Upon initial view and understanding of Hildegard's "cosmic egg" I assumed it was just some weird vision she would have which gave her a connection to God. Her image itself looks like female genitalia so the last thing I thought about her "egg" being was a unique depiction of our universe. Since reading Hildegard II some connections between Hildegard's image and the cosmos are as follows: The shape of the egg is similar to the shape of the cosmos and universe itself but what is its significance? Hildegard states "The large form which you see represents, on the level of faith, the omnipotent God, incomprehensible in his majesty, inconceivable in his mysteries, the hope of all the faithful." In Christianity some believe an egg shape is the sign of eternal life, resurrection and fertile life. Since Hildegard's original image looked of a woman's vulva it is likely she may have thought of women's fertility when relating her vision to that of the cosmos. Eternal life is God, Isaiah 40:28 states "Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable." God is believed to be eternal however, the earth and the world were not. Why could this be a significant detail for Hildegard? One detail of Hildegard's image that stood out to me was her depiction of the "lights" and "fireball, of great magnitude, filled with white-shining energy". I understood the imagery to likely describe stars and planets. A fireball with white-shining energy may even specify it is one of the gaseous planets of the solar system. Hildegard's initial visions seemed much more "other-worldly" until they are further broken down which is interesting to say the least.