antiscium

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-01
Meanings
Literal translation
counter-shadow
Categories
astrological concept

1. antiscia

1.a antiscia astrological concept

signs or degrees that are equidistant from the solstices

Gemini in Cancrum antiscium mittunt et Cancer in Geminos

‘Gemini send antiscia toward Cancer and Cancer toward Gemini’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.29.3

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. 1.78

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). antiscium (Lemma #1026). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1026/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). antiscium (Lemma #1026). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1026/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). antiscium (Lemma #1026). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1026/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) antiscium (Lemma #1026), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1026/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1026,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {antiscium ({Lemma} #1026)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1026/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1026/},
}