locus principalis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-01-12
Primary meaning important place
Literal translation principal place
Variants
locus principalis
principalis locus
Edited by
important place astrological concept

in a nativity

Si vero per diem <in> principalibus geniturae locis sic fuerit inventa, is paternam substantiam dissipat,

‘But if it is found in important places of the chart in that way, it squanders the inheritance’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.4.5

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. 1.203

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus principalis (Lemma #1154). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1154/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus principalis (Lemma #1154). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1154/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus principalis (Lemma #1154). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1154/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) locus principalis (Lemma #1154), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1154/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1154,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {locus principalis ({Lemma} #1154)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1154/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1154/},
}