radiatio minax

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning aspect to malefic planets
Literal translation menacing radiation
Variants
radiatio minax
minax radiatio
Edited by
aspect to malefic planets aspect, astrological concept

Si vero vitiorum ac valitudinis possederit locum et malivolarum stellarum fuerit minaci radiatione constrictus, <ab> humoribus vitia decernit;

‘If [Mercury] is in the house of health and illness and in aspect to malefic planets, he indicates affliction by bodily humors;’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.19.30

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. 1.253

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). radiatio minax (Lemma #1175). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1175/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). radiatio minax (Lemma #1175). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1175/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). radiatio minax (Lemma #1175). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1175/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) radiatio minax (Lemma #1175), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1175/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1175,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {radiatio minax ({Lemma} #1175)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1175/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1175/},
}