On the Sun and Light

...is thought to bring certain things to those sleeping soberly. The Moon also, the spouse of the Sun—whom Aristotle calls the "lesser Sun"—similarly restores the natural spirit and moisture while ascending, and abandons them while descending. And the more she abounds in the light of the Sun, the more beneficial she is to all things. I will pass over for now how the Moon, not lacking in light, must be observed in relation to the Sun's aspect The "aspect" refers to the angular distance between planets in astrology, believed to influence their power in this or that zodiac sign, as it signifies this or that part of the body. And so, through the Moon, the virtue of all celestial things is to be transmitted from the Sun to nourish the limbs through medicines duly composed at that time. For we have already said enough about these matters in the book On Life Referring to the author's previous work, De Vita Libri Tres, which blends medicine and astrology.

Praises of the Ancients for the Sun: and how the powers of the heavens are all in the Sun and from the Sun. Chapter VI.

For these reasons, Orpheus called Apollo the life-giving eye of heaven. And these things which I shall say are gathered summarily from the Orphic hymns: The Sun is the eternal eye seeing all things. The pre-eminent celestial light, tempering the heavenly and the worldly. Leading, or rather drawing, the harmonious course of the world. The Lord of the world. Immortal Jupiter, the eye of the world running its circuit, holding the seal and shaping all worldly things. The Moon is heavy with stars. The Moon is the queen of the stars. These are the words of Orpheus. Among the Egyptians, this was read inscribed in gold upon the temples of Minerva The Roman name for Athena; here likely referring to the Egyptian goddess Neith: "I am that which is..."