cursus rectus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-08-13
Primary meaning direct motion
Literal translation direct course
Variants
cursus rectus
rectus cursus
Edited by
direct motion planetary motion

ex ipso actu magnae gloriae nomen accipit, praesertim si recto cursu pergentes benivolae stellae, quae testimonium perhibent, in matutino ortu fuerint inventae.

‘from this very act he earns the name of great glory, especially if the benefics are found in direct motion aspecting him and rising in the morning’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.21.7

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. 1.262

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cursus rectus (Lemma #1178). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1178/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cursus rectus (Lemma #1178). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1178/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cursus rectus (Lemma #1178). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1178/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) cursus rectus (Lemma #1178), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1178/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1178,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {cursus rectus ({Lemma} #1178)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1178/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1178/},
}