ordinatio

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning computation
Literal translation arranging
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computation astrological concept

of a natal chart

Si quae se itaque stellae in ordinatione geniturae non viderint, quaerendum est an sibi per antiscium sociata radiatione iungantur.

‘Thus if, in computing the chart, some of the planets are not in aspect, it must be asked whether they are connected to each other through the relationship of the antiscia.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.29.8

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. 1.80


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). ordinatio (Lemma #1027). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1027/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). ordinatio (Lemma #1027). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1027/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). ordinatio (Lemma #1027). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1027/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) ordinatio (Lemma #1027), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1027/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1027,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ordinatio ({Lemma} #1027)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1027/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1027/},
}