per vacua signa cursus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning running empty
Literal translation course through empty signs
Variants
per vacua signa cursus
cursus per vacua signa
Edited by
running empty lunar quality

Per vacua enim signa cursus suos dirigens primam aetatem facit miseris ac variis infortuniorum casibus implicari.

‘A moon running empty involves the early years in wretched misfortunes’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.8.2

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. 1.208

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). per vacua signa cursus (Lemma #1158). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1158/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). per vacua signa cursus (Lemma #1158). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1158/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). per vacua signa cursus (Lemma #1158). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1158/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) per vacua signa cursus (Lemma #1158), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1158/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1158,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {per vacua signa cursus ({Lemma} #1158)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1158/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1158/},
}