sagon

Latin noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning 13°–19° Sagittarius
Variants
sagon
Edited by
13°–19° Sagittarius decan

In Sagittarii signo quae sint partes plenae, quae vacuae, hoc demonstratur exemplo. Sunt autem plenae partes XXIII, vacuae VII. I locus partes IX Eregbuo II locus partes III vacuus III locus partes VII Sagon IV locus partes IV vacuus V locus partes VII Chenene.

‘In the sign of Sagittarius there are some full and some empty degrees, this will be shown by example. There are 23° full and 7° empty. 1. 9° Eregbuo 2. 3° empty 3. 7° Sagon 4. 4° empty 5. 7° Chenene’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.22.16

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. 1.269

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sagon (Lemma #1223). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1223/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sagon (Lemma #1223). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1223/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sagon (Lemma #1223). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1223/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) sagon (Lemma #1223), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1223/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1223,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {sagon ({Lemma} #1223)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1223/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1223/},
}