the “dialogue of the desert sages polearm, based on caduceus, and its relation to alchemy, astronomy, astrology, and the title trismegistus…..
which takes me back to the fact that mona and albedo and their respective mentor figures (barbeloth and rhinedottir) are intertwined even more, in some way of fate.
alchemy and astrology are complementary disciplines. sister sciences seen as the precursors to chemistry and astronomy, respectively, their practitioners also consider them arts. they posit a universe where consciousness and matter are one. alchemy relied upon astrology; astrology does not need to incorporate alchemy. (..barbdottir/rhineloth angst anyone?)
ALSO WTF IS THIS??? “the sun rules gold (warmth and glow” rhinedottir also being referred to as “gold”. “the moon rules silver (mirrors, reflectance, and light) when barbeloth literally invented hydromancy which is the ability to make divinations based on the REFLECTIONS of the stars in water??????? basically a mirror image?? i’m gonna lose my mind
also not to quote the albemona shipping wiki but:
the labs in mondstadt are geared toward alchemy which mona is more experienced in astrology and the place mona is currently living in happens to be one of those labs. it’s canonical that her and albedo regularly have lunches together with klee to discuss their research with one another (and to give mona a free meal lmao). maybe albedo could be teaching her some of his knowledge and vice versa since they’re both “truth seekers”. also when using the crafting table, both mona and albedo have similar skills when it comes to synthesizing weapon ascension materials!!
also the fact that albedo is an astronomical term and trismegistus was an alchemist is crazyyy
