commutatae domus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning mutual reception
Literal translation exchanged houses
Variants
commutatae domus
immutatae domus
Edited by
mutual reception astrological concept

two planets placed in each others houses

id est in domo Saturni, et Saturnis in domo Mercurii, commutatis invicem domibus, absconsarum litterarum scium faciunt

‘located in the sign of Saturn, and Saturn in the sign of Mercury—their signs are in mutual reception—and this made the native knowledgeable of arcane literature’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.29.18

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. 1.84

doctrinam etiam et tantam litterarum scientiam immutatis domibus Saturnus Mercuriusque decreverunt

‘Such learning and knowledge are also decreed by Mercury and Saturn when their signs are interchanged’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.29.19

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. 1.84

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). commutatae domus (Lemma #1030). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1030/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). commutatae domus (Lemma #1030). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1030/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). commutatae domus (Lemma #1030). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1030/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) commutatae domus (Lemma #1030), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1030/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1030,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {commutatae domus ({Lemma} #1030)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1030/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1030/},
}