Iranian Persian Language and Literature Promotion Society Research on Mystical Literature HTTPS://JP 19 1 2025 08 23 Interpretation and Analysis of Artificial Intelligence from the Literal to the Symbolic and Allegorical Use of the Concept of the Zodiac in Mystical Texts Interpretation and Analysis of Artificial Intelligence from the Literal to the Symbolic and Allegorical Use of the Concept of the Zodiac in Mystical Texts 117 144 29889 10.22108/jpll.2025.144747.1910 FA Ali Safipour Assistant Professor of Iranology, Department of Geography, Tourism and Iranology, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. 0009-0000-7422-3045 Journal Article 2025 03 20 For mystics, the sky has a high spiritual status and is the source of knowledge. Beyond the visible sky lies the invisible world and the kingdom. The sky that can be seen with the eyes was considered to be the eight heavens in the belief of the ancients. The eighth heaven is the place of the zodiac. In addition to the literal use, which arose from the astronomical perspective of that era, this sky and its constellations are also seen in cases that have had symbolic and allegorical uses among the ancients. Understanding the literal or metaphorical meaning is not so difficult, but discovering the hidden and cryptic meanings of this use in mystical texts is somewhat difficult. Understanding the underlying layers of the text requires extensive knowledge of past astronomy, familiarity with literary subtleties, and knowledge of the wisdom, philosophy, and worldview of the ancients. Artificial intelligence, which has considerable capabilities, can help us better understand and benefit from this tool by measuring the confrontation of this analytical tool with these complex and allegorical concepts of mystical texts. In this study, an attempt has been made to measure this symbolic and allegorical use in mystical texts with artificial intelligence using a descriptive-experimental method. The results of this study show that artificial intelligence in the form of the ChatGPT robot is well aware of mystical allegorical concepts in connection with astronomical terms and is generally able to recognize these concepts in mystical texts, although sometimes incorrect analyses are also seen. Artificial intelligence's recognition of most past astronomical terms, along with mystical concepts and the symbolic use of numbers, is another capability of artificial intelligence. For mystics, the sky has a high spiritual status and is the source of knowledge. Beyond the visible sky lies the invisible world and the kingdom. The sky that can be seen with the eyes was considered to be the eight heavens in the belief of the ancients. The eighth heaven is the place of the zodiac. In addition to the literal use, which arose from the astronomical perspective of that era, this sky and its constellations are also seen in cases that have had symbolic and allegorical uses among the ancients. Understanding the literal or metaphorical meaning is not so difficult, but discovering the hidden and cryptic meanings of this use in mystical texts is somewhat difficult. Understanding the underlying layers of the text requires extensive knowledge of past astronomy, familiarity with literary subtleties, and knowledge of the wisdom, philosophy, and worldview of the ancients. Artificial intelligence, which has considerable capabilities, can help us better understand and benefit from this tool by measuring the confrontation of this analytical tool with these complex and allegorical concepts of mystical texts. In this study, an attempt has been made to measure this symbolic and allegorical use in mystical texts with artificial intelligence using a descriptive-experimental method. The results of this study show that artificial intelligence in the form of the ChatGPT robot is well aware of mystical allegorical concepts in connection with astronomical terms and is generally able to recognize these concepts in mystical texts, although sometimes incorrect analyses are also seen. Artificial intelligence's recognition of most past astronomical terms, along with mystical concepts and the symbolic use of numbers, is another capability of artificial intelligence. https://jpll.ui.ac.ir/article_29889_2a445cc8e498f65f34c0145b53d23d60.pdf