animae substantia

Latin · noun
variant substantia animae
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-14
Meanings
Literal translation
substance of the soul
Categories
astrological lot
Related Lemmata 5 ›

1. lot of the daemon

1.a lot of the daemon astrological lot

Hie locus vocatur et animae substantia; ex hoc loco actus omnisque augmenta substantiae quaerimus [invenimus],

‘This lot is also called 'substance of the soul'; from this lot we ask/find the occupation and all increments in wealth’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.18.2

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. 1.242

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). animae substantia (Lemma #1170). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1170/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). animae substantia (Lemma #1170). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1170/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). animae substantia (Lemma #1170). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1170/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) animae substantia (Lemma #1170), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1170/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1170,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {animae substantia ({Lemma} #1170)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1170/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1170/},
}