dominus vitae

Latin noun

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

the planet that rules the ascendant

Si itaque dominus vitae, vel dator vitae, id est dominus geniturae, in domo sua vel in altitudine sua uel finibus suis fuerit [...]

‘If the Ruler of Life or the Giver of Life, that is the ruler of the nativity, is in his own house or in his own exaltation or in his own terms [...]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.25.10

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. 1.74

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dominus vitae (Lemma #1023). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1023/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dominus vitae (Lemma #1023). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1023/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dominus vitae (Lemma #1023). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1023/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) dominus vitae (Lemma #1023), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1023/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1023,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {dominus vitae ({Lemma} #1023)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1023/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1023/},
}