obsisto

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
to place oneself before
Categories
astrological concept
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1. to be in opposition

1.a to be in opposition astrological concept

Sed si in horoscope <luppiter partiliter fuerit inventus, horoscopus> vero ipse sit in domo lovis [vel] Venerisque stella prospera se lovi radiatione coniungat et obstiterit Marti hac, qua diximus, radiatione grassanti, omnia haec calamitatum funera maxima parte mutantur.

‘If Jupiter is on the ascendant but Mars himself in the house of Jupiter, and Venus favorably aspected to Jupiter and in opposition to Mars, all these deadly calamities are to a great extent changed.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 3.4.25

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. 1.122

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). obsisto (Lemma #1098). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1098/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). obsisto (Lemma #1098). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1098/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). obsisto (Lemma #1098). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1098/
Harvard
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BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1098,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {obsisto ({Lemma} #1098)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1098/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1098/},
}