vacuus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning empty
Literal translation empty
Variants
vacuus
Edited by
empty astrological concept

degree which belongs to no decan

Plenae sunt itaque is partes, in quibus decani fuerint inventi, vacuae vero, ad quas partes numquam decanorum numen accedat.

‘Therefore, full are the degrees in which the decans are found, empty however are those to which no decan belongs’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.22.3

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. 1.265

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). vacuus (Lemma #1134). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1134/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). vacuus (Lemma #1134). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1134/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). vacuus (Lemma #1134). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1134/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) vacuus (Lemma #1134), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1134/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1134,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {vacuus ({Lemma} #1134)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1134/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1134/},
}