dominium

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
rulership
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 4 ›

1. rulership

1.a rulership astrological concept

quia post Arietem ad Taurum secundo loco Luna transitum facit, Venus geniturae dominium possidebit

‘because after Aries the Moon moves into Taurus in the second place, Venus [i. e. the ruler of Taurus] will possess rulership of the chart’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 3.19.4

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. 1.244

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dominium (Lemma #1172). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1172/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dominium (Lemma #1172). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1172/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dominium (Lemma #1172). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1172/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) dominium (Lemma #1172), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1172/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1172,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {dominium ({Lemma} #1172)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1172/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1172/},
}