dator vitae

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning chart ruler
Literal translation giver of life
Variants
dator vitae
vitae dator
Edited by
chart ruler astrological concept

the planet that rules the ascendant

Cum datorem vitae diligenter inspexeris, id est dominum geniturae, [...]

‘If you look closely at the giver of life, i. e. the ruler of the chart [...]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.25.2

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Sicily
Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 1.73

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dator vitae (Lemma #1021). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1021/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dator vitae (Lemma #1021). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1021/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dator vitae (Lemma #1021). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1021/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) dator vitae (Lemma #1021), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1021/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1021,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {dator vitae ({Lemma} #1021)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1021/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1021/},
}