lunae locus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-03-24
Primary meaning lot of fortune
Literal translation place of the moon
Variants
lunae locus
Edited by
lot of fortune astrological lot, astrological concept

Appellatur autem, sicut Abraham designat, Lunae locus.

‘[The lot of Fortune] is also called—as Abraham points out—Place of the Moon.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.17.5

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. 1.239

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). lunae locus (Lemma #1167). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1167/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). lunae locus (Lemma #1167). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1167/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). lunae locus (Lemma #1167). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1167/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) lunae locus (Lemma #1167), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1167/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1167,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {lunae locus ({Lemma} #1167)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1167/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1167/},
}