shows the man all of this.
And now, my son, I have shown you everything, and the rules for all the stars in the sky are now complete.
2He explained to me all the rules for each day, each season, each year, and each time period. He also showed me the order for every month and every week.
3The moon's light starts to decrease in the sixth month. This is when her light is at its fullest, and then the waning begins.
4The waning that happens in the first portal during its season lasts for one hundred and seventy-seven days, which is twenty-five weeks and two days.
5She lags behind the sun and the stars' pattern by five days in one cycle, and when this area you see has been crossed.
6Here's how each luminary looks, as shown to me by Uriel, the archangel in charge of them.